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Project 10073 Record Card and Staff Message — 5 April 1962

📅 5 April 1962 📍 Pacific, NE Hawaii 🏛 326 Air Div 📄 Record Card and Staff Message
Project 10073VandenbergmissilePan AmericanHawaiisighting

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TL;DR

A Pan American flight crew reported a glowing object and vapor trail over the Pacific on April 5, 1962. The military concluded the object exhibited characteristics of a missile launch from Vandenberg, though no confirmation was available.

On April 5, 1962, at 05:18 local time, a sighting was reported by the crew of Pan American flight 891, a Boeing 707. The observation occurred in the Pacific region, northeast of Hawaii, at coordinates 34.05N 144.38W. The witnesses observed a vapor trail with a glowing object positioned in front of it. The vapor trail was visible for 33 minutes, while the glowing object itself was in sight for 10 minutes. The object was reported to be at a very high altitude and was traveling from East to West. The report was processed as part of Project 10073. Official comments noted that the sighting occurred in an area where a missile launched from Vandenberg would pass. While the report states that all characteristics of a missile were present, it explicitly notes that no confirming data was available to verify the origin of the object, leading to a conclusion of insufficient data.

Sighting in area where missile from Vandenberg launched down range would pass. No confirming data available however; all characteristics of missile are present.

Official Assessment

Sighting in area where missile from Vandenberg launched down range would pass. No confirming data available however; all characteristics of missile are present.

The sighting was likely a missile launch from Vandenberg, though no confirming data was available to definitively verify this.

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