Gulf of Mexico, August 1962
- Date of account
- 1962-08
- Location
- Gulf of Mexico
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.OATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 12 August 1962 Gulf of Nexico. 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibiy Balioon 3.DATE-TIME CROUP 4.TYPEOF OSSERVATION DGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Lecal 口 ProbablyAircraft GMT13/0336-0342Z DAir-Vi sual Air-lntercopt Rador 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 WasAstronomicai aYes 口 Probably Astronomical ilitary 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OFOBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROFO3JECTS 9.COURSE xOthor Satollita_ded 2 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 3mins one SE 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS 1) Coast Guard Cutter sighting: 2 mins Sighting has eloments'of Satellit bright red obj,yellow/white ineindial y,/decay.1962a Gamma,SPADAT 0bj high luminosity, meteor-like tail at 3l6 decayed during this per- medium like alt,speed similar to jet iod & was ovor the Gulf of a/c. Mexico at the rptd tine.Case 2) Me
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