USAF record 302576838 (1968)
302576838
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
DATE - TIME GROUP 17 June 1968 2030 EDT 15/0630Z
LOCATION BRANDEN, FLORIDA
SOURCE CIVILIAN
NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION seven seconds
TYPE OF OBSERVATION ground visual
PHOTOS No
PHYSICAL EVIDENCE No
CONCLUSION (POSSIBLE SATELLITE DERNS DECAY) The object could be either a meteor or some satellite decay. There were four different objects that decayed on 18 Jun 68 1200Z, 12 hrs. Some Explorer 20 debris, GPS #5138 payload, OVick-Ahuria and Cox JAG debris.
BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS: The observer sighted an object that was similar to a meteor except that it traveled along the horizon.
[STAMP:] K443-6012-1968
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD DATE - TIME GROUP 17 June 1968 2030 EDT 15/0630Z LOCATION BRANDEN, FLORIDA SOURCE CIVILIAN NUMBER OF OBJECTS one LENGTH OF OBSERVATION seven seconds TYPE OF OBSERVATION ground…
- Page 2 TDPT (UFO) Lt Col Quintanilla/70916/mhs/1 Aug 68 UFO Observations, 23 May 68 & 17 Jun 68 [REDACTED], West Bradenton, Florida 33505 1. This replies to your undated letter which we received on 23 July…
- Page 3 Ephraim Albio 6/17/65 OPS H 5138 payload 6/17/65 OV3-L Debris 6/18/65 Cow #139 Debris 6/18/65 [HW: 17-02-65] (8:30pm EDT to [ILLEGIBLE] equiv t) 00:30 ± [ILLEGIBLE]
- Page 4 [HW:] 23/M: [HW:] Gotb is [HW:] sightings of [HW:] 23 May + 17 June [ILLEGIBLE] xand Lake meteors or re-entries Manley
- Page 5 postmarked 23 July 1968 Dear Hiro: On May 23, 1968 I observed something very unusual. I was outside my home at about 8:00 in the evening observing the constellation Leo. At about [ILLEGIBLE] above…
- Page 6 Just appeared, it wasn't an airplane because if it was it would of been in all the pop. It wasn't a firework because it didn't shoot up from the ground and it wasn't any special occasion to have fine…
- Page 7 3. and warm, there was no moon. The object which I saw had no flight characteristic or angular velocity. When the object appeared it was a bright white, and the fragments after it exploded didn't…
- Page 8 a straight line about 50° other disappeared. While my friend and I were watching the object something peculiar happened. Where the object and tail met three little objects fell off the solid object…
- Page 9 5 to act. If you need any more information in evaluating what I saw please let me know and I will be happy to give it to you. I would of wrote sooner but didn't think anybody would believe me. [HW:…
- Page 10 What my friend and I saw N 50° (about) Size from object to Tail 18° white with tint of yellow W Three smaller that came from bigger object Horizon S