The Search for Japanese Balloonist Michio Kanda

February 5, 2008 UTC

Updated last time, position report – 18:26: 44.44N, 176.37W

Filed under: English language — edmundintokyo @ 6:48 am UTC

The US Coast Guard have obtained satellite phone records showing that Kanda-san turned on his phone and tried to make a call at 18:26 UTC on 2008-01-31, at the following position:

44 degrees, 44 minutes North
176 degrees, 37 minutes West

This is slightly later, and further east, than our previous last recorded contact.

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