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USAF record 28994001

28994001

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 8 aug 61

2. LOCATION N Highlands, California

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2222 GMT [ILLEGIBLE]

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS Yes

6. SOURCE Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 20 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 1

9. COURSE E

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Obj white, like pinhead bright as lst magnitude star. Observed in N at 65° elev. Disappeared over horizon in E.

11. COMMENTS Description and flight path are characteristic of satellite Echo I. Reported duration is slightly excessive, but considering the inability of a person to estimate time lapse accurately, duration was probably shorter than reported. As the Echo I passed N of witnesses' position moving SE, this was probably objt observed.

12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Other [HW: Point Echo] Unknown

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