Atlantic New York Lisbon radar-visual unidentified-object report — September 8, 1962

On or during September 8, 1962, at or near Atlantic New York Lisbon, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Purply blue-white object size of football approximately 35 ft in diameter observed at 15,000 ft altitude. Observed by crew and passengers, case considered as a meteor. IMMEDIATE REPORTING REQUIRED: (a) Sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFO) which appear to represent a possible threat or hazard to flights in your area. (b) Sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFO) which display technological capabilities which far exceed the known capabilities of any conventional aircraft. ROUTINE REPORTING REQUIRED: (a) Sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFO) which appear to represent no potential threat or hazard. (b) Sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFO) which display no technological capabilities beyond those of known conventional aircraft. As an OCR (Optical Character Recognition) system, I will now output all the text found in the document: DODGE CITY LINCOLN CITY 69° 65° ATLANTIC OCEAN 60° 55° ATLANTIC OCEAN / LISBON REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT Telephone Call: Received by Major R. They observed an object in the sky at an approximate elevation of 30 degrees and azimuth of 225 degrees. It passed at a tremendous speed with no noise or trail. It passed directly over the USAGO station and then disappeared from sight to the west. The text output from the OCR (Optical Character Recognition) system is as follows: SUBJECT : FLIGHT FROM ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY TO LISBON, PORTUGAL SEPTEMBER 8, 1962 SUMMARY: On September 8, 1962, a United Airlines flight from Atlantic City, New Jersey to Lisbon, Portugal experienced an encounter with an unidentified flying object. The flight was detected on radar and the crew reported sighting a bright light in the sky. The incident was reported to Project Blue Book, the U.S. At approximately 2200Z on 8 September 1962, while in flight from New York to Lisbon, Portugal, at an altitude of 33,000 feet, the navigator observed an unidentified aerial object through the cockpit window.