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USAF record 28998768 (1952)

28998768

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 23 August 1952

2. LOCATION Baltimore, Maryland

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 21/0234Z 0425Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW:Questar TX] Ground-Radar [ILLEGIBLE] Air-Visual [ILLEGIBLE] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS O Y*+ XII No Civilian

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2½ minutes each pass one each time

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one each time

9. COURSE NW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Report of several passes of obj assumed to be retrograde satellite by observer. Observation through telescope. Rate of speed for 50 dgr arc was 2½ minutes. Object had three lights one red & two white. Visually obj looked like ECHO, Lights visible only through TX.

11. CONCLUSIONS Speed of obj and duration consistent w/analysis of obj as high flying jet a/c. No reason to evaluate anything other than a/c.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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