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46.15N 171.15W (PACIFIC), May 1963

Date of account
1963-05
Location
46.15N 171.15W (PACIFIC)
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 17 May 1963 46.15N 口 Was Balloon 171.15W PACIfi 3.DATE-TIME GROUP Probably Balloon 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Local DKGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft GMT 18/0757Z 0931Z 口 Probably Aircraft Air-Visuol PHOTOS Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5. 6.SOURCE OYos Was Astronomical Meteor ONOK0 口 Probably Astronomical Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 1) not reported 口 Othor. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 2) ten seconds 口 Unknowm two eachb 080dgrT 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS MERINT report of obj assumed to be a Meteor sighting.Description and satellite about 2d magnitude.Socond duration consistent with this sighting about ll/2 hours later of obl on same course with same characteris- analysis. object on course of tics.object viewed for l0 secon

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