34.47N 166.19W (PACIFIC), September 1961September 1961

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Summary

On September 3, 1961, over the Pacific, a witness reported an oval object in the north northeast for about three and a half hours. The object showed blue, green, orange, and yellow colors with a diffused light around it. It moved very slowly toward the north northeast. The Air Force noted the witness gave only general readings and that the first magnitude star Capella was in the north northeast at that time. The card points to an astronomical cause, the star Capella.

Reported location

34.47N 166.19W (PACIFIC), September 1961

Date of incident

September 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

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| gn PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ihn
| | \. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Ball
3 Sep 61 3h WN 166. 19W (PACIFI<) |B Probably Ballesn
3. DATE-TIME GROUP + TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon |
Local _—— XX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar o yr ver oft
GMT 0 [O73 Z_ . 0 Ain Visuel 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS . R O Was Astronomicel
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomicel
«2 No Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE tX Oher_Satellite |
a beh gl Date for Evaluation |
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4 min ois | NE io ;

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF sionTiNG 1 white objt size and 11. COMMENTSObservation ad characteristics of | |
brightness lst mag star observed at 195° az satellite observation. Not confirmed wit |
heading NE. Desappeared OVer norizon at 175° Satellite data however, there is no con- | |
az after 4 min flight. Observation with Bx. flicting data and case is evaluated as

: satellite Sighting.
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