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USAF record 28993571

28993571

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION North Dayton, Ohio

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 8:45-9:40 GMT 06:15-07:15

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-V-sud [REDACTED] Ground-Radar [REDACTED] Air-Visual [REDACTED] Air-Intercept Radar [REDACTED]

5. PHOTO Yes [HW:] No [HW:]

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6-12 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1

9. COURSE NE

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bright starlike objt, moving across sky to NE appeared to move side to side while sighting (6 min); then 10 min. Color whitish white appeared to be in orbit. Picked in NE about 20-30° above horizon.

11. COMMENTS It is apparent witness was watching for Echo I in early morning hrs and did not see Echo I until a lot of time had passed. Echo I indicates that it could have been this area moving in direction reported by witness, but at a lower elevation. However, the elevation of an objt in night sky is very hard to estimate accurately, even by trained observers and there is a tendency to over-estimate elevation by several degrees. Quilt therefore probably Echo I. Side-to-side movement attributed to refraction or staring at objt by observer.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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