27N 150W (PACIFIC), April 1963April 1963

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 26, 1963, at 0613 hours (6:13 a.m.), a civilian Northwest Airlines flight crew reported a satellite-like object traveling north to south over the Pacific Ocean at coordinates 27 North, 150 West. One object was observed moving from north to south. Speed and altitude were unknown. The observation duration was not reported. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as a satellite based on limited data.

Reported location

27N 150W (PACIFIC), April 1963

Date of incident

April 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
26 April 1963

2. LOCATION
27N 150W (Pacific)

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local ___
GMT 27/0613Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual [  ] Ground-Radar [  ]
Sky-Visual [X] Air-Intercept Radar [  ]

5. PHOTOS
[  ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian Northwest Airlines

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
not reported

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
south

12. CONCLUSIONS
[  ] Was Balloon
[  ] Probably Balloon
[  ] Possibly Balloon
[  ] Was Aircraft
[  ] Probably Aircraft
[  ] Possibly Aircraft
[  ] Was Astronomical
[  ] Probably Astronomical
[  ] Possibly Astronomical
[X] Other - satellite
[  ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[  ] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Satellite like object in N to S orbit observed from airline flight 25. Speed and altitude of object unknown.

11. COMMENTS
ECHO date not available. Object assumed orbital by observers. Case evaluated as satellite on limited data.
[illegible]
47 CG [illegible] JT 13:42W [illegible]
16 [illegible] [illegible] SAWELL C [illegible]

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000707