Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card and Naval Messages regarding UFO sighting on 3 December 1962
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A military report from 1962 details a sighting of a fire-trailing object over the Atlantic. The object was officially identified as a meteor despite notes regarding its unusual trajectory.
On 3 December 1962, at 1830Z, a military source reported a sighting of an unidentified object in the Atlantic region at coordinates 64.45N 29.45W. The object was described as entering the atmosphere while trailing fire and heading in a westerly direction. The report notes that the object was observed to break into several pieces before finally disappearing. The sighting was documented via naval messages and a Project 10073 record card. The official evaluation concluded that the object was an astronomical meteor. Comments on the record card note that the object's heading was in the 'wrong direction for decay,' yet the final assessment remained that it was a meteor sighting.
Object heading in the wrong direction for decay. Case evaluated as a meteor sighting.
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Official Assessment
Was Astronomical Meteor
The object was evaluated as a meteor sighting after it was observed entering the atmosphere, trailing fire, and breaking into pieces.