42.27N 126.49W Off Oregon Coast, March 1962March 1962

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Summary

In March 1962, a crew aboard an aircraft off the Oregon coast (about 42-27N 126-49W) reported one white object with a tail about 15 times the size of the object. The tail turned orange at the far end. The object fell in a straight line toward the ocean. The Air Force noted that satellite decay information was not yet available for that date, but said the duration was too short and the breaking up and red colors did not fit a reentry. The record card carried the case as astronomical (a meteor).

Reported location

42.27N 126.49W Off Oregon Coast, March 1962

Date of incident

March 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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; AN So PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Sg
i I. DATE 2. LOCATION : 12. CONCLUSIONS
] Ee a 42.2TN 126.49W § ie
E c) lar 02 = X as Bolloon
i ” Cff Oregon Coast 0 Probably Balloon
FE TT ee ee 8 SNR HR mt Bich. co biased A ‘
; 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O. Possibly Balloon
) 9 H 0 Wos Airerafr
AT A  B- 0 Ground-VYisual 0 Ground-Rodor 0 Probably Aircraft
§ Aa Am ;
ORT 122 Ss XX Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rodar 0 Possibly Aircroft
5. PHOTOS 4. SCURCE 8 Was Astronomical Meteor
CO Yeas 3 2 0 Probably Astronomical
Military 00 Possibly Astronomical
O Ne
| TT TT rT TARE Barr ry rene ee SN ES AE
7. LENGTN OF OBSERVATION | 2. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE - Ores Cor fo tan
Sh : O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
5-7 sec one descending 0 Unknown
k BY BE Ee —— ee
10. BRIZF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Cne object, white, with a tail about 15 times |Decay information not available for this
siz2 of cbject turning orange at the extreme [date as yet. However, the duration is too
| ead observed from an a/c. Object fell in a short and the breaking up and red multi
straight line and slowly disintegrated as it [color of a reentry is not present in this
burned out, Cbservation. All characteristics of sight
ing indicate that this was a routine mete
sighting.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 3EP 52)

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