Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — 21 Oct 1951
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A 1951 record card documenting a bright yellow flash observed in the Atlantic near Novaya Zemlya. The event was not classified as a UFO and was deemed to have insufficient data for evaluation, with a potential link to atomic testing noted.
This document is a Project 10073 record card documenting an observation made on October 21, 1951, at 21/0500Z. The location of the observation was recorded as 62N 15W in the Atlantic. The report describes a single, stationary object that manifested as a bright yellow flash on the horizon. The witness, identified as a scientist aboard an aircraft, reported the flash in the direction of the Soviet island of Novaya Zemlya. The flash was described as having illuminated three degrees of the horizon. The report explicitly mentions the possibility that the flash was connected to an atomic explosion. However, the final conclusion reached by the evaluating agency, ATIC, was that there was insufficient data for evaluation. The document notes that the event was not reported as a UFO and that data regarding atomic explosion activity was not available to confirm or deny a connection to such an event.
Report made with possibility that flash might have had connection with Atomic Explosion.
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Official Assessment
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
The report was not classified as a UFO. The event was a bright yellow flash observed on the horizon in the direction of Novaya Zemlya, Soviet Island. It was noted that the flash might have been connected to an atomic explosion, but atomic explosion activity data was not available for analysis.