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Project 10073 Record Card and Related Incoming Staff Messages

📅 17 May 1963 📍 Pacific Ocean 🏛 ATIC 📄 Record Card and Incoming Staff Messages
USS SavageProject 10073MeteorPacific Ocean1963

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The USS Savage reported two sightings of an object in the Pacific Ocean on May 17, 1963. Air Force investigators concluded the object was a meteor rather than a satellite based on its flight path and duration.

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and several incoming staff messages from the Department of the Air Force, dated May 18, 1963. The records detail two sightings of an unidentified object reported by the USS Savage in the Pacific Ocean at coordinates 46.15N 171.15W. The first sighting occurred at 0757Z and the second at 0931Z on May 17, 1963. The object was described as having a magnitude similar to a falling star and was observed for approximately 10 seconds. While the initial MERINT report suggested the object might be a satellite, the final evaluation on the record card concluded that the object was a meteor. This conclusion was based on the object's course of 080 degrees, as well as the specific duration and direction of the sighting, which were deemed inconsistent with satellite behavior. The staff messages confirm the sightings and the subsequent evaluation process, noting that the second sighting shared the same course and characteristics as the first.

APLEARED SIMILAR TO FALLING STAR OF SECOND MAGNITUDE

Official Assessment

Meteor sighting. Description and duration consistent with this analysis. Object on course of 080 dgrs. Could not be satellite because of direction and duration.

The object was initially assumed to be a satellite, but subsequent analysis of the sighting duration and direction led to the conclusion that it was a meteor.

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