19.06N 168.12E Near Wake Island, April 1962April 1962

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Summary

On April 22, 1960, at Bear Lake Inland, coordinates 19.06N 165.12E, a military observer reported sighting a round object the size of a pea, white with a short reddish tail. No sound was heard. The object was observed at 1630 hours with elevation minus 1.1 degrees. It disappeared at 130 degrees true bearing, 5 minutes above the horizon. Total observation time was 5 minutes. No maneuvers or changes in speed were noted. The object was observed with binoculars at night. The Air Force evaluation was listed as unknown.

Reported location

19.06N 168.12E Near Wake Island, April 1962

Date of incident

April 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 22 April 1960

2. LOCATION: 19.06N 165.12E Bear Lake Inland

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [blank], GMT 22/0516Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [X] Ground-Visual, [ ] Ground-Radar, [ ] Air-Visual, [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: [ ] Yes, [X] No

6. SOURCE: Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 5 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

9. COURSE: [blank]

12. CONCLUSIONS: [ ] Was Balloon, [ ] Probably Balloon, [ ] Possibly Balloon, [ ] Was Aircraft, [ ] Probably Aircraft, [ ] Possibly Aircraft, [ ] Was Astronomical, [ ] Probably Astronomical, [ ] Possibly Astronomical, [ ] Other_____[illegible], [X] Insufficient Data for Evaluation

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Round object size of pea, white with short reddish tail. No sound. Observed at 1630Z with elev -1.1. Disappearing at 130 degrees true bearing, 5 min total observation time. No maneuvers or changes in speed. Observed with binoculars at night.

11. COMMENTS: On 22 April at 1610Z Radio had heading 082 crossing equator at 165.30E. This would be visible fm reported location and the position given by witnesses.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28996788