3526N 14155E FAR EAST, May 1961May 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

On May 15, 1961, the crew of a C-121 aircraft saw an object over the Pacific Ocean, near 35 degrees 28 minutes north and 141 degrees 55 minutes east, around 3:54 p.m. (GMT). The aircraft was heading about 128 degrees at 11,000 feet and was in the clear above a solid undercast.

The object left long blue white streaks and was bearing about 330 degrees relative to the aircraft. It did not look like a shooting star or meteor. It appeared to be a missile or other space vehicle burning up on reentry into the atmosphere, and looked extremely high and fast. No duration, direction, or speed of the object was given.

Because the report arrived late and there was little detail, the Air Force found insufficient data to form a valid conclusion. No follow up message was sent.

Reported location

3526N 14155E FAR EAST, May 1961

Date of incident

May 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

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4 \ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
x go 0 Was Balloon
15 Mov 61 35260 1), 155% Fie CAT 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION {8 Possibly Balloon
3 = 0) Wos Aircrafr
| TAGE Asai aise - 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador 0 Probobly Aircraft
1 GMT H1lHH44 SRE PR 0 Air Visual 0 Air-lntercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
i 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 15 Wa Aston viol
; O Yes O Probably Astronomical
; ‘A No MIC ITA 7 D Possibly Astronomical
BE 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE AE OR a
| 3 0 Iasufticiant Data for Evaluotion
1 ce , © |O Unknown
i 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 0b jt leaving long blue |. COMMENTS Thoufficient Duta received
white streaks, Not similar to meteor, Appeared to form valid conclusion,
td be missile or other space vehicle burning
won reentry. No duration given, no direction
| of] movement of objt, no speed of objt. lio info
urjon wnicn to base conclusion, Due to time lag
; i receipt of report no follow-up message sent,
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i ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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