Atlantic (E of Cape Canaveral), October 1962
- Date of account
- 1962-10
- Location
- Atlantic (E of Cape Canaveral)
- 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 text · mention onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 27 0ctober 1962 Atlantic (E of Cape Canavera Probably Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 口 Possibly Bolloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local XAGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT_27/2315Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE missile 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown not reported one east 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Observation of blast off of satellite Launch of Bxplorer xy from Cape from position 50 miles east of Cana- Canaveral at 2315Z.Placed 1962 veral. Bright ball of orange light on Beta Lambda into orbit. horizon. First 2 dgr of flight observed at which time object went behind clouds Moments later observed at 40
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