3. DAT!TIM! CROU, Locol 2015 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Melbourne, Florida .. TYPE OF OBSERVATION :;-.. -d. Visual 0 Ground-Radar s. PMOTOS SOURCE _ X.No C1vi11:an CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft c Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronami cal C Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical 7 T 0, oasev TION NUMBER OF OBJECTS I 9. COUASE 0 Other_ - l-.NC H " A CSXInsufficient Dota for Evaluation 1 mincte one SW tO. IRIE, SUMMARY OF SIGMTING 'tfi tr:3ss observlr:J f~Ss:t;e of ECHO I. Object movinti opposite to Echo black- ing out portions of milky way. Thought perhaps Echo was ca3ting shadow, bow- ever sun was not in position to do this even if possible 111. COMMENTS j Data 1 imi ted. Ev~lua t ion not attempted on data presen-ced and case considered as insuf - ficient data. ATtC PORM ll9 CJit~V 2' SF.P S2) AF FORM 112-PART I APPROVED I .IUN:: 1948 UNCLASSIFIED _ _ _ (CLASSIFICATION) (L E.1 l''E 81,.-lN K) COUNTRY Unite d States (Virginia) REPORT NO. Ant-rOI-60-001 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Unidentified Object found appro~dmately .35 niles ,.rest of I,anglGy J..)' J.rginia Hq, 4505th Air Refuel ine \line, Lan~ley A+Jt. Vicinity of Elberon, Virginia 22 August 1960 13 August 1960 r~jor Albert F. Houghton, A0-694876 Various REFERENCES( Control numbtr, dirtcti~e, prtriou1 report, ttc., a1 applicable) SUMMARY: (Enltr conclu ~t~mmatr ofrept1rt. Gitlt 1lgnljitance In ftnal ontUnltnct paragrapA. Lul ineloMml all ower ltf(. Begin ttzt of report on AF Form lit-Part II.) * *co~plete text follows: On. 15 August 1960, at approxinately 1300 hours tho preparing officer of this repor~, l~jor Albert F. Houghton~ A0-694876, 4505th Air Refueling Wing, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, 1,7a5 called by a Nr. William 0. llarren, O.S.I., who requested that he contact a Lt Johns.,Jion from naval Intelligence in regard to an unidentified object recovered by 11avy personnel. A meeting was arranged at tho residence of liajor Houghton at 1845 hours~ The i'ollOlrlng infor:11ation ws furniahed by Lt Joh..'lston upon his arrival: The State Police had called the Duty Officer of Oceana Naval Air Station Saturday night (13 Aug) and reported an unidentified object on the ground approxicately 35 mile s l.rest of langley B. At 2.300 hours Com.r:1ander 'toli throu, USN, made necessary arranger-ents to send out a _f:arty to check on this object. This p3rty departed Norfolk naval Ease Sunday tlOining (14 Aug) at 0815 and returned Sunday evening (tine urucnown). The party c onsisted or F. i.. Grubbs (Investigator \.ti th Norfolk !laval Police), Robert E. Da:nme, A03/C and Seaman Stef.:1nski. They proceeded b7 car and jeep to l:al:ef'ield Va. where they were met by State :.'reaper Seymore. rroo;er Seymore guided the group to Elberon, Va. and then proceede d 10 ~iles west. They then turned off on a fire J.ane for another 8 or 10 miles to a svmnp, and traveled another 2 niles to the right on foot. (Lt Johnnton stated these directiona !!nd distances llere qt:ite vague, hoHe"Ter, the ~.ocation is near Hielnwy 10 adj~cent to C~rpress ~-remp but cannot be reached f:-o~ High,,1ay 10). This object t-rns observe d ' lying on the rrround uith c panchute caueht or. a lir.1b o!Jout 40 fee t high. A section cf the "tube~ ::::- o:d.rm tely 10 feet lo!lg had broke:1 off n!ld Y s D left at the site. The porachute and the objcct,...,:hich ~eighed 2~proxit!.llltel] 70 lbs, He!'e returned t o Hcr !"oll: Ai r Station . Lt Joh:lston further st.:lted t:-:~-: detonato=s ~.rere attached to the object and that pictures h been tal~en and \-lould be fu=nished to the Air ~orce. At ap~ro::i~ tely 1000 h ours, 16th of August, Lt Johnston errivad at tr.e 4505th iling Intelligence Office. He sta t ed he had taJ.ked and his Staff a t NAS.o\ nnd lud shovn them a sketch of thic object but they ".Jere t..mable to identify the object as a NASA project. He th~n requeste d this ol:ject be transferred to this bcGe and the Air Force toke over the ii.lvestigation. Tento- tive arrangenents 1..rere rnde thro ugh Sgt ffiair (EOD) to re;;1ove the object, hoYever, he stated tr!3t Lt PrQctor, EOD Officer, 1.rould r...avc to approve. Lt Frocto:-called thnt afte ~ n oo:l an1 3tot ed he '.rould visit tho Navol Arnory the follo~-ring da y for a prelioin::try e:-:- aiili:!ation. On 17t h August Lt Proctor tisi ted the 1Iaval Aruory to inspect this object 1.rl.t~ a p!:oto5rapher. On the 22d Lt Proctor c ontacted Hajor Houghto:=:1 and nade a signed sta:,eoe:lt of his investibation (see Attnchment 1). In addition, t hree pictures \-lere fur:1ished of this object {see .Attachr~ent 2). On t he afternoon o~: the 22d Hajor Ho ughton nsited Er. House (UASA) and shoued hiE these pictures nnd requested his cssistance in 3 / identifying this object. Several sections L~ Pl:octor's Statement \.rere visited uit~ neec;ti~::;esults. , Sketch of Object made at Scene of Discovery ALBETIT F. IiCUGHTCl! Wing Intelliaence Officer .-rhl en i G T CONTAINS I NFORMATION AFFECTING T HE N ATIOtlAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WIT H IN THE MEANI NG OFTHC F$1"10 \C.- 1\CT. 50 u. 5 C.- MOrE: TH 5 OOCUME~M N OED ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE PEVEG\ T ION OF ITS CONTENl.J IN ANY MAN ll::R TO AN UNAlJTHCJRILiD PER..;ON IS 1 ROYIBITED BY L~W. AS A EEPROD. UCED I N WHOLE OR IN PART. BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORcr: AGENCIES. EXCEPT 8'1' PER M ISSION OF TH E O J HECTOR O' IT MAY NOT BE R ' 1 N TLL1G::.NC . USAF. ( Device ) Shroud Lin& ~ 9' 10" to end of plastic bag 4 ' ,. Fiberglass Tube ~-Styrofoam ... Electrical Cable Par you-teleiJbonc request, attached i3 a CO;J:f of thu r~pott or 1uva=.t .'-6ation and recovery or equipt~nt which \ia!J SllL:i~it'Wu to .t~'i'IC. Copias uf photo~raphs of saic.l equipi~f:ol1 t ura also uttacho<..l. h!I::PLY TO HEADQUARTERS 450STH AIR REFUELING WING (T/\C') UNITED STATES AI R FORC E Langley Air F o rce Uase, Virgini:1 1\ TTN OF: ."IJl.. U C'.:'ficer tc the P . I o. at Patrlek A1,. steel that I te JOUr ott1ee~ panaae. ot the lebo S&ttell1te ~ th4t M, boun. r~ rl .. ~u ... ~'8& qae1t ions ir r.,y m.i.nd: MEMO ROUTING SliP t lllo(CtSSUY I ACT oO"l 'Sca..'uR 1 nfc. n. T, lOn 1 riLIPIIDilf AFCIN-4E2x TJFO rl.eport (Mr r' : SAFOI-)d (L/Col Tacker) 1. Reference attached letter to USAF from N dated 2 September 1960, and DD Form H95 from "" ....... -3d to ATIC reques ... ...loA information to use as a basis for answering Nr letter, da~ed 6 September 1960. 2. The following answers correspond to the specific questions con- tained in the referenced letter: a. ~o reports have reached ATIC for 18 August 1960, wnich parallel the circ s~ances as spelled out by ~ b. ies, ~cho di d cast a shaaow on the night of 19 August 1960; how- evelf due t o its size and dist-ance tne shadow of Echo is never e,ident on tna surface o.!' t.he earth . A COJTiplete explanation follows later i n th~s corresoonde~ce c. Due ~.:> :,::e l i.mi teu iata in tnls cas e it i s lmpossiCJl~ to reach a ?OSi:.i ve c o:1c:.:..:.si.)n as t.o C!e cause of tni.s si.ght.ing . Ther e ar'3 se-:e ral possici~i ties, b ut. tna ;r.ost _;)robacle is rllat t h i s wa :3 a pnysio:in- ~ical 'dxperi.:nce; t.ne U!t'U b~ing, in lay terms, trld r e s 11 -r.:> of seeing sp-~-ts. This i s :1ot unusual when s o;r2one has_been straining to see some ob~ect, r.as thei r r.ead in az: unusual p o s i t.ion for a long period, and is exp~ri~nc~ng sorr.e uegree of exci tement 3 . The ocject i n o ur skys wit.h whose shadow .we are familiar is t he rr.oon. The s haco of t~e moon is a l ong c ona approximately 232 lCO rraile s in lengtn . The shape and lengt!'l is due t.o t.n e dif f erence in size of tne S:.!.n anu ~oon and tne distance between t.neHi. wVhile t.nis snaclow of t!1e ffiOOn is always present, it is not al~ays airectly evid t. to us here on earth because tnere is nothing on which it is portrayed (we are able t.o see evidence of it during phases other than full moon because por- t-ions of the dark side are visible). The shadow of tne moon is most evident to us here on earth when at t he time of tne new moon, the moon i s near enough to tne plane of the ecliptic so t.hat at leas t part of its s!-~aow will fall upon the surface o f tile earth. .-'Jhen t:1is occurs we eX?erience a sola r eclipse. It has already been pointed out that t oe avera~e length of the moon's shadow i s 232 lCO miles. The average stance between the earth and moon is approxirr.ately 2Ji1, COO miles. There are actually tiffies when t he s hadow .oi t ne ~oon i s uoo short t o reach the earth; however, due to the eccentricities or the orbits, the distances between the moon and earth m~ var,y between 217,750 d 245,500 miles and during some of tee periods of the new moon we are close enough for the shadow to be cast upon the earth. The ratio between the diameter or the moon as compared to its average dist~nce is 1/110 and this figures to a subtended angle of .31' 5" or approxi- mately -\- . The ratio o.f the diameter of .Echo to its distance is l/$2,800, an angular representation of 3.91 seconds. A shadow cast by Echo wa..lld have a length of approximately 2.02 miles which, in view of its 1000 mile distance troll tbe earth, is tar short or reaching the eartil's surface. 4. Eche subtending an angle or .3.91 seconds is belc.w the level or resolution. Observers (witbout optical aids) are actually seeing the light reflected from tbe surface of tne satellite. This is comparable to seeing S'mli ght reflected from a mirror which, i.n itself, is too small to be seen at the same distance. (This is w~ tbe Air Force puts mirrors for signalling in survival ki. ts. ) $. . as cerrect concerning his thoughts about the rela.tion- snip or irlsel.f' tA a~ S1 adow cast by