1925N 11620E (FAR EAST), June 1961June 1925

Insufficient Data

Summary

On June 1, 1961, at 11:13 p.m., a bright object was observed near latitude 19.25 N, longitude 116.20 E at an altitude of 60 degrees. The object was directly overhead and emitted fire and fragments. It continued on course bearing 140 degrees at an altitude of 20 degrees before disappearing behind a heavy cloud formation with a brilliance of a first magnitude star. The sighting was confirmed by two other officers and appeared similar to Echo satellite in orbit direction but did not reappear. No Air Force evaluation is provided in the available documents.

Reported location

1925N 11620E (FAR EAST), June 1961

Date of incident

June 1925

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
JUNE 10 JUN 61

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local 1913
GMT 1913 10 JUN 61

5. PHOTOS
C Yes
C No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
13 minutes

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
[illegible text describing sighting with partial visibility]

2. LOCATION
1925N, 11620E (PAC CA)

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
C Ground-Visual
C Ground-Radar
C Air-Visual
C Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Military

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
[illegible]

12. CONCLUSIONS
C Was Balloon
C Probably Balloon
C Possibly Balloon
C Was Aircraft
C Probably Aircraft
C Possibly Aircraft
C Was Astronomical
C Probably Astronomical
C Possibly Astronomical
C Insufficient Data for Evaluation
C Unknown

11. COMMENTS
[illegible text regarding confirmation and additional observations]

AFIC FORM 329 (REV 24 SEP 53)

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