Pacific (Not Stated), February 1962February 1962

Insufficient Data

Summary

On February 21, 1962, military personnel in the Pacific area reported a sighting. Two objects were observed. The first object, a small spherical white object, appeared above and to the right of a larger object at 2:09 a.m. local time on February 22. It was visible only through a 25x telescope. The objects moved to the southeast. A second smaller object traced visible only through the telescope was also reported. The observation lasted 20 minutes. An echo was detected at approximately 40 degrees north latitude 127 degrees east longitude (over Korea) at 9:28 a.m. The object appeared as bright as Sirius and passed over an area south of Betelgeuse, then approximately halfway between Orion and Sirius. The Air Force evaluation was satellite.

Reported location

Pacific (Not Stated), February 1962

Date of incident

February 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
21 Feb 62

2. LOCATION
Pacific (Not Stated)

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 21/0910Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
25. Ground-Visual by Ground-Radar
Telescope Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

6. SOURCE
Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
20 Min.

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Two

9. COURSE
SE

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other: Satellite (Echo)
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
White object, 25 AZ 280 degrees going SE disappeared beyond horizon at 05 degrees elev, 13 degrees of arc 20 minutes observation. A lighter similar object tracing visible only through 25X Telescope. ECHO (similar object tracing visible only through [illegible]
Note: On Feb 22 7th Fleet was at 21.15N 131.40E which is consistent with Fleet maneuvers.

11. COMMENTS
At 0910Z Echo was at about 40 degrees N latitude 127 degrees E (over Korea.) At 0928Z it had moved to the equator at 127 degrees longitude (over Gilbert Islands). If the fleet was at 37 degrees N 144 degrees W or off the E coast of Japan this could be a confirmed Echo sighting. No location was given. However the fleet was Korean to be in this area and object in the sighting is probably Echo.

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