Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Curacao, 7 August 1962
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A report from Royal Dutch Navy sailors regarding an unidentified light observed over Curacao on August 7, 1962. The official evaluation concluded there was insufficient data, suggesting it may have been a satellite.
This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and an accompanying letter from three sailors in the Royal Dutch Navy. On the evening of August 7, 1962, the witnesses observed a clear light in the sky over Curacao. The object traveled from West to East for approximately four minutes. The witnesses initially believed the object to be a star or a planet, but changed their minds when they observed it moving. They noted that the light eventually disappeared slowly. The sailors, writing to the 'men of Cape Canaveral,' expressed their desire for an explanation regarding the object. The official record card concludes that there is insufficient data for a definitive evaluation, noting that the location of the sighting was not reported and suggesting the possibility that the object was a satellite.
We thought that it was a heavenly body but therefor it went to fast along the sky and then we got the thought that it was an object of mysterious origin
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Official Assessment
Insufficient Data for Evaluation; Possibly Satellite sighting.
The sighting was reported by personnel from the Royal Dutch Navy. The object was observed for four minutes moving from West to East. The observers initially thought it was a star or planet until it moved. The report notes the data is insufficient for analysis and suggests it may have been a satellite.
Witnesses
- [illegible]SailorRoyal Dutch Navy