3617N 12547W (PACIFIC), March 1961March 1961

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Summary

On March 20, 1961, an aircrew reported objects over the Pacific near 36 degrees 47 minutes north, 125 degrees 47 minutes west, about 8:12 p.m. The first object was oval. A second object was shaped like a pencil about 5 inches long at arm's length. The two objects were separated by about 3/4 of an inch. They were white and turned orange just before fading. There were two objects.

On Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, the comments said there were two objects observed, one close behind the other, and that both were descending.

Reported location

3617N 12547W (PACIFIC), March 1961

Date of incident

March 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

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’ , PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
» . E 0 Wos Balloon
20 Mar 61 36L7N  12547W (Pkicic) 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION . TSRwy Ewen
2012 Vi 5 0 Was Aircraft
RE Sp STE 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar Q Probobly Alresoft
GMT 2104122 B Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE BW Aivcemiess IXTCOL
O Yes © Probobly Astronomical
BQ No Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BORE i i,
OD Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
0 Unknown
: mn 0) . A
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING jot obit vas oval. COMMENTS mv vo are 2 objts observed,
Second objt had shape like a pencil 5" long. |L close behind other. Both objts were
§ Objts separated by 3/4". White, turned orange |[descending, and description of objts is
Just prior to disappearing. Long objt followedvery similar to that of a meteor.
; short one closely. First objt, no tail. 2nd Witnesses probably saw meteor after it hdd
objt, tapered to rear. broken apart during its descent.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991915