Declassified UFO / UAP Document

Project 10073 Record Card — Sighting of 2 November 1962

📅 2 November 1962 📍 Atlantic 🏛 ATIC 📄 sighting_report

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TL;DR

A report from the T.M.S. Irving Glen regarding a bright greenish object observed over the Atlantic on November 2, 1962. The sighting was officially classified as a meteor by Project 10073.

On November 2, 1962, at 0250 G.M.T., a witness aboard the T.M.S. Irving Glen observed a bright, greenish object while the ship was in transit from St. John, New Brunswick, to Venezuela. The vessel was located at 43°25' N, 67°00' W in the Atlantic Ocean. The witness, identified as a Second Officer, reported that the object appeared at an elevation of 45 degrees and traveled in a straight downward path until it reached an altitude of approximately 3 degrees, at which point it disappeared. The object was described as being about half the size of the moon when first observed, and roughly the size of an orange at the time of disappearance. The total duration of the sighting was approximately 5 seconds. Weather conditions at the time were reported as clear with no wind, a calm sea, a barometric pressure of 1031 millibars, and an air temperature of 52°F. The incident was documented on a Project 10073 record card, which officially classified the event as a meteor observation.

Very bright greenish obj, half size of moon, appeared at 45 dgr elevation descending. Size of orange when disappeared.

Official Assessment

Meteor observation.

The object was identified as a meteor based on its appearance and trajectory.

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