PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8698718

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1961

REPORTED LOCATION4032N16659W PACIFIC

FRAMES5

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE |2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
PACIFIC) Was Ballaon
4 Dec 61 4032N 16659W 00 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Bolloon
Local_ DKGround-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
00 Probably Aircroft
GMT 0505142 AirViswal Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Y.s 000 Probably Astronomicol
No Military Passibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8. COURSE 6 Other_Prob Zoho I
0 Insufficient Dara for Evaluation
5 min 1 SE 0 Unknown
min 1 SE
10. BRIEF 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ROUNd SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ROUNd objt size of size of 11. cOMMENTs Objt has "1. commenrsObjt has characteristies characteristies of of
planet sighted 20 elev, 210 sighted 20° elev, 210 az. Disappeared Disappeared satellite. Info not verified with space satellite. Info not verified with space
08° elev, 175 az. In sight for 5 min. Believed track, however there is no conflicting
ito be satellite by observers. info. Objt assumed to be Echo I.
ATIC FORM 329 (R1 26 BEP 52)
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NAVAL MESSAGE UNCLASSIFIED NAVY DEPARTMENT
PRECEDENCE (ACTION) RELEASED BY DRAFTED BY EXT. NO.
PRIORITY
RRIORITY' (INFOI
IN: 23684 (5 Dec 61) B/wg
7 P 252630Z
12
FM USS WILHOITE AF DIST:
TO USAF PAC CIN-14
OOP-2
INFO CODESFLOT FIVE OOP-CP-1
CORTRON FIVE SAFS-3
C CM BA RPAC To
COMCORTRON FIVE MAIL
CNO -20-
CINCPACFLT
USS BANCE USS BANCE MAt. Faisad
UNCLAS UF O
A. C INCPACFLTINST 3820.3
1. A. ROIND B. PLANET C. STARLIGHT D. THRU I. NONE I. A. ROIND B. PLANET C. STARLIGHT D. THRU I. NONE
2. A LOOKOUT SIGHTED B. 20 DEG 210 DEG TRUE C. 28HDEG 175 DEG TRUE D. 2. A LOOKOUT SIGHTED B. 20 DEG 210 DEG TRUE C. 08HDEG 175 DEG TRUE D.
NORTH TO SOUTH NORTH TO SOUTH STRAIGHT LINE E. DISAPPSARING LINE E. DISAPF FIVE
M IN UTES
3. A. GROLND-V ISUAL B BIN OC ULARS C. NA
4. A. 050514Z B NIGHT
5.43-32N 166-59W
6. NA SIGHTED
CBJI RS.
92C0G
SECNAV USECNAV ASTSECNAV(R&D) 00 09 09B 0SM 09D03 33 34 35 05 05 07 72
CMC JCSCS
CIRCUIT NO. PAGE OF PAGES TIME OF RECEIPT DATE TIME GROUP
03/ RL4 PW31C3 1 1 2 1321/ 05 NOV 050630Z NOV 61
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UNCLASSIFIED

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NAVAL MESSAGE UNCLASSIFIED NAVY DEPARTMENT
PRECEDENCE (ACTION) RELEASED BY DRAFTED BY EXT. NO.
(INFO
7
INLIMITED
8. THRU I0 NONE
11. ORIG PRZSUME SAELLITE
12. NCNE
.
E
CONTROL NO. CIRCUIT NO. PAGE OF PAGES TIME OF RECEIPT DATE TIME GROUP
5 1799/03/RL/4 PWB103 2 050632Z N
UNCLASSIFIED

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23582R(NDed T61AR.P/pe STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INFO CIN-14,"0OP P-1, SAFS-3 ARMY-2, CMC-7,
SMB C146 JCS14 DIA-2 (110)
PKA035KHD059
**'00 RJEZHO RBEPW RJWFALB RJWXBRB
DE RJHPKH9 o/
ZNR
3
0 050850Z
FM WAW AIR DEF DIV KUNIA ANNEX HAWAII
TO RJHPKM/CINCPACAF HICKAM AFB HAWAII
R3HPQ/COMHAWSEAFRON PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
INFO RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASHINGTON DC UFO
RJWXSRB/CINCSAC OFFUTT T AFB NEB culS
RBEPW/CNO WASH DC
F1 = 2
REEPW/SECNAV WASH DC REEPW/SECNAV WA3H DC
RJWFALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLORADO RJWFALB/CINCNORAD ENT T AFB COLORADO
R3HPA/CINCPAC CAMP HM SMITH HAWAII 0 0
RUVPFS/CINCUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HAWAII
R3YPB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII R3HPB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
RJAPAZ/COMUSJAPAN FUCHU AS JAPAN
RUAMCR/COMUSKOREA SEOUL KOREA
RUAGFL/COMUSSTDC TAIPEI TAIWAN
RBHPHH/COMHAWSEAFRON KUNIA TUNNEL ANNEX
R3HPD/COMSWFORPA ISLAND HAWAII
AF GRNC
BT
UNCLAS CRIVIS REPORT
1. MERINT REPORT
2. SOURCE-BARRIER DER SHIPP
3. SIGHTED F ROUND O3JECT RELATIVE SIZE OF PLANET-STAR

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFED MESSAGE 7
I.NCO
AF IN : 23582 (5 Dec 61) PAGE 2 OF 2
BRIGHT.
4. POSITION OF SHIP FORTY DEGREES THIRTY TWO MINUTES
NORTH LATITUDE, ONE-HUNDRED SIXTY
NINE MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE.
5. TIME OF SIGHTING 05/0514Z DECEMBER.
S. OBJECT FIRST OBSERVED TWENTY DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON ON
SEARING OF TWO ONE ZERO DEGREES FROM SHIPS POSITION.
DISAPPEARED EIGHT DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON ON BEARING OF
ONE SEVEN FIVE DEGREES. OBJECT WAS TRAVELING FROM ONE SEVEN FIVE DEGREES. OBJECT WAS TRAVELING FROM
NORTH TO SOUTH IN A STRIGHT LINE, AND WAS OBSERVED WITH
UNAIDED EYE AND BINOCULARS FOR FIVE MINUTES.
7. WEATHER WAS CLEAR TO PARTLY CLOUDY.
3. NO EVAULATI 3. NO EVAULATION.- POSSIBLE POSSIBLE SATELLITE.
3T 3T
25/0901Z DEC RJHPKH
NOTE ADVANCE COPY (050455I)