PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLU$IONS 0 Was Balloon :}7 tl0\'0!.' ~:;. 1957 X.:-a:r ,\ii:1misbur g , (Jh.Lo 0 Proba b ly Balloon ssi bl Y Boil oon t:3J.I EST ':0 '-G-un.JVisu .. l OGroundRodor WasAirCJoft Loco ------------.... cr .. 0 Probabl y Aircroft -~Ci!!M~T!.;:;::::::=2=?=/=2=:=3=l=l=Z======-~-r-~C Air-Visual 0 Airlntercept Rodor Possibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical CJ.vJ. lian 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly A stronomical 7. L~NGTH OF 09SeRVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 l nsufflcieflt Data for Evaluation 3 minut::s 10. BRIEf SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Vor y faint obj act obser,cd t r::.. vel in.~ from t h e NNW t o t h e SSE at u l ntos t pe.1<:lse.l~r t h e t:ime the Soviet S:ttellittJ W'1.3 due O\'er t!le n rea. 'file? di.tJction of t'.lw obj~ct \llso ~oin\..!icled vary c los:Jl y v.tlth the saleJlite t r :1ck. 11. COMMENTS t ransit of S I u t n i 1( l o v c? l ' t h :1. t a rea -t.he.t c .1..:; no comr;(~ I J i.nf., r eason to eon.c1ttde other than l:hat th~ 0bje(.:t '.'las ptobanl.y Srutuik I ATIC FORN 329 (JlY.V 2ft sr~P 52) I.attl!lr of Info.rr.ll t.ion ~300/BlO/Rll8A l. l{af'eranc telacon t his d ate, reltltmg to information r..,c~iV!td f rom aubjec~. which i a l'art:o~ardtcl aa a matter pC!rtinent 'to your office. 2. .Additionally a ttachd is a copy of our corre:spondence t o r e c .. i_pt of his lettr dated ~6 Nu,n.uber 1957 No othi'r acti on or other p~r~ons have bs~n instituted by this offic8. 1. ltr a/s abv, 4 hand\'ll"ittan small pagaa v/postmer~Bd env 1 ~11umis l)ura, o 27 Nov 9 D$C 57 -Interim lL'JlRY C8li'j.c'lll Major, ffi-'\F Baaa Provost tw!arsb.al subjact indicat c ontacts 1-1i til \3 ~ So'.)' G -r SPl'fot-Ll rs-S' o~:~\TAL--r;zA-c.~J R.Ji Pri)j -\~ \._ :the 1ec0Wlt then. ~!J.stronomy (~\:Unit Says 1 ' : The ru(:ket of Sputnik 1 WM I ;o;+> n by :\ number of )liami 1 ' : Ynllev ~kvw:\.tchen la~t nilcht, :t(tnrdin~ tu F. E. Sutter, pre:ooi : I~> n t or lhtt ;\J.I~ml Valley A~tro . n nntll'nl sol'iety. : Sttlt~tr ~!\ill "theo rllcket lm-.:;el ~ lmv in thot W~il~>rn sky about : :!0 d~gree" off the ltul'izon. lt ~ w.-nL nhuve Yenu~ :~nd liPlow thrt muon." : J t pa.:t~t'd In l\ 11ot"thwe::~t to :: ~outhwP~t tlirectlon aL R ::!:! p.m. nid J\P.nneth 1::. 1\lssell. chair : lll. 4 u of the society's sttteUitl'l :: pm~rum. : 1\. ilii!ot'll HhO :i~ld, "lt \Vl\S Vi~ I .; lhl e ror a. minute and may have \ h ePn longer. We fl~t slghtf'd ~ it o.t ~ :22.11-1 ILIId \V e r e still : wa.t.chin~ ttht R:~:U~.'' From : tlata ~ath@red rrom sightin)C!t : durl ng the p tul two evenln~s. I 1\il-'~eu predh:t~d the r o c k ~ t \ J.. wuuhl btt visible tonight about '\i= 6 ::!7. It i:t expected to he about : 10 d!lgree~ off the w e :t t e r n : horhou. : Th., Smith:tunian A:drophysi ;: ('Ol Ob~ervatnry s11id that to : nl~:ht nttt.Y be the final chance -: f lr Unlted Statu oblferver5 to .; !\l'et the rocket. The o.,.erva .: tnry hal' precllrtl'!tl t h a t the rtwl,et mttv rnll in the atmoi : Jlh ere nhout the "'coml week In -;)t cttt>r anti I\110lfell uoth :41\ld : llu\t the locution of Sputnik I ~ I!S unlwown. allhnu.~:h Sultur -; :~aiel he beli.,ved the rot'l.-~t wa ... :: uow uh~ad n( the s~tlellite. 'th11 ; r:u.Uo-in Spt,llnlk I ha8 been :. dt;ad for ltJme Ume... .