PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD - Sighting Report, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, October 12, 1960

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an accompanying office memorandum regarding a sighting on October 12, 1960, in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. The witness reported observing a white, starlike object at approximately 9:45 PM EDT. The object was described as having an angular speed of about a degree and a half per second, traveling from a position near Polaris toward the south. The witness noted that the object appeared to wobble or occult in a manner similar to the Echo satellite, though it was less bright and moved at a higher speed. A second, fainter object was also observed in the vicinity using 7x50 binoculars. The official record card notes the duration of the sighting as two minutes and concludes that the case is listed as having insufficient data. The internal memorandum, dated October 25, 1960, provides further analysis, suggesting that while the satellite 59 Epsilon 2 was in the area, it is doubtful that it was the object observed. The author of the memorandum speculates that the object might be a 'wrong-way' satellite, but cautions that the observer's timing or sky fix may be inaccurate, noting that if the object had been seen for only 1.5 minutes, the reported angular speed would have been significantly higher.