PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9738282

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1963

REPORTED LOCATIONSan Jose California

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
14 Dec 1963 San Jose, California Was Balloon
000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Bolloon
Local_ Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
Probably Aircralt
GMT_ 15/0520Z 0 AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. o. SOURSM SOURCE U Was Astronomical Was Astronomica Meteor
Yes DYes 00 0 Probably Astronomical
ONo ONo Civilian Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.. Other.
000 000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
5 - 10 seconds 1 1 S Unknown
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Conical object size of moon with long tail size of moon with I long tail Probable meteor. Probable meteor,
Appeared to be burmning. Moved from 20 deg Appeared to be burning. Moved from 20 deg
elev in South to 5 deg elev in West. Faded
after 10 seconds. after l0 seconds.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52
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1. FOVANG BJECT LEFT TO RIGHT
2. 23 DECREES ABOVE RORIZON TOWARDS THE SOUTH abtir C 100 /
Md Rl.
3. 5 DE-REES ADOVE E HORIZON TOWARDS THE WEST axpcrind
15sC
5. FADE
6. S-10 SECONDS inclunt glor
PART THREE .5 Aee for stuak
1. VISUAL FROM GROUND
-RONE -KONE
N/A N/A
PART FOUR
1. 8524/15 1EC 63 ZULU
2. NIGHI, MOF:ETT NAS WX 05D0Z 15DEC63 PARTIAL JBSCURED 4/1D 2 1/2 2.NIGHI, MOF.ETT NAS WX 05D0Z 15DEC63 PARTIAL UBSCURED 4/10 2 1/2
MILE VISIBILITY AND HAZE
TEMPERATURE 41 DEGREES
DEW PUINT 3EDEGREES
WIND CALM
PAGE 3 RUWHKP 3 LNCLAS
06007 15D=C53
PARTIAL 0BSCURED 5/13 PARTIAL OBSCURED 5/13
2 MILES HAZE
PART FIVE
37 DEGREES 37 DEGRELS 30 MIN NORTH 121 DEGREES 55 MIN WEJT LOOKING 55 MIN WEJT LOOKING SOUTH OVER SOUTH OVER
SAN JUSE, CALIF.
PART SIX
1. M. COURT
SUNIYVALE, CALIFORNIA.
EANAVAL AVIATOR-LT. COMMANDER
CIVILIAN OCCUPATION-ENGINEER
2.NONE
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