USAF record 28996019

MILITARY PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 5 Jan 62

2. LOCATION 33-21N 171-42W

3. DATE-TIME GROUP [REDACTED]

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Vizual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]

5. PHOTOS [REDACTED]

6. SOURCE Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE N

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Object sighted at 3° elev, 150° azimuth, disappearing at 13° elev, 350° azimuth after hr observation. Object moved thru remnant. Object was round and size of Venus. No known a/o in area.

11. COMMENTS Echo at 317W, 70°N at 06/04/57Gc. At 05/2Gc object would have been above 75,7°N and at longitude of aprox 20°. Echo ruled out. However the object was probably one of the other satellites visible thru a constant orbital plane and thus are consistent with this conclusion. 1961 Epsilon I, Zeta I, and Lambda I&Z have inclinations greater than the Earth's orbit by approx degrees. They would appear to be heading N.

ATIC FORM [ILLEGIBLE] (RRV [ILLEGIBLE] REP [ILLEGIBLE])