34.15N 153.28E (Pacific), July 1962July 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 30, 1962, a military observer in the Pacific Ocean reported a bright white object. The position was about 34 degrees 15 minutes north and 153 degrees 28 minutes east. The time was 0953Z.

The object was brighter than a first magnitude star. It headed east-southeast and reached a maximum altitude of about 80 degrees. It then dropped and disappeared at about 30 degrees, on a bearing of 105 degrees true. The sky was clear.

The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force said the object was probably a satellite. Tracking data for a known satellite was not available.

Reported location

34.15N 153.28E (Pacific), July 1962

Date of incident

July 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
30 July 1962 34.,15N 153,.28E (Pacific) 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
LI colton tai bitassiiiiiahon 0 Ground: Visual O Ground-Radar 5 bri os ply AOR |
MT 30/09932 2] Air Visual QO Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
QO Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
; B® No 5 Military : O Possibly ——
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 5 Other_Satellite
O Insufficient Dato for Evaluction
0 Unknown
| not rptd one ESE RIE JESS RSPAS RRS SOIR DAT UR:
110. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bright white obj brighter than 1st Probably satellite, ECHO data
, magnitude star observed heading ESE not available,
{ with maximum alt of 80 dgr. Disappean-
t ing at 30 dgr on heading of 105 dgr
true,
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