PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8709254

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1964

REPORTED LOCATIONCOMANVSUPfor Antarctic

FRAMES3

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1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
30 May 64 COMANVSUP for Antarctic 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar D Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT not stated AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomical
No military Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other_
080 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
nknown
not reported one
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Time 30 May local station personnel observed an Apollo had 3o deg inclination. Not
bbj believed to be apollo space craft. Not visible in Antartic. NASA believed
known whether the object was in Polar orbit. object to be . Report also turned
Clearly visible. Obj not thought to be meteor. into Navy. Reason Meteor mentioned not
clear. (Indicating possibility of meteor?) clear. (Indicating possibility of meteor?
Insufficient Data anlys
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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10 Jun 64 conversation with Sgt Moody
regarding Apollo
Appolo had a 30 deg inclination when it
went in to orbit. Could not have been
seen in Anartic. Landed at 830 pm, 31 May
64 local North Pacific.
NASA
Time not mentioned in TWX. Thinkgit is
probably similar reportsl
:
5: 5.
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3 RR RUCDSQ
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. ZNR 100094 04 342
R 091917Z
FM COMNAVSUPPFOR ANTARCTICA
TO RUECW/ONI * 1-5EW
RUCDSQ/WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
1 RUHPMA/ANTARCTIC ALFA
. BT
UNCLAS
WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB PASS TO UFO SIGHTINGS TECHNICAL
. INTELLIGENCE CENTER USAF (AFICN-4E2X) INTELLIGENCE CENTER USAF (AFICN-4E2X)
A. ANTARCTIC SUPPACTY DET ALFA MCMURDO A. ANTARCTIC SUPPACTY DET ALFA MCMURDO 020234Z 020234Z (NOTAL)
SOME OF THE STATION
0 PERSONNEL OBSERVED AN OBJECT BELIEVED TO BE THE APOLLO SPACE CRAFT ON 30
9
IF SO THE SPACE CRAFT WAS CLEARLY IF SO THE SPACE CRAFT WAS CLEARLY Y VISIBLE. THE OBJECT WAS NOT THOUGHT VISIBLE. THE OBJECT WAS NOT THOUGHT
. TO BE A METEOR. UNQUOTE
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