2815N 7741W (E of Cape Canaveral), February 1961February 1961

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On February 20, 1961, the crew of the ship SS Erihio reported a bright object over the Atlantic Ocean, about 150 nautical miles east of Cape Canaveral, near 28 degrees 15 minutes north, 77 degrees 41 minutes west. The object was seen by five crew members and the ship's master. It was visible for about 90 seconds and moved from southwest to northeast.

The witnesses described an amber colored object about one foot in diameter. It rose into the sky very rapidly on a bearing of 250 degrees true and set toward 070 degrees true. No sound was heard. The object was bright and circular and was followed by two wings that formed a parabola, with the main body in the center.

The Air Force card notes the flight path is characteristic of a missile taking off. A check showed that a Titan missile was launched at 0100Z on the day of the sighting, and the path of the missile matched the path reported for the object.

Reported location

2815N 7741W (E of Cape Canaveral), February 1961

Date of incident

February 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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] PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD . |
] 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1 3 O Was Balloon
Aa 20 Feb 61 2815N 7741W (E of Cape Canaveral)|O reney oe
"| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION alli pele
i FEY RINE |) [EN TI TY X Ground- Visual O Ground-Reder a ’ rebobly Aircraft
GMT 2101057 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Iintercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE DO Was Astronomicol
0 Yes DO Probably Astronomical |
X Ne | “Meee Civie and O Possibly Astronomical |
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION * NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 5 Other Prob Missile |
: O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
j 0 Unknown
Sec 1 SW-NE |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Amber-colored obJjt, 1. COMMENTSWitnesses were located aprox | |
1' in diameter, bearing 250° T rising | 150 NM E of Cape Canaveral. Flight path
| to sky very rapidly and set to 070° T. No of objt is characteristic of missile on
| sound heard. Objt was bright and circular its take-off. A check indicates that a |
followed by 2 wings forming 1 parabola in Titan missile was launched at 0100Z on |
3 center of which was main body. Took about day of sighting, and path taken by nissjle |
90 sec to travel celestial arc. was that reported for objt.
A ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991485