Pakistan, Karachi, April 1961April 1961

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Summary

On April 22, 1961, two Air Force officers reported an object over Karachi, Pakistan, around 10:30 p.m. (GMT). The report was forwarded as part of a project that tracked space objects. The observers were looking north toward the Big Dipper.

The witnesses described three distinct lights of a pinkish, gaseous color, slightly less bright than a star. They were slightly elongated, like a cigar shape, and traveled in close formation. The lights moved in a straight line across the lower part of the Big Dipper handle toward the North Star, about 10 degrees down from straight overhead. The objects appeared to be at tremendous altitude and tremendous speed, in the fringe of the atmosphere. The sighting lasted only about 8 to 10 seconds. The lights showed a definite jerkiness that suggested atmospheric distortion.

The report suggested this might be the sighting of a space rocket body and asked for the expected orbit time over Pakistan if the body had not yet decayed.

Reported location

Pakistan, Karachi, April 1961

Date of incident

April 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

] PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS ~A anil Ld ab 120 hai AW 4 0 Wes Balloon Ae Senate Aten aoe o Probably Balloon 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon : 0 Was Aircraft [IY | [PE — Q Ground- Visual O Ground-Redar Q Probably Aircraft CMT eel eee 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS | 6 SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical 10% 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical Big | tard 14s O Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Othe es | O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation ) pe Unknown ’ | | : 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING J111. COMMENTS - J QE ERT 46 anxIx p de : 5 Pe 3 R 2D" - Tyrie hs | ; | ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)