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USAF record 302540247

302540247

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1. DATE-TIME GROUP 14 July 65 15/0335Z

2. LOCATION Charleston, South Carolina

3. SOURCE Civilian

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 Minutes

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual

7. COURSE SE

8. PHOTOS [No]

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE [No]

10. CONCLUSION Satellite (EXO I)

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Round object no tail or trail. Passed West to East at about 85 deg elevation. Passed over head and changed direction to SE. Silver color. Zig-Zag as course changed. WX high thin clouds. Thunderstorms had just passed.

COLENTS: WX in area conducive to distortion in appearance of object. Change in direction and zig-zag attributed to these conditions or illusion. Flight regarded as straight. Duration consistent with Satellite and appearance of object in accord with this analysis. EXO I was over Charleston at 1018, 55 deg elevation moving SE, possible error in time. Observation regarded as EXO I. If not EXO I, then one of the other visible Satellites.

FORM FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used

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