Capecanaveral Florida — August 1961

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Keywords: 3eucc, lain8d, l11ays, di5tn, pronability, elepi, ioheip, scczcysqc52, zcvya49, tjzsr, tjzskd, jezff, follolji, basicall, ticil, levatiot, thnze, silvis, s555th, iinutz, jeapoi, zxcell, clcut0s, 31lity, zxczllzt
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2 . LOCATION 12. CON~LUSIONS Was BaiiOOft 0 Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon Ca1)e Canave ral, Elor lda OATETIME CROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Y~OCGround Visual 0 GraundRodar 0 Probably Aircroft GMT 0~0200Z 0 Air-VIsual 0 Alrlntereept Roder Possibly Alreraft 1. LENGTH OF .OSSERVATION IIi 1. i t~ry 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE .0~< Probably Astronomical 0 Possibly Ast"'nomical 0 In suffi c:ient Data for Evaluation 0 Un\cnawn to. BRII!fl SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Rouni \ihite, obj t 11. COMMENTS Speed , color, et~., con.foru to u~scri d a s light. Appe3 d at 30 elev, observati c n of teor. Ab 3eUCc of tail ran 30 ~ a3. Disappeared a t 3J clev, 90 az aftc~he c>~lain8d in t~tat occasior~lly tail .>t:ro.igh-: level flight. Es t:L""Jated o.t l , 500' , i s v ery f"c..int ;:.r..d. ic not o.l11ays observet 2- 3 mile s di5tn.ut. Appe;:J.rance of alt i t u.dc and d i s tun:e do 1 ot rule ont pronability of objt being a (ELEPi'IOHEIP SCCZCYSQC52~ZCVYA49 5 DE :tJZSr~o 8 2 :'tjZSKD/32 A I :) I V DO EI: n;s l!J::DSQ/ t~TD -.;?AFE. OHIO--- ~JEZFF/AYSC UASE 2 5 DC HQ .USAF FOR AFCIN, FTD FOH TD- E, OSAF FOR SAFI S . UFO~ IN ACCORDANCE viiTH AF R 200-2, PARAGRAP H 15 , T HE FOLLOlJi tlG Ii,lFOR~1ATIO~-! IS SBU:1ITTED: A . Cl> ROUND (2) NOT ESTI !ATED (.3) UHITE <RL ONE ( 5 ) rl / A ( 6 ) r:o~:z ( 7) NONE C 8 ) NONE C 9 ) DESCRIBED AS A LIGHT IN THZ SKY OF BASICALL Y THE SAL1E APPEARANCE AS THE HHITE INFOrt:lATIO LIGHT COr1:<0NL~ s:r:N ON T:-!E Bl!:LLY OF At'l AIRCRAFT. B. Cl) THZ i~T'i'::i:TICil OF T:-1: OBSERVER HAS ATTRACTED 3Y TH:C: FACT TH.'\T THE LIGi-lT C.'J) 3; ... DEGRE~S Z LEVATIOt! Z9J AZI:iUT:~ C 4 ) ST!1f:.IGHT 1\t:D LL:VZl..., \:0 t;r~:zuvr~RS C5 ) INSTANTANEOUSLY TO T1~E EAST ( 6 ) THnZE TJ F'IVZ SECO DS c. Cl) GOUND VISUAL (2) NOtlE (3) N/A D.Cl) 09~2~02 AUG 61 (2) ::IGHT E. SOUTH GATE CAPE CANAVERAL, 28 3 0 t~0!1TH C~3J ':lEST F. C 1) ::/A C 2) JOHi~ U SILVIS, CAPT A It~, USAF, S555TH TEST FLORIDA. PROJECT OFFICER, :'IINUTZ::Al~ ~JEAPOi:s t~iJD sz:~IOR PILOT Oil FLYir~G STATUS. RELIABILITY ZXCELL"ZtJT. i\0 CLCuT0S O.t1 G~OUi~D FOG, VIS!;31LITY ZXCZLLZt~T. i~0 CSILil':~ AL7ii:.JDZ C6> CLf:A~ C.\TI:1Yir:G CE C.t\ PTf~It!, US.~?, CHI SF, ACT IV IT ISS D I V ISI en , DC S/ F 0 ~?.ZIG:.! T~CiC~ QLOG \.' A THOROUGH InV!:STIGATIOt: HAS DE~tl CO:JDUCTZ;) ZLI.ii~JATI~,:c T:fz POSSIBILITY OF WZATHSR BALLOONS, TEST AIRCRAFT, IiELICOPTSRS AllD OTHER PH2i~O~!i:NA t;!HICl: COULD ACCOUilT FOR THIS SIGHTING. ALL :IC:SULTS HAV". 2 ::zr-: llEGAIV:!:. THE Ot-!L Y POSSIBILITY U~[ICH HAS NOT B:C:!:1! ELI~:It:Ai:J IS THAT 0 ! THE OBJECT :aEING A I:E:TEORITE. It'~ VIZ~i PAG Z Ti:JO OF r;rz l!IG:I LSVZL OF tETEORITC: ACTIVITY THE iHGJll. OF TiL': SIGHTiilG THS DZSC iU :-'TI o;: 07 T1E OEJ:O:CT, TW.:: FACT THAT IT HliD i'i 0 TAIL OR DID NOT A P?ZA :t 1 0 CU Rtll NG A:: D TH'.:: 0 TIS ZRVE?.' S ZS Tl" f., TF.: THAT r::: OBJZCT \JAS AT A 150:3 FOOT ALTITUDE At;D NO ::o:1z THt.l' 2 TO 3 :-:ILO::'i r'ROt1 HI:1 tv!Al<E:S TXIS AL\ALYSIS UNLIKELY. L. NOl,~E. 11/21~6Z AUG RJSSUO