21.16N 121.40E, February 1962February 1962

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Summary

On February 22, 1962, a Navy crew reported an object in the Pacific at about 21 degrees north and 121 degrees east. The sighting was made at about 1023 GMT and lasted about 15 minutes. It was first seen by the navigator while taking a celestial fix, then by the commanding officer, the officer of the deck, and about 1000 enlisted personnel.

The object was sighted at 35 degrees elevation on a bearing of 340 degrees, heading southeast. It had the brightness of a first magnitude star. Neither air nor surface radar could pick it up. It disappeared on a bearing of 123 degrees true at an altitude of 20 degrees.

The Air Force record card lists this case as the Echo satellite. The card notes Echo was in a position to be visible to the witnesses during this period on a southeast heading, so the case was evaluated as Echo I satellite.

Reported location

21.16N 121.40E, February 1962

Date of incident

February 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
; O Wos Bolloon
22 Feb 1962 21.16 N 121.40 E 5 Cokely fete |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION mar Ted dg |
Locel REEES 1 O Ground-Rod O Was Aiicraft |
= A Ey A SRE a laden do Astrea ob O Probably Aircraft |
oMT_22/ 1 JO23% a Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS ol URC O Was Astronomicol
OVYes D Probably Astronomical
O*Ne Military : O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Other Cho I .
OD Insufficient Data for Evaluation
£5 Min One SE 0O Unknown
EERE eg ER CE Re ee RL | AS
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1. COMMENTS
Object :=ighted at 35° elevation bearing On 22 Feb at 1023Z Echo was at 35° N
390° azimuth heading SE. Had brightness of at a longitude of 113.52 E. At 10382
1st Magstar. Visible for 15 min. No pickup Echo was at about 6° N 144° E heading
on radar, both air 2nd surface. Observed SE. Echo would be visible to the
through sextant while taking celestial fix. witness during this period. Case is
Diszappe=red bearing 123° true at altitude of evaluated as Echo I Satellite.
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TE ET LT ER
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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