Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card and Flying Saucer Review Compilation
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This document contains a Project 10073 record card for a February 1964 sighting and a collection of press clippings regarding various UAP-related incidents. The official evaluation for the primary sighting was 'insufficient data'.
This document is a compilation of reports and records concerning Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP) from February 1964. It includes a Project 10073 record card detailing a sighting on February 28, 1964, at 50.40N 170W, where a bluish-white object was observed moving from South to North at a 45-degree elevation. The object, described as having the brightness of a 3rd magnitude star, was visible for three minutes before fading on the horizon. Official evaluation concluded there was insufficient data, noting it could potentially be a satellite or aircraft. The document also contains various press clippings from the 'Flying Saucer Review' and other publications. These include a report by Captain R. B. Truter of South African Airways regarding a bluish-white glow observed from a Boeing 707 on February 15, 1964; an account of a 'mysterious light' haunting a couple in Rabaul, New Britain; a report of a 'Kent Mystery' involving strange animals in England; a list of sightings from March 1964; and a report of a yacht, the 'Hattie D', being sunk by an unknown object off the coast of California. The compilation serves as a record of diverse, largely anecdotal reports of aerial and maritime phenomena during this period.
From first observation the glow appeared to be in space, but the later, fairly rapid change in position in relation to the aircraft indicated that it was not.
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Official Assessment
Insufficient data for evaluation
Possible satellite or aircraft; insufficient data for evaluation.
Witnesses
- John Hobanheadmaster
- Donna Hoban
- R. B. TruterSenior CaptainSouth African Airways
Key Persons
- Carl Jensencrewman
- David Butlerfarmer and broadcaster