3630N 13945E (FAR EAST), September 1961September 1961

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Summary

On September 1, 1961, in the Far East, a pilot reported an unusual cloud during flight. The formation rose from the horizon to about 3 degrees above it and grew a mushroom shaped top. The sighting was made in clear air with good visibility in that direction. The object seemed to be about 300 to 400 miles away and stayed in place. The Air Force noted the same pilot had a nearly identical sighting on another date that was judged to be the planet Venus. The card points to an astronomical cause, Venus.

Reported location

3630N 13945E (FAR EAST), September 1961

Date of incident

September 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 43

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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CON PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
| |. pave a 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
1 Sep 61 36300 139458 (FAR €AsT) |B YenBoltoen | |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION <1) Ty, SOON 4
bees ee | DCRwAVind © GroundReder 0 Probably Aivereh |
GMT 1413007 XB Aie Visual O Air-lntercept Rader | Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS : da O Was Astronomical UE Tell.
’ O Yes 1X Probably Astronomical
i Ne : Military QO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CHER RR Sr RO
Aa Ta i : O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
: O Unknown
2-3 sec lL :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Explosion, Bright light [11. COMMENTS Pilots saw what appeared to be |
viewed for 2-3 sec, Explosion lasted 1/2 sec. an sxmpimwiian explosion which was Viewed
1st observed as ball of light w/extremely short| less than 1 sec. 1 pilot reported objt ha
tail. Looked like ball of fire, a short tail, Both reported objt had very|
: little, if any, movement. Elevation of objt |
j was too high to have been an atonic ex-
i ~ |plosion above arctic, plus, direction of | |
E observation tends to rule this out. Most
; logical explanation would be a large metedr
exploding in earths atmosphere. Therefore
| : : this report is categorized as probably
! bolide. |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28994594