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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8724133

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1962

REPORTED LOCATION33 55N163 48E Pacific

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. | PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE ' 2, LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
16 Sentenbdbe 6 33. 55N 163 . ay D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION DO Possibly Belloon
a eN X@ Ground-Vieust 1 Growmd-Rodor | as Mert
GMT. 16/ 18352 0) Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURTE O Wos Astronomice!
C Yes O Probobly Astronomical
xO%Ne | Mili tary. 0D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF O83ERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OS RRL ES
: ; Cty Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
O Unknown

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19, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Bright spherical object like Ist mag
star appeared low on horizon at 040
dgr azimuth, Direction of flight
East. Speed visible by naked eye,

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11. COMMENTS

Echo I heading South at Equator
at about 104 dgr at the time.
Sighting at O700 local and
possibly other satellite; how
ever duration not rptd and obj
indicates Easterly travel,
Insufficient data for evaluation.
Also possible a/c sighting.

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AF IN: 2956 (16 Sep 62) re |
ACTION: CIN-17

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INFO: OOP-2, OOP-CP-1, SAFS-3, DIA-10, DIA-CIIC-3 (37)

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