2020N 17500W & 2025N 17225W (PACIFIC), July 1961
- Date of account
- 1961-07
- Location
- 2020N 17500W & 2025N 17225W (PACIFIC)
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
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Source text · mention onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION Pseific) 12.CONCLUSIONS 17225W 口 Was Balloon 1Ju161 2020N 17500W&2025N 口 ProbabiyBalloon 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 224182727 Ground-Visual DGround-Radar 口 Was Aircrait Locaf- 口 ProbaslyAireraft CMTC2/1041Z&10272 AirVisuol Air-lntercopt Radar 口 Possibiy Airerait 5.'PHOTOS 6.SOURCE C WasAstronomicat /eTCcr Yes ProbablyAstronomical Military 口 PossiblyAsironomical CNZ 7.LENGTHOF.O3SERVATION 8.NUMBEROFOBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othar. 口 InsufficientData forEvaluolion Unknown 5-10 sec 1 NNW-SSE o.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING Streak of lignt.A/e at 11.cOMMENTsObjt reported to be moving S, 21,000' thus ruling out Eeho I, as Echo was mov ing NE at time of sighting. Objt sighted was reported to be a streak of light. This description is charaeteristic of a meteor at a very high altitude.Duur- ation also suggests a meteor. ATIC FORM329(R
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