Ocean Station Delta 48-12N 28-26W (Atlantic), February 1962February 1962

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Summary

On February 2, 1962, a military crew aboard the SS American Shipper reported an object in the Atlantic at Ocean Station Delta, about 48 degrees north and 28 degrees west. The sighting was made at about 2145 GMT and lasted about 6 to 7 seconds. It was seen from the ship by the captain and the second officer just after the Echo satellite passed.

The object was extremely bright and had a very long, bright tail. It was visible through a thin layer of strato cumulus clouds. It was first seen about 20 degrees above the horizon, traveling parallel to the horizon and gradually heading downward in a curve. It disappeared at about 5 degrees elevation, traveling through a 90 degree arc of azimuth.

The Air Force record card lists this case as astronomical, a meteor. The card notes the color was not given, but the object was bright and had a long tail, and there was nothing to indicate it was anything other than a meteor.

Reported location

Ocean Station Delta 48-12N 28-26W (Atlantic), February 1962

Date of incident

February 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

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SRE TE . PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD a |
3 1. DATE 12 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 Ocean Station Delta 0 Was Boll
j 2 Feb 62 48-12N 28-26W (Atlantic) 0 Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0. Possibly Balloon |
1 | BC BE eS es A Ch SA KXGround- Visual 0 Ground-Rador 2 irk Eo SPA |
E GMT 02 21452 0 AirVisuadl 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Airereft
3 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE OX Was Ast ical |
1 O Yes or Probabl ded | A | |
4 XNo Military O Possibly Astronomical |
3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CR REN BN SAR |
1 ok 6 7 se ps SE 5 ie ont Data for Evaluation {
: -7 sec nown |
3 i ;
E |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
E CIRVIS report of otject cbserved Just after Color not given, other than object was
© - 1iEcho I passed. Object wa: extremely bright bright and had a long tail. There is |
ER with a long and brignt tail visible through nothing to indicate that this was any-
fi: . |strato cumulus clouds. Cbject observed at thing other than a meteor sighting.
~ © |22° elevation traveling parallel to horizon
RE {gradually downward and disappearing at an
- elevationdf 5°. Traveled through a 90° arc
3 of azimuth. Duration 6-7 sec.
1 ATIC FORM 329 (RRV 26 SEP $2)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28996214