34.42N 163.42E (Pacific), July 1962July 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 29, 1962, a military observer at Ocean Station Victor in the Pacific Ocean reported a bright white object. The position was about 34 degrees 42 minutes north and 163 degrees 42 minutes east. The time was 1047Z.

The object was brighter than a first magnitude star. It was seen high in the sky, at about 80 degrees elevation, and headed south. It was visible to the naked eye for about 5 minutes. The sky was clear.

The Air Force record card said the sighting was possibly a satellite. It noted there was no mention of an easterly heading and no report of how the object disappeared. Tracking data for a known satellite was not available. The Air Force listed the case as insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

34.42N 163.42E (Pacific), July 1962

Date of incident

July 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wes Balloon
29 July 1962 34,42N 163,42E (Pacific) |[O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Bolleon
OR TTT ¥*Ground- Visual - 0 Ground-Rador = 8 ly Raver
oMT____29/104 10472 0 AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aireraht
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical {
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
: &* No Mili tary O Possibly Astronomical |
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| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE I oii
i XXnsufficient Data for Evaluation !
| F O Unknown i
si J minutes ___one South
110. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
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Bright white obj brighter than lst Possibly satellite; however,
magnitude star, Possible Satellite, no mention of Easterly heading
+ Elevation at 80 dgr, Flight to South] (eigher NE or SE). No manner
| | of disappearance rptd although
| the sky was rptd as clear,
| i Possibly satellite; however,
| insufficient data for evaluation
| ECHO I data not available,
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