UFO case file · UFO-32447
44N49W Atlantic radar-visual unidentified-object report — May 8, 1963
44N49W Atlantic
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There are also several smaller circular shapes within the larger pattern, which could potentially represent tracked objects or targets. Output from OCR: 44N49W 23 MAY 63 1500Z OBJECl'S OBSERVED ON RADAR SCOPE - UNIDENTIFIED 23 MAY 1963 1500Z POSITION 44N 49W RADAR SCOPE SHOWS SEVERAL UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS MOVING ERRATICALLY OVER OCEAN AREA. PILOT LANDING AT NEARBY AIRFIELD REPORTED SEEING BRIGHT LIGHTS IN AREA AT ABOUT SAME TIME. OBJECT FILLED ENTIRE SCOPE AND PASSED DIRECTLY UNDER AIRCRAFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN VISUALLY. RADAR LOCK-ON LOST WHEN OBJECT PASSED BENEATH AIRCRAFT. As an OCR system, I will now output the text found in the document: 1963-05-8655540-44N49W-Atlantic- 22 May 1963 SUBJECT: Unidentified Aerial Object LOCATION: 44N 49W (Atlantic Ocean) TIME: 1623Z OBSERVED BY: Crew of MSTS Ship Pvt. Mann DESCRIPTION: An unidentified object was observed on the ship's radar screen. The object was first detected at a range of approximately 100 miles and closing rapidly on the ship's position. The object passed over the ship at an estimated altitude of 10,000 feet and a speed of approximately 3,000 mph. The object was then observed to accelerate and disappear from the radar screen. No logical explanation for the observed object could be determined based on the information available. Text from the document: A 1302 Subject: No - Reported Aircraft Date: 8 May 1963 From: 40N 49W, Atlantic Ocean Time: 2300L Summary: Pilot and crew of PAA Flight 283 reported observing a bright light which appeared to be trailing another aircraft.
Supporting case details:
Reported craft or object: Reported object in 44N49W Atlantic radar-visual unidentified-object report — May 8, 1963; Light Formation
Reported special objects or artifacts: Radar system; Binoculars or telescope
Physical traces or material: Radar data or reported radar return associated with 44N49W Atlantic radar-visual unidentified-object report — May 8, 1963
Electromagnetic or instrument effects: Radar or sensor detection
Recorded details
- Local time
- 1800Z
- Craft description
- Reported object in 44N49W Atlantic radar-visual unidentified-object report — May 8, 1963; Light Formation
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