00.49S 170.24W, July 1962July 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 18, 1962, observers at a Navy location in the South Pacific reported an object at about 1400Z. The sighting was at position 0 degrees 49 minutes south, 170 degrees 24 minutes west, and lasted about 20 minutes.

The object showed a steady white light and was suspected of being a satellite. It appeared very high, bearing about 335 at 20 degrees elevation, and traveled rapidly from north-northwest to south-southeast. It disappeared at about 15 degrees elevation, bearing 120.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. Satellite track data was not available, but the Air Force said there was no indication the object was anything other than a satellite observation.

Reported location

00.49S 170.24W, July 1962

Date of incident

July 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
/ Adil O Was Balloon
18 Jul 62 00,498 170.24W O Probably Balloon
ry 0 Possibly Balloon
1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local —_ {KX Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Radar 5 ABR oft
EE “GMT i Z 14002 0 AirVisual DO Air-intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
4 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE OQ Was Astronomical
E 0 Yes QO Probably Astronomical |
1 ‘ O.No Sid h gk ana O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE gxOther_Satilite
i : O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
; 1 EY CUE 0 Unknown \
| J 20 mins one NN -D0L
Po - 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS }
; I! Ohi showing stead; white 1ight Satellite Lr ack data not ava 3
oe suspected of being sa tellite., Very apie; however, no indication
be hich, Moving iw NNW to SSE. Disa that this was other tnan Sa tel
wuearad at locgr 2 Lev. 1ite observation.
1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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