PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Woa BoiiOOft Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Bolloon 12 Feb 61 Finland .. TYPE OF OISERVATIOM 3. DATETIME CROUP 0 GrounciRodor 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Air-Intercept RCHior D PoseiWy Aircraft D Grountl-Vi suol Local-041 0 0 v 0 Proltably AstronoMical ~. Military 0 Posallly AstroftO"'Icel I-7-.-LE_MC_TH O;;::fi;_;.O;.;.;I:;_SE-II-V-A-T-IO-N- ._... ;....1-.-N-U-M-B-I-II-O-fi-O-IJ-1!-C-T.=..S--:--9.-C-OU--R~S~I!-----IJD Other Prob Vt=anns Prob D Insufficient o ... fer Evaluation D UnlcnoWft 10. IRIEfl SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING Size of full moon, glow-11. COMMENTS The Venus probe launched by ing silver, shape of round plate whose edges Russia was lwnched on the date of this were not sharp byt hazy. Strenght of light w.s sighting; the exact time of launch is the glass of strong northern light. Slowly unknown, however. It is quite possible light in middle of plate disappeared until it that the object observed by the four looked like ring of light which disappeared pilots was, in fa~t, the rocket during completely at 0420. Altitude 20-)0 abave its ascent. ATIC PORM 329 (RitV U SltP 52) :JE RJEZHO RZCUE~T OF l\F'GIN TO /\TIC FOH INFO X !rJFO OTHSR MEl\tl:: ~: -:cc .~'\:ciN DA.:H OtJ2 ECHO TDTG r~:o r. E'vEN ONE T,;o T1-IRE F IVZ ZULU FEB X CUOT[ : X Cit~RL!E DASH ~EV~'; :~ FOR AFCIN Df\.:![ ONZ ECHO D!\ ;t z~I....FA X CHIEF 'Of HSL: I:J~(I OBS RPT OBS C:AVE AIRA PERSONNL FOL UFO HE.?ORT wHICH HZ' BEtiE'JS u,,s 30'1 VENUS P.OCKET LAUNCHING X R~Ortr HAS ;;or B"E::~ PUBLICLY RELZ,\~ED TO DATE X ~t;O!Z OES ~!fiDE rno~1 fOUR F ;;t\!liOUS P/\RT: OF FI&~LAND X ALL ~!!mt FLYING ABOV! CLOUD FOm1ATION X AL!.. iil\L TARTED DF.F.ORE ZERO FOUH C1JE ZE~O iT :;OUI..D !10~.'T LllC:LY HA~JE BEEN CN~t THE ~HA?E OF ROUND PLJ\TE \.!HO;:"E EDGE!'~ tJSRE NOT :.HJ\RP EUT HAZY X STRENGTH OF LIGHT tJA~ 111E GLl\SS OF ~,TRONG NOi~THE.~N LIGHT ;.: :"LOWLY LIGHT DJ MIDDLE: Of PLATE DISAPPEARED UNTIL IT LOOKtD LII<Z RING OF LIGHT ~IC:1 DI~APPEARED C0[1l'LETLY 1\T ZERO FOUR Tt~JO ZEJ\0 X LICHT l"'iO'JED DURING TIME OBS TOWARDS NORT'd AT ALTITUDE OF TTJO ZtRO D. H THREE Z~'10 DEGREF:~ 1\EOV HORIZON X ALL PLANES MOVED TCt1ARD~ NORTH DASH 11#0 DIRECTLY NORTH C!~M ONE NORTH ~'\ST ,~\rlD ONE NORTH ~J'E:~T D.l\SH T:.ru;:: COUL~ NOT rEEN ANYTHING ~T BLE X THO ?ILCT:~ o;;:-. ~."Tf&RS TH?.OUGH THE RinC" HAVE BEEN .JHY G~T A~ HELL A~: DIA~1ETER OF R!tH~ THE L!CHT FOfU1ED X NO ~lORTHERN LIGHTS RI:P0!1TED NICHT ONE ONE DA :"'!t CUE tr?O F:B PAGE THREE RJEZH~ 3e~ ?ILOT~ CLN ?Rf~ ON PR~ PO~ITIO~J CL~f THREE 2~0 ~.;N.E ON!: :: L!GHT 0 BSS IIJ Ell~ AT F!~TS Z.SRO D.~GREE. :: APPEARED A':. THE HCON nfROUCH VEIL OF CLOUD: .. on TH~ C0:1CNA OF ZA:ST ;-~ T!~!t: OBS CLN ZE O FOUR OiiE ZZB.O TIlo ZERO F01J.l !UO BEGINNING IT t:AS A ROUND ~:?OT ~HINING CLZAR Lll<E IiORTHZR~l LIGHT CLN HAAPAYAH'Jl PRN SIX THREE FOUR ZERO NORTH DA :.H T O FIVE nrRE~ EIGHT EA~:r PRN CUI DIR TVL CLN NORTH -:.: Tir1t oa.;; CLN ZERO FOUR ONE ZERO TO ZERO FOUR ~JO ZERO X APPEARED AT EIGHT ZERO DEGREE~ ON MAC: CCr1?ASS AND WHEN DISAPPEARED AT ZRO FOUR !1.:JO ZEJ10 IT 'JAS AT :roUR FIV .DEGREES X IT APPEARED SIZE OF FULL MOON CHM ~HIHINC: SIL'JER Ci'JM FAIRLY REGULAR ROUND LIGHT POT HITH STRENGTH Of STRONCE:T NORTHZRN LI:,at~ :-: GREV! Dif!M!:n 1\ND CHANGED TO FO:ir1 ?AGE FOUR RJEZKC J81 AA RING HITH JNDETERMINED EDGES X Pn:J FOUR PRN PO::":ITICN-CLrJ YYVA!:KYLA PRN SI! .J O T~O FIVE NORTrf DAZH Th!O F!\JE FOUR ZERO EASt PRN - CUI DIR TVL CL'l NORnl X TIME OBS Cl.N ZEHO FOUR ONE ZERO TO zrno fOUR