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UFO case file · UFO-31619

3945N12733W PACIFIC radar-visual unidentified-object report — June 26, 1961

CE11961-06-26

3945N12733W PACIFIC

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Case description

On or during June 26, 1961, at or near 3945N12733W PACIFIC, the source reports the following sequence: OBSERVED OBJECT IS A SILVER SPHERE ABOUT 10 TO 15 FEET IN DIAMETER, MOVING AT TERRIFIC SPEED, STOPPED SUDDENLY AND DIVED INTO WATER AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE THROWING UP A WHITE SPRA Y OF WATER. PART ONE: A RADAR SIGHTING OF TWO UNKNOWN OBJECTS SIGHTED AT 232220Z SULA. A RADAR SIGHTING OF TWO UNKNOWN VESSEL/AIRCRAFT REPORTED BY CAPT VOLOUTCH, LT GUZMAN, LT HOMER AND SCOT MONGROVE. VESSELS APPEARED TO BE MOTION ONLY - TWO ADDITIONAL VESSELS AT 36,000 AND 19,000 FT APPEARED AND DISAPPEARED DURING PERIOD OF SIGHTING. PART TWO: THE FOLLOWING UFO SIGHTING WHICH APPEARED TO EMANATE FROM THE VESSEL LOCATED AT 36,000 FT IS FORWARDED IN APPENDICEZ FORMAT: A (1) THRU (3) UNKNOWN (4) 635 KTs (5) VIS (6) NONE (7) WA B (1) RADAR WATCH (2) ELEVATION UNKNOWN, AZIMUTH 93 DEGREES C (1) MAGNETIC FROM NOSE OF AIRCRAFT. (2) ELEVATION UNKNOWN, AZIMUTH D DESCREES (3) RACKED ARC HEADING GENERALLY NORTH TO SOUTH 244 DEGREES TRACK SHOWING FORWARD APPROXIMATELY 50 MILES OFF OF A STRAIGHT LINE DISTANT (4) TRACKED TO POINT OF FADE WAS APPROXIMATELY 130 MILES. (5) TRACK FADED (6) THREE MINUTES. NO TRAFFIC REPORTED IN AREA K. An unidentified flying object was observed and reported to this office. Based on the limited information in Attachments 2 and 3, it is virtually impossible to make a definitive point of view regarding the object sighted 2 June 1961 (Unclassified message 302039Z/Jun 61). UFO TRACK APPARENTLY APPEARED TO OSCILLATE FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AS TRACKED VISUALLY THROUGHOUT TRACK UFO EVALUATED AS HIGH SPEED TARGET, ALTITUDE UNKNOWN. ALSO WITH UFO TRACK OVERLAY FLYING SIMILAR TO WCIS, ADO, ATCC. UNITED STATES AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT SIGHTING REPORT DATE OF SIGHTING: 26 JUNE 1961 DATE OF REPORT: 28 JUNE 1961 LOCATION: 3945N12733W - PACIFIC REPORTED SIGHTING BY: 552 AEWRON WING (ADC) DESCRIPTION: TRANSATLANTIC UFO TRACK, REFERENCE 552 AEWRON WING MESSAGE 23/01N 1212, 27 JUN 61 1. A TRACKING RADAR SCOPE PHOTOGRAPH INDICATES SHIP POSITIONS AND THE TRACK OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT AS PLOTTED BY CAPTAIN J.T.

Recorded details

Local time
2322
Craft description
Light Formation; Sphere / Orb
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
EXACT_DAY

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