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Port-au-Prince, Haiti, August 1962

Date of account
1962-08
Location
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Bailoon 30 August 1962 port-au-Prince. Haiti 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OASERVATION Loci XGroung-Visual Ground-Rador 口 Was Aircraft Binoculars 口 ProbcbiyAircraft GMT 31/0035-0050Z AirVisucl □Air-Intercept Rador 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE UK Was Astronomical Venus OYes 口 ProbabiyAstronomical ONo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknowm one stationary 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS See caso file. It is concluded that the misiden- tification of the planetvenus was the cause for the UFo sightin Atmospheric effects which distort ed the plmet,the apparent near- ness of the star Spica to the planet &unfamilitarity of the witness w/astronomical objs wero probably contributing'f

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