Middlevillage N Y — October 1961

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD l. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS ViJ.1::lge, 0 Was Balloon P ro ba bl y BoUoon 0 Ponibly Bolloon DATETIMI! GROUP .... TYPE OF OBSERVATION :tr.Grounc&-Vlwol 0 Grounci-Roclor Wa1 Alrc:roft Probably Aircrolt 0 AI,.. Vi euol 0 Alr-lntNce,t RCHior 0 Poul bl y Aircraft Woa As tronomical ~'Crt;~ Probably Astronolftlcol Givi1":!.n ossibly Astronomlcol 7. LEp.IGTH 011 08SI!RVATION NUMBER 01" OBJECTS 9 . COURSE In s u fficie nt Data for Ev.lu.tion ~ c UnlrnoWt\ BRIEII SUMMARY 01' SIGHTING S hoot!:1g s t a r burning COMMEHTS~ur~tion not -':rajectory. Objt in:'o r~o ted a n d n o t a smtercC.. dis Lanc e , conc;i1~:r-e: 11.-~teor ro-:ket. I nit:ialJy :nrc i:1l.:.::atcs this conclu::;ion. s t o. r bnt !.'lOVed. -:3-il . Light ATtC POJtM J2t (R&Y 26 I&P 52) v r 0 Lepart~cnt C'n UctcrJer lOtt e.t 1: :"!.S : :.:. intcreot to your of~i.e en corre-lated Vii t:. o :-: .. r : . ::.::-l'i".'3tibn. kro1n a !position at Lc~::-:~olit~n ~vcrue ~nd hll~o~ I.c1 ::>rk City, fc~iq; F.sst I S"f'H w!utt appebred to o!' a ro~ket. Tr.e trejectory was al=.c~:. "1:;. t or horri zon tal : . .:_ ~!. -:::~ :.art:., goin g un..i the ground v. &s u ? :-cxi;-J' l;ely 00. Uis Lar.ce i s ur:k.~ovm as ~O\Ild ~e com:>ara~le to hut rel~tive e-.6&rbn~e July tJze :-c -but on a fln t trajectory : :: .LLcut srwrkles , cxce~t cs :. r~ed out At first; i t was os b ri;,_:-:: as a st.r# (lut r:ovt-ci -,"'rj' - -=, t:-,en f'e'," sc~rks .:'or:.:ec a ~:.crt ., t r a i l::l lit,:ht ~ulb color-r.: ~ cerbon wbite cr ver;; :.!.i:.: "hi~e. i3t.:r n out locatio.:1 rel:""i.r to !"V' ! c;fi~i.on Vl':-s ~:;;;r:.x::-..-:~ly at Your xacea't latter to the lla.t1on.,l Aernaeutica and Space Adnda:\at:ra'ticm baa been reterxe4 to the Air Fo~e. In y01u-letter ,.ou daaeribe 'What might have been a bolic!e or 1'1.l'eball t;t;a metaor. Howna.r there are aa1le a.cM1Uoual detaila w J:.a,l4 lilre tt JW can t\u'Diab tbc111. CODequen~, I bave encloead a c vhicll ve voulA J1ke tor you to eanplete. When pl enelcse in the pre-addreaeed franked envelope e.Dd Your intereat. i.D report.iqJ th:1a si&ht.ins 1a appreciated. 1-tiddle V111age WILLIAM T. COIfAN I JR. Major, USAF Uliu Project atncer Public InfoiUAtion nivtaion Otfi ce o~ In:to:m:a. tion