Unidentified Flying Object Sighting Report - USS Charles Berry, 19 December 1964

On December 19, 1964, at 19/0529Z, personnel aboard the USS Charles Berry, located at 01-14N 164-12W in the Pacific, observed an unidentified flying object for a duration of six minutes. The witnesses included the Officer of the Deck, the Junior Officer of the Deck, the Executive Officer, and the Quartermaster of the Watch. The object was described as circular in shape, appearing as a 'pin head' in size, and white in color. It followed a straight path, moving from port to starboard, and reached a maximum altitude of 80 degrees to the South. The object was noted to alternate between bright and dim, though it was bright white while passing overhead. Weather conditions were reported as a clear, bright night with calm seas and winds from 090 at 8 knots. The observers noted the object was sighted 35 minutes after sunset, with a full moon 10 degrees above the horizon. The object was first sighted at a bearing of 300 degrees at an altitude of 22 degrees, and it eventually faded into the horizon at a bearing of 128 degrees at an altitude of 04 degrees. The report explicitly notes that the object was not the ECHO I or ECHO II satellites. Despite this, the final conclusion reached by the reporting agency was that the object possessed all the characteristics of a satellite.