USAF record 302540229

1. DATE - TIME GROUP 13 July 65 14/0540Z

2. LOCATION Smyrna, Tennessee

3. SOURCE Military

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6 - 7 Minutes

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual

7. COURSE South

8. PHOTOS [HW: X] No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE [HW: X] No

10. CONCLUSION SATellite [STAMP:]

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Light that looked exactly like a bright star in flight to SSE from position overhead. Disappeared at about 30 deg elevation after straight flight. No deviation in flight. Witness thought object was Satellite. Object passed a star and its star magnitude [ILLEGIBLE] was the brightest star in the sky.

COMMENTS: Altair is the bright star almost overhead from the observer at the reported time of observation. This star is slightly to the East of South and the possible altitude that the flight of the object was SSE rather than SSN. Vega is also overhead but slightly North). EXHO I is over Ohio at the reported time of observation however it was low near the horizon and moving to the NE. EXHO I was over Tennessee at 2230CST one hour before the reported time. Object is regarded as a possible Satellite.

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