24.50N 152. 20 W (PACIFIC), July 1961July 1961

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Summary

On July 24, 1961, the crew of a ship in the Pacific Ocean reported a strange light. The report came from the ship's navigator and three others on the bridge. They were civilians. They saw a single white light about as bright as a first magnitude star. It moved from southwest to east and crossed the whole sky from horizon to horizon. The object was watched twice, about two hours apart. It rose as high as 50 to 60 degrees above the horizon. The Air Force studied the direction, the description, and the long time between the two sightings. The card lists the cause as a satellite, probably the Echo balloon satellite.

Reported location

24.50N 152. 20 W (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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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
- PRL Th RR SRE TY $i 0 Was Balloon
2h July 1961 244508 152, eV W (Ae J] 0 Probably Balloon
3 DATETIME GROUP (1s svea2ox 20 W (rhc) O Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
A = Oo) N w] Was Aircraft :
OO “EB Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircrofe
GMT___<2/0720-07107 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercopt Radar [DO Possibly Aircraft |
S. PHOTOS | 8 SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
<O:N | Civilian O Possibly Astronomical i
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7 LENGTH OF OBSERVATION [3 oiompereee————— pp Crt nlT 44-4 - -
7. LENGTH OF O33ERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (XXOther___Satellite
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10 nmin 1 EINE 0 Unknown
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| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [i=rinet Lepore. Obit on Inn COMMENTS Direction of LOAVel, general dos.
I course Im SW to E. observed norizon to hor- cription, duration of Slgacing and 2 hr 4 .o
zon with hizhest gleVv. 507 dglev, 2 hug Later interval indicate satellite ob servation
| 3 observed fm W to NNE same objt with highest (probably Bolt 4),
| alev 60°, General description that of ist mag
| 8 star, white in color,
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