USAF record 29000389 (1963)

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 13 March 1963

2. LOCATION 4.35N 176.41W (Pacific)

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 13/1645Z

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

5. PHOTOS O Yes [HW: No]

6. SOURCE Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE East

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING CIRVIS report of small object with no visible sign of propulsion in flight from West to East. Appeared at high elevation West & sighting duration 5 minutes. Disappeared by fading Object very high & speed very fast Sighting from C-121.

11. COMMENTS Direction wrong for satellite, Should be NE or SE since sighting near the equator Duration consistent with satellite or a/c Object sighting was fm if object was a/c it would be at extreme altitude to prevent some feature from being identified Insufficient data for evaluation Possible error in direction in which case object was likely satellite Not t[ILLEGIBLE]

ATIC FORM 229 (REV 26 SEP 52)