E of Corpus Christi, TexasAugust 1960

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Summary

On August 17, 1960, Coast Guard observers east of Corpus Christi, Texas saw an object at about 9:12 p.m. The sighting lasted about 13 minutes. The object was round and white, about the size of a first magnitude star. It moved steadily eastward, then disappeared behind a low cloud. The weather was partly cloudy with moderate seas. The reporting officer thought it was not a conventional aircraft and considered a possible satellite. A later check found that the satellite Echo I passed over the Houston area at about the same time on an eastward path. The Air Force concluded the object was probably the Echo I satellite.

Reported location

E of Corpus Christi, Texas

Date of incident

August 1960

State / country

TX / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

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RSIS La PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
17 Aug 60 E of Corpus Christi, Texas 9 Probably Belson
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION U Vesny Swiom
tocol — | OGmumdVigugl  O Greund-Reder 8 Probdly Rivereh
oMT__18/03127 Q Ain Visvel O Air-Intercopt Roder | D0 Possibly Aircraht
S. PHOTOS a4 o R oO id Re cig oda .
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n hig Coast Guard 0 Possibly Astrenomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Of Other_EChO TI .
O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
13 min one E wre
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Found, white object. size of first magnitude A check with the timetable for Echo I
star moving steadily eastward. Disappeared indicates that it was moving toward the
benind low cloud. NE at the time of this sighting. This is
probably the cause for this sighting.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP S52)

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