23.46N 69.19W, November 1962November 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On November 20, 1962, at 8:00 p.m. local time, a civilian observer near coordinates 23.46N 69.19W reported seeing an object in the sky. The observer described an ECHO type satellite in flight traveling from southwest to northeast. The object was bright, comparable to Jupiter's brightness, and visible for 6 minutes. Only one object was observed. The Air Force noted that brightness was excessive for a typical satellite sighting. The case was evaluated as a probable satellite observation, though echo data was not available to confirm the identification.

Reported location

23.46N 69.19W, November 1962

Date of incident

November 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
20 November 1962

2. LOCATION
23.46N 69.19W

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 20/10002

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

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
6 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
NE

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

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Observation of ECHO type satellite in flight from SW to NE. Brightness of Jupiter. In sight for 6 minutes.

11. COMMENTS
Brightness excessive, however, flight, direction, duration and remaining description indicate satellite observation. Echo data not available. Case considered as a probable satellite sighting.

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