20 N 134W (PACIFIC), February 1961February 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

On February 6, 1961, at 11:00 a.m., a military radio officer at position 20 North 134 West (Pacific) observed a huge bright object resembling a shooting star. The object moved north from the observer's location, fell in an east-west direction, and broke into two pieces before burning up in the atmosphere. The sighting lasted for an unspecified duration. The Air Force concluded the object was a meteor.

Reported location

20 N 134W (PACIFIC), February 1961

Date of incident

February 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 6 Feb 61

2. LOCATION: 20 N 134W (Pacific)

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: [illegible] 1100 Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS: 0 Yes, XB-No

6. SOURCE: Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: [illegible]

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

9. COURSE: W

12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical Meteor, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Huge bright obj. like shooting star sighted to N of observer. Falling in E-W direction breaking into 2 pieces. Burning up in atmosphere.

11. COMMENTS: Obj has characteristics of bolide. Case listed as astronomical sighting (Meteor).

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