03.00N 117W (PACIFIC), May 1961May 1961

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Summary

On May 21, 1961, near Okinawa, an aircraft crew observed an object in the night sky. The crew sighted what appeared to be a satellite at 9:22 p.m. The object was traveling northwest to southeast at 43 degrees elevation from the aircraft. The object was visible for 12 minutes and had a brightness comparable to a first magnitude star. The observation was made in good weather conditions at 7,800 feet altitude. The brief report indicates the sighting was of an object in gross sight traveling and described as a satellite, with no conflicting information noted.

Reported location

03.00N 117W (PACIFIC), May 1961

Date of incident

May 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
21 May 1961

2. LOCATION
Okinawa (Pacific)

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
GMT 21/0230Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[checked] Air-Visuel

5. SOURCE
[checked] Yes

6. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
12 min

7. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

8. COURSE
SE

9. [CONCLUSIONS section with checkboxes]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
CINWS report fm air-craft of objt in gross sight traveling
NW to SE at night from 12 min appearing at 1st mag star.

11. COMMENTS
Daily in receipt of report prevented Satellite track check, however, since all characteristics of intelligent observation are not and there is no conflicting info it is assumed this obje was MND I.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992684