PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9734420

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1963

REPORTED LOCATION18 2N161 3E Pacific

FRAMES2

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FRAME 001 / 002tesseract-200dpi

PROJECT 30073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION : —«'92, CONCLUSIONS nae
~ - ee ’ i) Was Balloon
2 5 5ep b 1993 13 cn lO6l. om Pac fic) 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | {9 Possibly Balloon
Vv; . 1 Was Aircraft
Local & Ground: Vi suai G Ground-Radar fl Probobly Aircraft
GMT 22/19257 oti, = 0D Air Visual CU) Air-intercspt Rador C Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS $. SOURCE mK Wee Actancmtied fOr
OC Yes CO) Probably Astronomical
Ze military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENOTM )# OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other -
- : oO 1 fricient Data for Evalvuari
1 - 2 seconds one | Descending —_
10. &RIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Sright streak of such brilliance that ship Meteor sighting of fireball class.

and horizon were lit un. Blue with red sparks.
rong streak. Initial altitude 30 deg descending
below horizon in l - seconds.

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ATIC FORM 379 (REV 26 SEP 52)

FRAME 002 / 002POOR LEGIBILITY — PENDING RE-EXAMINATION

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