SE Guam, December 1960December 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On December 19, 1960, near SE Guam, military personnel observed an object of first magnitude brightness. The object was picked up at 15 degrees elevation and 335 degrees bearing. It disappeared after moving in a straight flight path at 5 degrees elevation on a 130 degree heading. The sighting lasted 19 minutes. The object was believed to be a satellite. One object was sighted traveling southeast. The Air Force evaluation was satellite.

Reported location

SE Guam, December 1960

Date of incident

December 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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MILITARY PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 19 Dec 60

2. LOCATION: SE Guam

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local ___ GMT: 19/0921Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: [ ] Yes [ ] No

6. SOURCE: Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 19 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

9. COURSE: SE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Object of magnitude about 1st mag star picked up at 15 deg elev, 335. Disappeared after straight flight path at 5 deg elev on 130 heading. Sighting from ship and believed to be satellite at time of observation.

12. CONCLUSIONS: [ ] Was Balloon [ ] Probably Balloon [ ] Possibly Balloon [ ] Was Aircraft [ ] Probably Aircraft [ ] Possibly Aircraft [ ] Was Astronomical [ ] Probably Astronomical [ ] Possibly Astronomical [ ] Other Satellite [ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation [ ] Unknown

11. COMMENTS: Characteristics of satellite present, although not confirmed. Request for additional information sent out but no answer received.

ATTG FORM 330 (REV 28 SEP 59)

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