Project 10073 Record Card — 15 Jan 62

On January 15, 1962, at approximately 0615 local time, a sighting of nine unidentified objects was reported at coordinates 38-30N 74-20W in the Atlantic Ocean. The objects were described as blue-green in color, with a brightness comparable to first and second magnitude stars. Witnesses noted that the objects exhibited red halos and were flying together in various random patterns at a medium to high altitude. The flight path of the objects was reported as moving NNE, then E, then SE, and finally S. Weather conditions at the time were reported as cloudy. The sighting was documented on a Project 10073 Record Card and transmitted via a Department of the Air Force staff message. The official evaluation concluded that the objects were likely aircraft, citing the proximity of the sighting to Langley Air Force Base and the Norfolk Naval Air Station as the primary reasoning for this determination. The report explicitly notes that while there was insufficient information to reach a definitive conclusion, the description and location strongly suggested an aircraft-related explanation. The document also includes a brief, unrelated mention of a separate sighting in Jamaica on the same date, where a bright object was observed rising in the NW horizon, splitting into smaller pieces, and disappearing, with a duration of 10 minutes.