33.00N 177.00W (Pacific), April 1962April 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On April 29, 1962, a pilot flying over the Pacific Ocean northwest of Hawaii spotted what appeared to be a satellite. The aircraft was at 33 degrees North, 177 degrees West when the pilot observed a bright object to the north, positioned about 31 degrees above the horizon. The object moved from west to east across the sky and remained visible for 10 minutes.

The reporting authorities evaluated the sighting as no threat. The Air Force's project investigators noted that ECHO satellite data was not available to confirm the identification, but found nothing to suggest the object was anything other than a satellite. The case was officially concluded as a possible satellite sighting.

The full case file, comprising 7 pages, is reproduced below as held by the National Archives.

Reported location

33.00N 177.00W (Pacific), April 1962

Date of incident

April 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

7 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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: . PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD A
1. DATE 2. LOCATION © [12 CONCLUSIONS 9
2 5 AE, 4 fy Eo 0 Was Balloon
29 Apr 62 33400N 177.00W (Pacific) © Probably Ballcon
3 DATETIME GROUP [ 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION EE SE es tl ld
* 2 0 Was Aircraft
Lozal ne RT 0 Ground-Visucl 0 Ground-Readar 1 Probably Aircraft
Gv T 30/8527 sc ET 8 Air-Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5 PHOTOS 6. SOURCE a0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
@ No Vilitary : O Possibly Astronomical
1 7. LENGTH OF CBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE o omsrsiigllite
: 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
; 0 Unknown
10 mins one East
10. SRIZF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: _ Possible satellite observed to North ECHO data not available, however
pf a/c at 31 deg elev mofing East. In there is nothing to indicated that
sight for 10 mins, this was not a satellite, Evalua-
ted as no threat by rpting
authorities.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
hi LJ

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