100 DEG N Of Midway, March 1962March 1962

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Summary

On March 14, 1962, an observer about 100 miles north of Midway Island reported one object on a northerly track. The object was as bright as a first magnitude star and was watched for about 15 minutes as it moved to the northeast. The Air Force compared the position with the known track of the Echo I satellite and found it was visible from that location at that time, heading northeast. The record card concluded the sighting was Echo I.

Reported location

100 DEG N Of Midway, March 1962

Date of incident

March 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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EE PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE - 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
g 7d 11 Mave 062 100° N of Midwas 0  Wos Bolloon
1 1% March 1962 100" N of Midway 1 Probably Bolloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION EBay. Dehn
: O Was Aiveroft
Loe) 2 Ground-Yisvel O Ground-Rader QO Probably Aircraft
; GMT] h/1605 Z 0 Air~Visual 0 Airintercept Radar |D Possibly Aircreft
l 5. PHOTOS ZOURCE O Was Astronomical
i C Yas J Probably Astronomical
O Ne Military O Possibly Astronomicol
3 7. LENGTH OF OASERVATION | MUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO OWerEEnn- ck
0 Insufficient Dote for Evaluotien
1 ’ 0 Unknown
] 15 Min N.
3 pd ~ibe 1
; 10. BRIER SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11. COMMENTS ;
Satellites on Northerly track, Brightness of On 14 March at 1605Z Echo was at 31°
| 3 1st mag Star Cirvis report. Observation for | N, 174° E heading NE. Midway is about
15 Minutes. 26° N, 176° E. Echo is visible at the
: time and location given by the
: observer heading NE. Case evaluated as
; Echo I.
i ATIC FORM 3129 (REV 25 SEP $2)
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