47N 173W (North Pacific), February 1961February 1961

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On February 23, 1961, an object was sighted over the North Pacific Ocean near 47 degrees north, 173 degrees west. The sighting was reported by aircraft from Navy unit 43212 as a visual sighting. Two reports were received, giving observation times of about 5 minutes and about 12 minutes.

The object rose in the west, passed overhead, and moved on an easterly heading before disappearing. One report placed its disappearance at an altitude angle of about 70 degrees. Little else was described beyond the object being sighted, its direction, and how long it was visible.

The reports were sent as CIRVIS reports, used for sightings of possible interest to defense. One message presumed the object was a satellite. The Air Force card states the duration of the sighting is characteristic of a satellite such as Echo 1.

Reported location

47N 173W (North Pacific), February 1961

Date of incident

February 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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fet SRA PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE ee 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Woes Ball
22 Feb 61 LN 173W (North Pacific) + [0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION W, Vorurmy seem
CER EN O Ground- Visual DO Ground-Radar 5 Probably Airer oft
GMT 8 Air Visual QO Air-Intercept Rader 0 ati Aircroft
5. "PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes DO Probobly Astronomicel |
& No Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ¥ Other_Satellite
. (m] 1h wat Dota for Evaluation
5 min and 12 min 1 W-E =
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGTwo reports received. |1). COMMENTS nupatjon of sighting is ‘char- |.
All that was reported was that objt was acteristic of a satellite such as Echo 1.
sighted. Length of observation and course
were given,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991525