3742N 0042E (MED SEA), May 1961May 1961

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Summary

On May 11, 1961, at 8:05 p.m. near the Med Sea at coordinates 3742N 0042E, military observers sighted a very bright fast-moving object. The object had the intensity of the star Sirius. It was measured at an altitude of 59 degrees 49 minutes 15 seconds and moved west to east on a true bearing of 202 degrees before moving out of sight to the east. The observation lasted 49 minutes 15 seconds. The Air Force concluded that the object sighted was either a satellite, meteor, or aircraft, noting that information reported was very limited in nature and precluded a definitive conclusion as to the nature of the object.

Reported location

3742N 0042E (MED SEA), May 1961

Date of incident

May 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
11 May 61

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Level: 2056
GMT: 1120562

5. PHOTOS
[checked] Yes
[unchecked] No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Very bright fast moving obji, intensity of star Sirius measured altitude 59 degrees 49 min 15 sec. Moving W-E True bearing 202 degrees. Objt as bright as star Sirius.

2. LOCATION
37+2oN 0042E [Med Sea]

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[unchecked] Ground-Visual [unchecked] Ground-Radar
[checked] Air-Visual [unchecked] Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Military

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

9. COURSE
W - E

12. CONCLUSIONS
[checked] Was Balloon
[checked] Probably Balloon
[checked] Possibly Balloon
[unchecked] Was Aircraft
[unchecked] Probably Aircraft
[unchecked] Possibly Aircraft
[unchecked] Was Astronomical
[unchecked] Probably Astronomical
[unchecked] Possibly Astronomical
[checked] Other
[checked] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[checked] Unknown

11. COMMENTS: It is possible that objt sighted by airview was either a satellite, meteor, or an a/c. Info reported is very limited in nature precluding a conclusion as to nature of objt.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992475