Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — 20 July 1963
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A CIRVIS report from July 1963 details a brief, bright white flash observed in the Pacific. The Air Force concluded there was insufficient data for analysis, suggesting it may have been a flare.
On July 20, 1963, at 1100Z, a CIRVIS report was filed regarding an aerial sighting at coordinates 35.20N 174.09W in the Pacific. The witness reported a bright white flash accompanied by fragments spreading in all directions. The duration of the event was approximately one-half second. The object was observed at an altitude of 40 degrees above the horizon, with an assumed flight path from the northwest, indicated by a tail. The initial observation was described as an explosion. The report was transmitted to the CIA, with advance copies delivered to XOPX, NIN, and DIA. The official evaluation concluded that there was insufficient data for analysis and suggested the phenomenon might have been a flare of some sort.
Bright flash white in color with fragments of object shreading in all directions. Flight assumed from NW since tail was from that direction. Initial sighting was of explosion.
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Official Assessment
Insufficient data for analysis. Possible flare of some sort.
The sighting was reported as a bright white flash with fragments spreading in all directions, lasting approximately one half second. The object was observed at 40 degrees above the horizon, with an assumed flight path from the northwest. The initial observation was of an explosion.