USAF record 302541867
302541867
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE - TIME GROUP 4 August 55 05/05002
2. LOCATION Clovis, California
3. SOURCE Civilian
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 20 - 30 Seconds
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual
7. COURSE [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE
8. PHOTOS No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE No
10. CONCLUSION Satellite (DECAY)
Description, duration, direction of flight and all visual characteristics of a rocketry present.
11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object appeared to be solid. Initial appearance as a light. Changed from green flickering sparks to a red disc. Looked like a fourth of July sparkler. Disappeared by fading. Flight from below the big dipper to the constellation Cassiopea. Description similar to Satellite decay. Check with SPADAS indicated no reentry for this time period. Possible that this was one of the minor components of space debris not carried on a regular plotting basis.
FORM FTD SEP 53 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 4 August 55 05/05002 2. LOCATION Clovis, California 3. SOURCE Civilian 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 20 - 30 Seconds 6. TYPE OF…
- Page 2 [STAMP: 1 Aug 1965] [STAMP: Clevis, Ohio] PD (TDSW) Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 3 September 1965 Dr J Allen Hynek Deesborn Observatory Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois Dear Allen,…
- Page 3 [HW: Clovis, California 93612] Department of Defense Office of Public Information Washington 25, D.C. U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheet When did you see the object? 4 August 1965 Time of…
- Page 4 Where were you located when you saw the object? Outdoors, in the residential section of the city. What direction were you looking when you first saw the object? Northeast. What direction were you…
- Page 5 URSA MAJOR [HW: Cassiopeia] Reason for sightings: Recently I become more interested in astronomy than usual. As I was stargazing I noticed a white round object below the constellation Ursa Major. As…
- Page 6 A - when I first saw it B last saw it above skyline. [HW: IMAGINE I WAS A THIS POINT SHOW] The man at the airport said the arc was too steep for a jet or plane.
- Page 7 Clovis, California 93612 Dear Sirs: This has not been the first sighting recently in the valley (San Joaquin Valley). Just the day before this sighting there was an UFO over Merced, Calif. My…