Project Blue Book Case File
23.34N 149.42, February 1961February 1961
Summary
On February 8, 1961, at 1957Z, the crew of the USS John S. McCain in the Pacific near 23 degrees 34 minutes north, 149 degrees 42 minutes west reported a bright white object with the appearance of a first magnitude star. It was seen at about 30 degrees elevation, crossing the zenith on a northeast heading.
The object was sighted again later, bearing 304 degrees true, still moving northeast, and it disappeared into the Milky Way at a bearing of 337 degrees true at about 35 degrees elevation. The sighting lasted about 8 minutes. The crew considered it a possible satellite.
The Air Force conclusion was other, a satellite identified as Echo I. The comment says echo data was not available, but the characteristics of a satellite observation were present and there was no conflicting information.
Reported location
23.34N 149.42, February 1961
Date of incident
February 1961
State / country
? / XX
Page count
2 scanned pages
USAF evaluation
unknown
Microfilm
T1206, Roll 41