PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. .LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wo s Boll oon 5 Mar 61 lanett, Alabama o Probably Bolloon Local 1221 EST B Ground-Vi euol 0 GroundRodar Was Aircraft 1 0 Probably Aircraft GMT [S I I?..J.t.:t 0 Alr-Vhual 0 Air-Intercept R:.dor Poeaibly Aircraft 0 Yea 0 ProbaWy Astronomical cJCNe Civilian 0 Poseibly Astronomical 0 lnufficient Data for Evaluation 0 Unlcnown 10. IRIIfl SUMMARY OJI SICHTINO Objt like Echo I only 11. COMMENTSif f'ir~t view of Echo by 4 times as fast viewed from 45-50 elev in witness was made when Satellite was St-1. No noise, on vapor trail. Orange with si1,Jver:-: toward horizon, appearance over- edges, round or disk shaped. Size of Venus. head would lead observer to believe that speed was much greater. No evidence to ; lndi-l cate that this was not Echo I, although ATIC PORif 329 (RKY 2t SaP 52) data not obtained from Space Track to confirm this a s a positive sighting of 1. A-.....& an ooplee ~ Jnten were to .,lfJC b7 U.. 'Dae ill U... l8tten u nfft.ci' 'for a .,... clul be bJ' J ~on. ncau-' At'C ftame i~ be ~ t;M wl---~-tMU ft c!iftctq to lv 8 ~ 6i'fr Ya.r ~ ot JIRala 5th Maa..a to tlae Civil rom 8D4 tor 11M ... to otnc:e. 1D 18-tter 1a 1io be tht EDclo..a. ~ f'oza fJ.&. We "'lt that )C"I cc.plete W i" to tbe Mrospace Teclvd In PatfteriiCCI At r Base Qblo, ~ ~or the u or ot.t.r ntau-to tb' be included 1a npn-t. MaJor. w ~bli~C Tnfbmat1CD Dl~C*I om or Inf'omaticwa ics Administrati1on, l.tcuuch 5 I was sitting in a swing in my baclcyard 1n Ie&nett f'acing clue north. At 12:21 P.M., E.S.T. I looked up at an angle of about 45 or 1D t to see a rut moY.l.ng "tb1ng trawJ:tng at high altitude on a course or SW to Nl$. There no noise and no tr&11. !he tn;J ng to be gel.7 arange v.l.th U near the edges, and was round or disk shaped. I callecl to J1J7 vll'e JIG' 8 7'J&r old son. Tba boy in to catcb a : ot the "thing ... M7 ld.fe a little to late to have it pointed out to her be it wnt out of sigpt 1n the north k7 It appeared to be about the same size to my --as the planet Venus appearsto be. As ror speed, it ~be traveling at about 4 times the ot Bono I. I could not jua.ge the altitude, but the lack or noise and vapor trail Vflr high. Also the lack or art3 detail other than color and shape. The speec1 aa indica tea, vu terrific. A the general di ~ection in lihich it traveled, is about 80 airline m1les trar1 I.anett. I est the thing could have reached the Atlanta area :in less tl".Jm fonr mi nutea rem the t:lme I saw it, or at about 12:2S P.f-f., E.S.T., , March s. 1961. My little boy' he bad heard the thunder sound of a jet a little before I to h;Jm but it seems tml1kely the thing I saw 1188 a jet-plane. It it was a jet, it was the fastest moYing I have seen. And I have watched the .fa8teet of ! I identit.r Jft1'88].t,"88 prJ. vate pilot 1nember ot LaGrange. Georgia, Civil Air Patrol airman certi f!i cate resid' ng ca. Yours u-uJ..y