PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8677466

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1963

REPORTED LOCATION15 34N115 08W pacific

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
21 July 1963 15.34N 115.08w (pacific) Was Balloon
000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local. Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT21/0910Z AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar PossiblyAircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
No Merchant shipYUGALA Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE Other_
000 Insulficient Data for Evaluation
3 seconds one Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Ball like, glaring white object in flight
from 15-20 deg elevation 22o deg azimuth to Observation descriptive of meteor.
about lo deg elevation n 260 deg azimuth. sighting.
Duration 3 seconds. Object had conical tail
with lower part white, upper part flaming
red. Remainder of object black, with intensity
bright enough to cast conical reflection on 8
sea surface. Estimated distance, lo miles.
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ATIC fOrM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE O1
INCOM
AF IN : 47490 (22 Jul 63) R/K
INFO
OSD-15, NSA-7, DIA-25, DIA-CIIC-2 -112-
SMB A004
7 ZCHQC15 7ZCECA019
PP RUEAHQ
DE RUWSPG 012
ZNR
P220117Z 1·2201172
FM COMWEST SEAFRON FM COMWESTSEAFRON
TO RUHPB/CINCPACFLT
INFO RUWGAM/CINCNORAD INFO RUWGAM/CINCNORAD
RUECW/CNO RUECW/CNO
RUEAHO/C OFS USAF RUEaHO/C OFS USAF
RUWDAE/C OMFIRSTFLT RUWDAE/C OMFIRSTFLT
RUHLKM/PACAF HICKAM
NAVY GRNC
BT
UNCLAS
MERINT EVAL UAT ION
A. COMEASTAREA 212207Z READDRESSED AS MY 212355Z NOTAL.
1. UFO SIGHTING AT 21091OZ BY MERCHANT ALA TED BY
REF A EVALUATED AS NO THREAT.
BT Readdressed to CIA by Fm 1392, #582.
NOTE:
22/0117Z 212207z & 212355z not identified in SMB.

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2/09102 THE AMSOREE
STASE MESSAGE BRANCH
UVELA-SSIHED MESSAC!
SMB A047 INCOMING 01
CHOE708ZCECB165 AF IN: 47459 (21 Jul 63)R/joe
PP.RUEAHQ ACTION: NIN-9
DE RUWSJ 031 INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-4, SAFOS-3, DIA-25
DIA-CIIC-2 (45
ZNR
P212305Z
FM COMWESTAREA
TO RUEAHG/CHIEF OF STAFF USAF WASH DC
RUWGAM/CINC CONAD COLORADO SPGS.
RUWSPG/CTF THREE ONE
RIWDKJ/CCGD ELEVEN
RUW SPG/C OMWEST SEAFRON
INFO RUECJD/COMDT COGARD
USCG GRNC
P .212207Z P.212207Z
FM COMEASTAREA
TO COMWESTAREA
BT
UNCLAS
FOLLOWING RECEIVED FROM MS YUGALA AT 09IØGMT
QUOTE MS YUGALA 7/21 0910 GMT AT 1534 NORTH 11508 WEST 03SERVED
TOEP BALL-LIKE GLARING WHITE OBJECT WITH I WITH
CONIC TAIL STOP LOWER PART TAIL GLARING WHITE UPPER PART NEAR
OBJECT FLAMING RED OTHERWISE BLACK STOP ALTITUDE AT DETECTION
APPRX 15/20 DEGREES TRUE BEARING 220 ALTITUDE AT DISAPPEARANCE
APPX 10 DEGREES BEARING 260 STOP CONICAL REFLECTION ON SEA SURFACE
DISTANCE ABOUT 10 M ILES S STOP DURATION N ABOUT 3 SECONDS BT MASTER
UNQUOTE
BT