PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS a Was Balloon Eeb 1962 .t1l1~al Ho~:th. a Probably Ballaan 3. OATETIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION PossiOiy Ballaan Local ~round Vlual a Graund-Radar a Was Aircraft a Probably Aircraft 0 Air-Visual a Air-Intercept Radar a Possibly Aircraft Astronomical a Probably Attronamical Spec.; illli!ll Pasjlbl~ Astro~mical t a~ ~8tGr LENGTH Of OBSERVATION a. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Insufficient Data for Evaluation SUMMARY Of SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS ~ecovo:-c-d boo-s t e c-rcc .. ~t fli.:,:lt. 4TIC FORll l29 {R&V 26 SEP 52) : jf'.1fNU TELEGRAM Department of State , Control: . .: Rec'd: AUGUST 31 I FROM: PRE:TOR 1 A A'J DIS'rr Secretary ot State - -A6'r I oN DE;2ARTh'E~ Us4 , I Nf'ORMAT l ON I PeRT ELaliAe~TH ~NNU~Ro JOHANNESBURG CAP~TOWN DURBAN . DEPT PASS NASA ~NO DEfENSE ~. : tHfS MOP.I'tl NQ IN Df:PARTP-EN, fOR~ I GN AfF" A I~ W.l T!1 PRESS PHOTO- . GRAPHERS AN) CORRESPONDENTS PRESENT I PRESENTED TO fO~MI N. ER (C -lOl..A.I MOl!t(fEO AND :INSCRIBED f'AAGMENT RCQVF:REC N~.~R ~Lt\~IAL f\:ORTH f8. 21' ANI:> L~TER IDENTIFitO AS PART OF COL. GLE. l~..S ~TL,\S RQCi{C:T BOOST . SECRETARY J~fE W~S wji~ LOU~ ~ND C~L:~:L qpr CCviSEL-~ CLA~ A~ AIR Ali"ACHE ,'Alt.lS A:Cc~,..PANIE:~ :..4. iEX7 JOlt\tT f CRE:GN Ar1Al~Sjt SSY PR~SS RELEASE fCLLCWS' . ~ONE ':)f SPACE: AGES ~CST HI GTCR I C: ""L '-N7CS SOUTH ArR I CAN GOVE:R:\ME"'1' I N A~ ! !\FO~"'AL :.::.:R'::MCt\Y J , ~ OF F 1 c :: Of -MINJSi~ f"OREI~N AF'FA IRS ERI C L0l.\.J THIS "40RNI\G 3Y U.S. A~iaA.SSA~jR JOSPH: c. SA T1ERThWA ~ T ' : ~p tS A fRAcr-ENf Oi ATUS ROCKeT W~ i CH BCGSTt:D !.. T. COL . . . . JOHN QLbtt 1 NTO ORBS T FE.3RUAP.'f 2 AN) LA TEA FELL NEAR AL 1'./AL NO'R"ir. t N CA?E PROYi~E .. :AL~ FRAGtNT.$ fJ'f_C:R0 ~RE SE~ TO U~H TEO-. - STATES. f~ ANA'lYSlS. :r; .' . -~ . fRA~ PRESENTED Tl-fl S H:)RNI NG, ABOUT TWO FEET SQUARE MOl.h'T0 I,M> INSCRIBED BY UNtTEO STATES oovf00~JT. REMAINt~'G I FRAGrNTS Of. BOOSTER ROC.Kit ~R Gt\'EN TO UHfTEO STATts BY SOU'rH I Af'R I CAN GOV!RrH:NT. . . .... _. Uti.CUSS I F' I ED 31, fR PRETORIA . :: EXctt:.LtNT C.CCPERAi I 0:'1~ IN AME'~ I CAS S?AC.E EFFORTS. ' ... ;. ~'! .. 1 NSCRl PT tONS ON Ml SS l LE. FRAGM!NTS F'RAM REA:>: :~:~": PRFSENT0 BY UNITtD STATts Of AK:RiC." NAT!ONAL AERONAUTI-CS ANo : ;~: ., :ttii's IS A. f"RAG.""f:NT OF ATLAS 800STER,.WHICH LAUNCHED LT. COL .. :. ~-- .. <.-? JCHN .H. Gl.NS, JR. A~ MERCU.RY SPAC:: C.RAF'T rRJE~HIP 7'!~ :. ..: ~ ~1$ '"' %:-~ROM. C.tP~ CANAVERAL, FLORIDA~ ON 2~ F'E6RUARY, 1962: THE. AT.LAS : 4 . ~.-~ .. '\ : ORB I Tt.0 EARTH F' 1 VE T I !-1C:S ANJ i AA vt:LLEO A PPROX I MA TtL Y. CN HUNDREO ~ ~ ~ ;.1~ ~:<t : ~NO. THIRTY THREE THOUSAND Ml L5. TH l S F'RAGI'-E~T SURV 1 Vto RE-... ' ;. . <{~ ENTRV AND WAS RCOVER0 NEAR ALI \t/Al NORTH~ REPLi6L I C Of SOUTH t I I MINISTER Of ~ORJGN-AF'FAIRS, I N THAMU'-'G A.~SASSACOR fOR THIS 1 .. -.. RECOGNITION Or ASSISTANCE AF'FC?.D!O-SY S00T:-t A.fi1i C). lN UNiTE::. S7 A", -:-~ ! . PRO~AM Of" K.::SEARCH 1 N Ol:TER S?A::~ GA VS ASSIJP~'I~S THAT SJ t T J..5:..E AAAANG8-'.E~TS OF A. PR~ANEI'\ T NATURE WOJLJ & ~AC( FGR [X'~ ' . FRAOI.f:kT T ~ Tl-1 PLIBL I Ct. !I fRAG~NT WiLL SE t:XH I a: Tr!) . . NGi I N FROGRESS p:IT IALLY AT P TCRIA-tRANSV.AAl SHO.., Three strac~e objects seen above Kirrberly by a num~er SATTtlrrHWAtTE: . of residents. "The y came I from the s outh. They looked I like r ockets, but travelled l horizontally and were very j brilliant. T:!O were s.""aller ' than the one between them, The center one gained in :.n- tensity, gave off a fl3sh, and disappeared."