9.14N 90-32W, February 1962February 1962

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Summary

On February 27, 1962, military personnel aboard a Hawaiian merchant ship near the equator in the Pacific reported one bright object high in the sky. They observed it through a sextant for about 3 minutes. The object was first seen at an altitude of about 59 degrees and moved to about 35 degrees elevation before the final reading. The Air Force compared the position with the known track of the Echo I satellite and found it was visible from that location and consistent with the satellite. The record card concluded the sighting was Echo I.

Reported location

9.14N 90-32W, February 1962

Date of incident

February 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

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| : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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; 1. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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s : - / |0 Wes Bolloon
i 26 Feb 62 His N 90.38 Wf (- ~/ |Q Probably Balloon
f 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION do a
4 0 Wes Alcroft
1 Local i po 8 Ground-Visval O Ground-Rodar 0 Probably Aircroft
5 GMT 27/1057 0 AirVisel 0 Air-Intercopt Rodor O Possibly Airereft
A 5. PHOTOS SOURC O Was Astronomical
OVYes D Probably Astronomical
4 OX Ne Military : o rassivey Astronomical
E 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION S. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 8 Omercho I.
3 O Insufficient Dote for Evgluation
; 3 Minutes 1 SE Less ded |
~' [10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING : 11. COMMENTS
9 Merint rpt from Hawallizn r stall ship Kroz. t 0i05Z on 27 Feb Echo was near the
J Bright object, high, observed througn aquator neading 5° at 86° L4' W. Echo
3 yxtant, altitude 59°2az, 0° final cbser- visible from location given and con-
: vation. 3 Minutes later at 35° elevation sistant with the atg. Case avaiuated
: 8° gz. as Echo I.
3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
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