Project 10073 Record Card — Warpke, West Germany, 2 Jan 62

This intelligence report, dated January 11, 1962, documents a sighting of an unidentified flying object near the border of the Soviet Zone of Germany. The incident occurred on January 2, 1962, at approximately 2225 hours in the vicinity of Warpke, West Germany (coordinates 5252N-1052E). The information was relayed to the United States Air Force by the Bundeszollgrenzdienst (West German Customs Service) and the Bundesgrenzschutz (West German Border Police). According to the report, a bright flying object was observed over East German territory. The object was noted to flash red occasionally, and observers remarked that there was no associated flight noise. The trajectory of the object was described as moving from West to East, before eventually turning to the South. The report explicitly states that West German territory was not violated during the event. The investigation, conducted by the 7000th Support Wing (USAFE) JOE-3, concluded that the available information was insufficient to reach a definitive identification. However, the investigators suggested that the object was likely an aircraft anti-collision light. The document includes a Project 10073 record card and an associated UFO analysis sheet, both of which reiterate the lack of sufficient data and the probability of the object being an aircraft. The report was prepared by Rose and Hoffmann and approved by Colonel Meredith H. Shade.