PROJECT 10073 RECORD CA~D 2. lOCATION '), o.:.re-T ~c CUP 4. TYPE OF 03SERVATIOH IJ Ground Vi 'ual a GroundRador 0 Air-Visual a Air Intercept R<;:dar 7. LENC-... OF OSScRVATION 10. GRIEJ :;,JMMARY OF SI GHTING 8. NUMBER OF 03JECTS 11. CO .... MEHTS l a n...,t v~l'll ATIC YORlt JZ? (;t&V l5 5l!P S2) CO~ICLUSIOI'l;, \Ia:; Elulloon Pmbobly Balloon P J Ji :..1 y Bull oon Wa5 A~rcrnft Pro bob I y Atrcrofr Po :ui bl y Ai rcroft Wa-t Astronomr col Probr.~bl y A~trof'Omrcal Po >5obly A5tronomical ltuuffrcr~nt Dota for Evoluohon Lt. Col~ ''Iilli: 1.~ J. Loo doo F~hli~ Info:~eLion Dtvi~ion Oi'r'i.:e of InforJ::> l:.ivn D ~: Yt"'lc-m t. of tnc Air _ '()rce ?lin~ton 25, D. C. l3rook.lj'n Jurtc ~ 7, '-?, eu York ]:.r."'~l~ly I sent yo.l" letter !'-'C')U~r.tir.g,,.'},istucc in incntifylng "'rt oojcct in our oveninn; nky. Since thnn '.10 hDve uucceodl3'"1 1n i :entif;yin~ it :Jc:i the pl-;.n'1L /e;H.w. Its brishtne3.o r-n1 L.t~ J"1..P- i ty ,,,i th ',.: .ict. it crosse 1 tnc sky, 1 r.;ns: ..,,.i t!l the p rcc;Pnce of ::r orPn["u glo:T 2nd other weird i .mr~sni )ns ;_><:.en throu~,h bin- ~ ... ;ulars, g:"ve t...s the ic'lPros~i 'Jrl t h' t i t \:"'. . ., r. ~ i rcr tf' t o ~ s.:>I:!e sort tr'"'vl?_lin; on th~> :rin t.:rJ of nrwcc. Recently, ho .... r, J!lu m0on h'"~s be .. r. in c:1.1L portion uf the sk;f aud its po!i ~ion i! r .. ... cion to : .. . obJect cor.vi.,lce:; u::. th:1t i"le objf'\ct i. lltc'" . . ur~.~'ho1 b?c~ ~:-.::.n th~ moon. Since t\-y !Jl:--.1.Jt Venus i:-; ropor',>Jlly :i~iblc in L~-t)'.:e.c.in_; s \.y, \,f:! n-tvc co.1e to Ln~ co wlusion .. ,h.,t ~he object =~ be it . ~''\tional Space Administration F~luca.~ion Depa.rtrr.ent Rrvi~dyn 2S' rew re:-hap3 you can clear up a nwstery of coJ)3thing in the sky 1:hich h<l::; h3cn p:-:l~:1g us. Ha noticed it far the fir3t i:.ill"..a about. a rTeo::k a go, but., it. probably r! ~.s begn up longET. At fil'st lie thought it il.:lS a s t,ar but -:.ri. thin C'~ .o'Jr it had passed beyond tbe horizon.. Since it al;;ays appears in the 5 '.ne: place at the s2me time , w.d follo;1s the saJTe course, ue thought it J i;:;:'lt be a s~tellite, but a check of the lTe,1 York T:Lrres shewed that the only s.:t'"e:lite "Jisible vas Echo I , ~t 8 :05 P . P . F.. S . T. 'lhi.3 object appears O'ver Bx o:<lJn fror.1 c.pp~oX:.!:'.a.tlcy 6:t~5 to 7:45 E. S . T., or longe::-. A check uith Ll;~.~ : --;y-Pon lan<3briul dl::>counted the possibli ty of this objC'c t being a !.# t.ar or :-la.."le ~. A satelli"t.e l:ould not t.:l1ce an h0ur to cross t;1P, -s~cy. Th.;y sug~e~ J:,ed the obj ec:, night be eii:,her an ~rcra:t or a -:1eather baD oon, but ei~c~ it al:-1a:ys fol:~.;ed the a.ar.e cou-se, they said it probably-;ras not a "'~'\:.~A=-b'.:!.] ] oon, but so:-e sort of aircraft. A check Hi th th~ P.:lr fiational 0.:;.:-d nt Floyd Bennev-v 'tihen ue again sa-t the object on Frit~.ay, could s:O :C r.o li~ht on tre =a ttet". They did.'1 t kno\ or s ee=n to cnre. I t.h!?ll c ,~'<ed ~-1i th ldl~wilc .\.iruc::-t., 'Hho su~ees ted I crU.l t'!:a r . A. A. Hhich I dic TI"c. ? . A. A didn' t kr.o-.;. I ru:t 'Jriti.ng the letter fer th~ sake of it .~n~ifyine t;-,.:.s obj~ct. T.:::! :'ollc-..rin8 is, to :.::e best. of I1'\Y knoHlcdge, a <.!ascription of the obj -=-ct: I~ : m be seen by fu a naked eye end ei v~ the j.Iq:>ress io'i of bei P.g a lDXge ~t.a::-. U?on exaninat:.o:1 with a pni.r of binoculars it appears to be "L" sr.x:;ed (perhaps 1vin~s of an aircr'rl't.?) and ha.s an orange ilmJ' (je t fwnes, re!'lected StmJi.ght) or the possibility of it travelling on the outskirts of Lre n~,os~here? 'i'ile ~osi:d.cn of the obj act on the l""'l.p is as follo-1s: Assur:d.ng th<lt FL.'\tbush A'."'enue !" .. m.s ?forth a."'ld South, 'Uld that Pro::.-pact Park ls clue ~lest, this object c.:.:1 o~ SPan due ~lest a~ al:out 60or 7rf above the horiron ~av ling in a s.,.:i 7 ::o~.hern arection before it disappears beyond the distant builCi.ngs v--4oooo..l P t;.::.~e it p-:-ob'lbl.j-is S0:7-> air force craft bt't since it ol-;:a:rs a!J?eo=s at t~e -C?::-.e tim 2.nd al:ro.ys folious the same course, we tha.tjlt it .-ight. be =;o ~s :.n~ ln orbit. Any-;;<!;!, -:1~ thouj'\ t you ml.ght be ahle to c.::pla.i n i:hls Uo,, th~t it ?onc.t ,on , Yotr l 1ttdr \.:Onc';!rn.i...'1t< .n ~ml..l~ntlfl~.:~d r.:..;:L1g ou~ o:;t nit~htL1 .~ I t->./e Jnclo3~d thd f.:.::.-Force ;.;-.i, h i.J b.:w~d :n t:.3 .fiz::din.z3 of int3St.l '1J.ticn.3 _; ~"!t.!U~taC. r y ~h~ Pl.tblic Io:u'ol"!"lat.i:m Lirisicn C!'tice o:.: I.lfo.:_,ation