Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Sighting of 26 June 1963
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A white light was reported by a barrier aircraft in the Pacific on June 26, 1963. The military investigation concluded there was insufficient data to evaluate the sighting.
This document consists of a series of military communications and a Project 10073 record card regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on June 26, 1963. The incident involved the observation of a 'pin head sized' white light at 20 degrees elevation, moving on a course of 130 degrees true at coordinates 31.45N 176.25W in the Pacific. The report was filed under the CIRVIS (Communication Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings) system. Multiple military messages were exchanged between the 326 Air Division at the Kunia Facility in Hawaii and various commands, including NORAD, PACAF, and the Department of the Air Force, to clarify the details of the report. Initial reports contained conflicting information regarding the number of objects and the identification of the reporting aircraft (variously cited as V143218 and V43318). A correction was issued to clarify that the object was a 'pin head size' white light. The Navy, which was involved in the reporting chain, provided no evaluation of the sighting. The final conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 card is that there was 'insufficient data for evaluation,' noting that the object was not associated with a radar echo that had crossed the equator heading North East approximately one hour earlier. The document also includes a reference table from the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory regarding satellite 1960 Iota 1, likely used for cross-referencing potential orbital objects, though no direct link to the sighting is confirmed in the text.
Pin head sized white light observed at 20dgr elevation fm a/c. Course of 130dgr true. No other information. No evaluation by Navy.
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Official Assessment
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
The sighting involved a pin-head sized white light observed at 20 degrees elevation. The Navy provided no evaluation. The object was not in the area of a previously reported echo that had crossed the equator heading North East one hour earlier. Essential data for evaluation was missing.