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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Sighting of 8 Feb 61

📅 8 Feb 61 📍 20N 134E Philippine Sea 🏛 ATIC 📄 sighting_report
meteorfireballPhilippine SeaSS Master DaskalosProject 10073

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TL;DR

A report of a bright object sighted in the Philippine Sea on February 8, 1961, by the crew of the SS Master Daskalos. The object was officially identified by ATIC as a fireball-type meteor.

This document is a Project 10073 record card documenting a sighting reported by the Radio Officer of the SS Master Daskalos on February 8, 1961. The sighting occurred at 20:00 local time (11:00 GMT) at coordinates 20N 134E in the Philippine Sea. The witness described observing a huge, bright object resembling a shooting star. The object was reported to be traveling in an East/West direction and appeared to break into two pieces before burning up in the atmosphere. The report includes a teletype communication sent from the SS Master Daskalos to CONWESTSEAFRON, which was subsequently routed to various military commands including HQUSAF and CINCONAD. The official evaluation conducted by ATIC concluded that the sighting was likely a very bright meteor of the 'fireball' type. The investigator noted that the witness's description of the object breaking into two pieces served to substantiate this conclusion. The document is a standard ATIC Form 329, dated February 9, 1961, and serves as a formal record of the incident within the Project 10073 framework.

Huge bright objt like shooting star. Seemed to break into 2 pieces before burning up in atmosphere.

Official Assessment

This report contains very little info but what there is of it indicates that objt of this sighting was probably a very bright meteor of "fireball" type. Witnesses description that objt appeared to break into 2 pieces tends to substantiate this conclusion.

The object was identified as a meteor of the fireball type based on the witness description of it breaking into two pieces.

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