29.29N 172.52W, May 1962May 1962

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Summary

On May 22, 1962, the crew of the USS Stone County in the Pacific reported an object at about 0645Z. The object was at position 25 degrees 29 minutes north, 172 degrees 52 minutes west.

The object was bright and shiny. It was first seen bearing about 280 degrees at 25 degrees elevation and was lost on the horizon bearing about 209 degrees. It moved on a heading of about 140 degrees with a rapid bearing rate. Sea visibility was unlimited. Later messages corrected the time of the sighting.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force noted the description was very limited. It said the direction and appearance suggested a satellite observation, although no duration was included.

Reported location

29.29N 172.52W, May 1962

Date of incident

May 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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A . 3
: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION T | 12. CONCLUSIONS Fas
0 Was Balloon
5 May. 62 29.208 172.52W 0 Probably Balloon
IPT RE ARLES apres ET TE |r mm I Ly Eo TOA SOR Sot 0 Possibly Balloon
3. DATEZ-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OSSERVATION
] : ; f ; 0 Was Aircraft
- x = -
Ae) EE XIX Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar QO Probably Aircraft
5 /0RARS ET
CMT. ~%/ 06467 2 0 Air Visual 0 Air-intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHCTOS $. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
1 Ee INIT Ea B Civilian 0 |S Possibly Asteonomico
7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE © Other_Satollite
1 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
; 0 Unknown
RE
E 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bright shiny obj sighted moving on Description very limited, Yh
‘l! heading of 140 deg, Initial observa- | gives appearance of being orbital],
tion at 280 deg azimuth disappearance] Duration not included, howsver
at 200 deg. Lost on horison. Initial | direction & appearance indicate
observation at 25 deg elev. : satellite observatéon.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28997360