COAST GUARD PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 3. OATETIMI oou~ E of Corpus Christi, Texas ._ TY~I Ofl OISI!RYATION a Wos Balloon a Prol.oltly Bolloon D PossiWy Bolloon O..un4-Vv~ mowf Ground Roder a Woa Aheroft D Prol.oltly Aircraft PossiWy Alrcroft a Wos Astronomical a Yee Coast Guard a Prol.oWy Astronemlcol ... a Possil.ly Astrenomleol D Insufficient DGto fer Evoluotion D U..e.nown Ofl SIDNT1NO R~and, Yhite obJect. s i ze of first magnitude st~ moving s t eaeily eastvard. Disappeared behlnd low cloud. AT1C I'OJtM 329 (RKV 26 8KJI 52) 11. COMMENTS A check with the t le for Echo I indicates that it was moving toward the NE at the time of this sighting. This i s probably the caus e for this sighting I'l~ CCGDEIGtiT TO RJ.~iFJU/SI I .INGTON :'.FB LNCL.'LJ ~C 0 X DIST OF INSTR 15-60 X UFO SIGHTING a3FC:l.T X DIOt:E li,;.GNITUD~ STr.a 14:-\l.,il POSIT 27-36N 95-23~1 X FIRST .3IGHT.!D 21 12S tiiADOUARTIRS' .2578Ttl AIR 8~SE CROUP Ut'ITED ITAT1 AIR FORC& IIA.IMGTOM ~!' f4)aCI IAII, TIXAI Report of Unidentified Flying Object ./right-Patterson dFB Ohio 1. On 18 August 1960 Ellington Air r'orce .aase received a TirA from the Con::mander of Coast Guard District Eight that an unidentified flylng object was sighted. Listed below is pertinent data relating to the observations, in accordance with paragraph 15, .~rn 200-2. a. Description: (1) Shape: round. (2) Size: first gnitude star. (3) c~lor: white. t;n.'<nown. G:JJ true alt.:. t ude 38, dis:.;;pearllnce: at 03122 , rr:.:>Yine eastward bear~r.g 045, true altitude, Description of flight path: st dily e astward. Disaone ared: behind lo .>~ cloud. Visible: t hirteen minutes. c. Eanner of observation: unknown and ~ate o.i' sightine: (2) Light conditions: night. e. ~ocation of observers: 2T-36 r. Identity of observers: 00!) and CO, Coast tJ.uard District Light. ceilir~ 2500 ' scattered ~nd high scattered, visicility twelve miles, amount or cloud cover 3/10 lower cloucs, 2/10 high clouds, thundersto~s in area -none. h. l~o ot!'1er Wlusua l ~ctivity or c..:>nditions existed. j. location, app~ox~.te ~ltitude and ~eneral direction of flight of any air tra :fie or b3.lloon releases in the area ::hich could 9ossibly account for si6hting : :.. t : p:-:::-oxim.1.tely 0315Z t!"le sat elite J:CHO I pa.ssed over tc.e city o f ::ouston, l'~"<:as, on an east.-;arci ~ath. k. The Ease v ::"ations v f "i':er !:.r::;p :::-e d t h i::. .'.:..L:ort. A tel~ phonic r-:~dar an< :.:-l~tJn :'ow~r, a n'1 .:;. c ~ec~ o : t i1ci.C lo~s <iurir.g t :ae: period or 1.!'l0 observaticr.s, !"~,~al,::d no ~usu:.l t r : ffic. ! 10 ot!,er re~orts have b .en r~:eiv.::J. 3.t :. .i s _ta:ion. The f:ir;ht. p.:.th of th~ obj3ct clos~ly appro:~im;;tes t::~ rout~ .); .. .::: ... I, ;. s .ell ;;; the :.i:-:-.e element. It i..; tr:e opir.ion c f t ba re~orting o_ ... .:i:er t!:;.:. the oi.>~ect ':'laS t:1e _:.C~:L I s;:.telite. !~in:strative Offioa~