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UFO case file · UFO-32285

61 45N16 09W Atlantic radar-visual unidentified-object report — October 1962

CE11962-10-01

61 45N16 09W Atlantic

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Case description

On or during October 1962, at or near 61 45N16 09W Atlantic, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Starlike obj moving from the NE to WSW observed approx. COMMENTS: RPT FM NAVY UNIT IN NORTHERN LATITUDE REPORTED OBSERVING FLIGHT OF UNIDENTIFIED FAST MOVING OBJECT AT THIS TIME. OBJECT OBSERVED VISUALLY AND ON RADAR PASSED THROUGH FIELD OF VIEW IN ABOUT 75 SECONDS. DISAPPEARED IN 75 SECONDS. OBJECT FIRST OBSERVED 20 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON, AZIMUTH 300T. OBSERVED VISUALLY WITHOUT OPTICAL AIDS AT 170049Z BY TWO CREW MEMBERS OF ACFT LOCAT6 6145N 16O9W, 6000 FT, MH 313 DEGREES, TAS 196 KNOTSM NIGHT LIGHT CONDITIONS, WEATHER CLEAR, WIND AT FLIGHT LEVEL 245 DEGREES TRUE 45 KNOTS. It appears to be a page from a Project Blue Book report, which is a document from the United States Air Force's study of unidentified flying objects.

Recorded details

Local time
1700
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
MONTH_ONLY

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