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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- Page 1 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.…
- Page 2 1831/03 10 00 46 TELEPHONED TO [REDACTED] RD [REDACTED] TIME [ILLEGIBLE] 17A 25-6-6 by: [ILLEGIBLE] ZCZCVSGR288ZCQYB090 PP RJEDSO DE RJWZSBA 8 ZNR P 052227Z FM 559ND AEW C WG MCCLELLAN AFB CALIF TO…
- Page 3 PAGE TWO RJWZSBA 8 3. HORIZON, 290 DEGREES AZIMUTH 4. PASSED TANGENT TO HANDLE OF LITTLE DIPPER, SOUTH OF NORTH STAR, SOUTH OF CHAIR OF CASSIOPEIA. 5. ON HORIZON 6. 20 MINUTES C1. GROUND VISUAL 2.…
- Page 4 PAGE THREE RJWZSBA 8 38,000 190/30 50,200 220/15 3. UNLIMITED 4. 15 PLUS 5. AND 6. NONE 7. INVERSION LAYERS AT 1,200 FT, 1,500 FT, AND 46,000 FT" H. THROUGH J. NONE K. RICHARD A KAHANE, 2/LT,…