4250N 13411W Pacific, April 1961April 1961

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Summary

On April 25, 1961, the pilot of an RC-121D aircraft saw an object over the Pacific Ocean, near 42 degrees 50 minutes north and 134 degrees 11 minutes west. The sighting took place at night, around 5:40 a.m. (GMT), and lasted about 1 to 1.5 seconds. The pilot had 16 years and about 3,000 hours of flying time.

The object was a bright white lighted streak, brighter than a meteorite, about the size of a common pin. It trailed flame and sparks about seven times the length of the object. It appeared to fall vertically and then burned out. The aircraft was flying at 10,000 feet on a heading of about 160 degrees.

The pilot thought it might be a satellite reentry. The Air Force evaluated the case as a meteor sighting in all probability.

Reported location

4250N 13411W Pacific, April 1961

Date of incident

April 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
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
2L Apr 61 L250N 3,11 Paci fi 0 Was Balloon
- A208 1341 fagiiic 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP [* 7H OBSERVATION 8 Possitly Balloon
rig . O Wos Aircraft
Loco — — — ) Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircrafy
OMT. 22/0402 Ape 61 GAin Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 7 RE Was Astronomical lieteor
0 Yes Probably Astronomical
Ne TIE Pgh 0 Possibly Astronomical
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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE gE cE EE SU
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
1-2 seconds one falling Beco
oss ssa elses
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
cht white objzct with tail seven tines Meteor sighting in aliprobability,
nzhh et) LLing v ptic VY. 1 oor and auration mile out reenter,
Piers 8 Tl JAS. ALY sightine,
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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