2313N 12116W (PACIFIC), July 1961July 1961

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Summary

On July 30, 1961, Navy officers aboard the USS Lansing in the Pacific reported a light in the sky. The object was round, about the size of a pinhead, and as bright as a first magnitude star. It was white with no tail. It was first seen directly overhead and moved from west southwest to east northeast with no change in path. It stayed in sight for about 8 minutes before fading into clouds. The officers used binoculars. The Air Force card identifies the object as the satellite Echo I.

Reported location

2313N 12116W (PACIFIC), July 1961

Date of incident

July 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

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Ra PTE 4 AEWA Wt 11: ep —— ES A RT
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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i 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
; FRR RL) A 0 : \ 3 Was Balloon
30 Jul 61 Goad de LEOW LI ASC | 0) Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TINE GROUP % TYPE OF OBSERVATION si iathod bll |
5 i i x 0 Wos Alreraft
Lo Ey Ea fish 1X Ground- Visual BQ Ground-Radar 1A Probably Alrsrafe
CMTS Vie la Q Aix Visual QO Alrsintercap?t Radar O Possibly Aircraft
S. "PHOTOS +» SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
3 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
X3Ne Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF .C3SERVATION 8, NUMBER OP OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BX Other ud DO iis
0 insufficient Data for Evaluation
 « J A . Sr 0 Unknown
; 5° SE £1 96 1 6 § pH ol) Ro
10. BRIEF SUMMARY QF SIGHTING #1L.LTE Cojo, wound, size 1. COMMENTSOD JG identified as Weho I,
of pinhead, bright as lst magnitude star. Ob-
served al rectly overhead, disappeared on head-
ang Ooo on straight course. lio deviation.
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ATIC FORM 329 (RRV 28 SBP 82)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28993730