Indonesia, October 1960October 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On October 17, 1960, in Indonesia, a report stated that meteorites or a satellite decay was in possession of the Indonesian Government. The brief summary notes decay of objects occurring positions five, six, eight, and nine during September and October 1960. A U.S. Discoverer XV was also reported as of October 18. No additional details about witnesses, motion, duration, or Air Force evaluation appear in the legible portions of these pages.

Reported location

Indonesia, October 1960

Date of incident

October 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

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INDONESIAN GOVT.          PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                    2. LOCATION              12. CONCLUSIONS
   17 Oct 60                  Indonesia               [] Was Balloon
                                                      [] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP         4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION   [] Possibly Balloon
   Local                      [] Ground-Visual        [] Was Aircraft
   GMT                        [] Ground-Radar         [] Probably Aircraft
                             [] Air-Visual           [] Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                  [] Air-Intercept Radar   [] Not Astronomical
   [] Yes  Physical        6. SOURCE                [] Probably Astronomical
   [] No   Telephonic         Military              [] Possibly Astronomical
                                                    [] Other [illegible]
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION  8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE              [] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
   N/A                       one                                        [] Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING              11. COMMENTS

Report states that meteorite or satellite decay  Decay of Position 5,6,8,9 occurred during
in possession of Indonesian Government.          Sept and Oct 60. Also U.S. Discoverer XV
                                                reported as Oct 18.

ATC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

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