Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card - Sighting of 9 Dec 63
AI-Generated Summary
A report of a white, pulsating, spherical object sighted by the crew of the USS Savage in the Atlantic on December 9, 1963. The Air Force concluded there was insufficient data for evaluation.
On December 9, 1963, at 0540Z, personnel aboard the USS Savage observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The sighting, which occurred at coordinates 40.20N 17.40W in the Atlantic Ocean, involved a single, spherically shaped object. The witnesses, identified as the Officer of the Deck (OOD) and a lookout, reported that the object was white and exhibited a pulsating behavior. They noted that there were no red or green lights visible on the object. The object was described as traveling at a high speed at a medium altitude on an easterly flight path. Weather conditions at the time were reported as moderate seas with 3/10 cloud coverage and winds of 3 knots. The incident was formally recorded on a Project 10073 record card and reported via a Department of the Air Force staff message. The official evaluation of the sighting concluded that there was insufficient data to determine the nature of the object.
Spherically shaped obj pulsating. White. No red or green lights visible. Medium altitude, high speed, easterly flight.
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Official Assessment
Insufficient data for evaluation
The object was observed by two personnel on the USS Savage. It was described as a white, pulsating, spherical object moving in an easterly direction at a high speed and medium altitude.
Witnesses
- OOD and lookoutUSS Savage