5422N 17900E (PACIFIC), March 1961March 1961

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Summary

On March 21, 1961, an object was reported in the Aleutian area near 54 degrees 22 minutes north, 179 degrees west, about 9:04 p.m. GMT. The object was round and reddish, with smaller parts about one quarter the size of the larger ones. One observer saw a single object split into many pieces. The sighting lasted about four minutes.

On Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, the comments said one witness apparently saw the object before a meteor exploded, while another saw it afterward. The conclusion pointed to a meteor.

Reported location

5422N 17900E (PACIFIC), March 1961

Date of incident

March 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: ’. : 17) : 0 Was Balloon
21 Mar Ol 5422N 17900 ( desk yc) 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 5. Fessiny Suton
TT a beats ot SETA SE AP LOT 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar & es Hs AP !
GM r_ 2109047 B AirVisual 0 Air-Intercept Rodar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS coupon emsety © CF 0 Was Astronomical MleTe gre
0 Yes © Probably Astronomical —
a Ne Military OD Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 DIE iia
1 which exploded - ci Dato for Evaluation
. nk nown
? and 6 sec into many Descending | |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGIound reddish objt/small [V)- COMMENTS | yitness apparently saw objh
parts about 1/k size of large ones. First ob- [before meteor exploded, while other 1 sa:
—~ ant 2 py : : "n 1" Pe 4 . "
server saw one objt split into "many" with it after it had exploded. Description is
about 4 large fragments. 2nd saw 12-14% of characteristic of a type of meteor calle
varying SlzZes. a bolide., Color,explosion and duraticn
bears out this conclusion.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28991937