35.04N 144.10E (Pacific), August 1962August 1962

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Summary

On August 29, 1962, the crew of the Coast Guard cutter Matagorda reported an object in the Pacific Ocean. The position was about 35 degrees 04 minutes north and 144 degrees 10 minutes east. The time was 1730Z. The object was in sight for about 15 minutes.

The object was bright but less than a first magnitude star. It was at about 10 degrees mean elevation and moved in a northerly direction. It was first sighted on a bearing of 130 degrees true and disappeared on a bearing of 075 degrees true. Visibility was excellent with about 20 percent cloud cover.

The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force said all the information was consistent with a satellite observation, though tracking data for a known satellite was not available.

Reported location

35.04N 144.10E (Pacific), August 1962

Date of incident

August 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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| | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE [For 12. CONCLUSIONS
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29 August 1962 ~~ | 39,04N 144,10E (Pacific) |B Probably Balloon
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5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical

C Yes O Probably Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF C35ERVATION | 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE #3 Other Satellite
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation

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| 15 minutes | one Northerly

16. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

cright obj of less than lst magaitude ECHO data not available, All
at 10 dgr elevation under observation information consistent w/
: in Northerly fiight for 15 minutes, analysis of sighting as Satellile

Believed possibly satellite, Initial observation.
| observation at 130 dygr disappearing at
|0754dgr.
: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

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