29-10N 163-20W, February 1962February 1962

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Summary

On February 12, 1962, a military crew aboard the USS Lansing reported an object in the Pacific at about 29 degrees north and 163 degrees west. The sighting was made at about 0732 GMT. It was seen by eye. The length of observation was not given.

The object had the brightness of a first magnitude star. It was at a high elevation and heading southeast. Its speed was unknown. The seas were calm with scattered clouds.

The Air Force record card lists this case as the Echo satellite. The card notes Echo was heading southeast in the area at the time, which was consistent with the observation, so the case was evaluated as satellite Echo I.

Reported location

29-10N 163-20W, February 1962

Date of incident

February 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

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i MILITARY i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
4 1. DATE 12. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 i 201 O Was Beolloon
4 12 Feb 62 29-10N 163-20W GO Probably Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION SEER aoe |
3 O Was Aiicraft i
] Ra eT —— R Ground- Visual O Ground-Roder O Probably Aircraft
4 GMT 13/0732Z O Air Visuol 0 Air-Intercep? Rador DO Possibly Aircraft |
4 5. PHOTOS a ¥ RCE a fui gy hos
3 x os EET O Probably Astronomico
E B Ne Military f O Possibly Astronomicol
p 7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ti Orercatellite Fc
E QO Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
] : Not given one SE 0 Unknown
4 ame se A EE RE En SL SPs re 0 0] Cel HERE A ORT LE SPR CONOR SEARN | SE CAMS 0 Lv Be SCT IRL NEES SIU LS SEES SR
F 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11. COMMENTS
; atellite observed from ship. Brightness of At 12/0732Z Feb Echo was at 35°N heading
p 2% mag star. Elevation described as high. SE at longitude of 165.31W. This is con-
sistant with observation and case is
j : evaluated as satellite Echo I.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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