Midway Island (Pacific), January 1961January 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

On January 28, 1961, at night, a pilot and co-pilot flying a landing approach to Midway Island in the Pacific reported a blue-white object with a short, bright tail. It was clearly visible right ahead, bearing about 152 degrees from Midway. The distance was unknown.

The object was about 20 degrees above the horizon, proceeding from left to right. It was estimated to be extremely high and was tracked moving on an estimated course. The crew was unable to identify it further due to high speed and darkness.

The Air Force conclusion was insufficient data. The comment notes that although the description and flight path are characteristic of a meteor, there was not enough data to form a valid conclusion.

Reported location

Midway Island (Pacific), January 1961

Date of incident

January 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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| ov PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 28 Jan 61 Midway Island (Pacific) B Probebly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION aa a |
PORTER RR DO Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodor a Brobeay iv —
omr__ 2817202 207 —— Air Visual DO Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. ‘PHOTOS | « SOURCE O Was Astronomical
a Yes O Probably Astronomical
TXNe Military D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION " NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE I DN csicinitmininn
: B Insufficient Date for Evaluation
O Unknown
TIRES IDR SNE RRR OR ERR SSCA. [San SISA, FCS ORR
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Blue-white object with |[11. COMMENTS Although the description and
4 short bright tail. Object about 20° above the | flight path of the object is character-
: horizon proceeding left to right. Estimated istic of a meteor, there is insufficien
extremely high. data on which to form a valid conclusiof. |
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
| : y
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BRR a RR GE Bs en SAR PRE ding

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