28.4N 69.05W, November 1961November 1961

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Summary

On November 15, 1961, a civilian merchant ship reported an object at about 10:32 p.m. (2232 Zulu). The ship's position was near 28 degrees north, 65 degrees west. One cone-shaped object of extreme brilliance was seen, with a comet-like tail. It executed a slow parabolic curve, heading toward a bearing of about 165 degrees and dimming in brightness. Continuous sparks were emitted from below the object. It was in sight for about 4 minutes. The Air Force noted that a missile, the Transit 4B, lifted off at 10:05 p.m. (2205 Zulu) that day and would have been visible in the observers' area at the reported time. It listed the case as a missile.

Reported location

28.4N 69.05W, November 1961

Date of incident

November 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
J bt ¢ a DO Was Balloon
i5 lov 61 28, hI 69.059 0 Probably Belloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 5. ERNE Raita
oe a 0 Was Aircraft
: Local IES Es oe ce Ep + &-Ground-Vi sual 0 Ground-Rader 0 Probably Aircroft
1 Hat 15 /92337, o 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rador D Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Wos Astronomical
E 0 Yes O Probably Astronomicel
1 “No Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical
] 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE B< Other Missile
: O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
1 : : i a) O Unknown

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3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Report <I —one shaped 11. COMMENTS Lavnes of transit 4B was 2200Z.
: objt of extreme brilliance with zomet like Missile would be ¥isible in area of ob-
tail zrzecubting slow parabolic curve heading servers at time reported for sighting.
E 165°, Dimming in intensity. Continuous sparks Evaluated as missile.
emnitted fmm below objt. In sight & min.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28995590