Cato Newyork — September 1962

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Keywords: dateo, moonli, circla, 0joct, predqminant, atn1osphere, subnittod, s3tellite, regaru, trlol, ijahl, pjblkution, qutu1, rermined, orjck, nlivht, abilut, htnes5, shop4t, portacu, htiqg, wingoo, iorls, oloyio, odheost
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD (':') Sr:."J:e:nbcr 3. Q .\ TE iiME GROU? 2. LOCATION Cr:. tn, w York 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0: ~round Visual S. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 GroundRodor 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon --1 0 Possibly BoJioon 0 Was Aircraft 0 Air-Intercept Rodor a Pro.-,ably Air.:roft 0 Po ~ui bl y Aircraft 0 Was Astronomical 0 P robably Astronomical D Po ssi bl y Astronomi col 7. LENGTH OF 03s::~VATlON 1 a. NUMaER OF OBJECTs 1 9. e1: .. Other Su tc 11 i. t~ .::1-'3 r::inutes tO. SRIEF SUMM4RY OF SIGHTING 0 0joct with brightness of ~-5 magnitud~ star obsorv~d in wavy flihht to SE. Part of flight obscured by clouds . Color changed or fluctuated with red the predqminant coloro Witnes s b elieved object outside of atn1osphere. 0 Jn sufficient Data for E valuoti on Report subnittod i n lX0 ~ebruary 1963 n11d witness not s ure o f dateo Ptob~bly S3tellite sight- ing o No check possi b l e without dateo Case considered as a probable satellite sightlngo I~oject Bll.te Doole Inforrr.ntion C~f\.i?OI-3 Headquarters tJ. G .1\..JJ'. Hoom 4c-916 T."1e l'en t~.:lgon '.ia&.:li:ngtc.u 25,D.c. Deur G~r: t l em en: O:f f i c e r I a::~ wrj_ ting i n regaru t o rrLy reported sighti.n g of a:a un- id~.tl"~if'::. ,, :J flying object (U}I' O) I r.e.tieve .. ! c.::l l11 my eLJ.:CJ. Hu _u, c , e1 1 a sked if y ou. could possibly give !1'13 some explanation a~ to w:~at 'Lt was,u.nt< tl1.:m you sent rr.e a:1 eight pe.e;e quert.lcm r.'l1~.. 2 fL'<~ ~ rJ~ 1 \J. J."'u J., ''~'~ CJLu St"lH lc bach: to yol1. So i n conclu.sion,could you p ossibly se:1.d n:e an an~r,vdr to this letter and rrl:y questJ on . 'l'.ban.K ycu ve::: r..uch. A Trlol ()F: H!:AO::)IJAHl'ERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION Afil FORCE !;'r'.;Ti;;.M S C H~A'fD Ul'o!ITE.O 'JTATE.~ AP~ FO~CE Wr-tt~HT"'ATTf+:H50N AI-~ F0'1CIZ OJ.~..:. OHI O .r 1rin ev.: QlJ j GC t W:.t.S !'irm evJ.luation objact ~35 ?robably a satellite. P"J:~ ~-illl Cato, ~;~.i' York Slnc~r'::"!lY:~ HTI.T.IA)t J. LCO \LOO Of t~ice or Infor~ tl'Jn This c;ul!s.-ionnair!J h1S b.tcr prct><lf'J:l Jo i:1:; yc.J .:..m giv.., the IJ.~. Air i;"ir: . . .: l.l~ n t,. : h inf~rmc~ion o s p1':lS!.ibl~: Cl.)rt~.:roing t h,, uni J~:'l .. if . ~ C': i~ Pbal., try to c ra.:,wnr as rnc ny qt .. ,;.;tio~c; c:;s y0u r os::.ibly.:cm. TIJ mfot' ;q., i~: }')' ,"1;V!r v : n r.:Fi'-'..:: . .l~li"IS, or pJblkution$ ,,ithuut yo"..r p::nni .5ion. V,'!l .. qutu1 ~his p rs.Jt'l<d i.a~'1,~T .;. . When d ~ y ou so~ t h o ob;-3ct? 2. (Circle One): n . A'!t w~re you w e r1 you ;;a.., tr-: o.uJ...,c:t. Ci~y or T owrt How lo ng was obj,ct in s i g}tt? (Total Duration} o. Certain b. Fairly certain How wos time in sight d.:rermined? 5.2 Wo'i cSi t in sight cont:nuously? o . Bright b. Cloudy Nl{ZH r ) ( C ircl :J On.,): cs. In fr...,nt of you b. !n OrJck Of /C IJ c. To your ri sht F TO OCT i>1 164 8. IF you saw the "bject <:t N!GHT, what die.! ycu n<>tice CNIC' "'"ing th., ~TAR 'i an<l MOOtl? 8.1 S r ARS (C ire/, One): a , Bri),t moonli~ht b. Dull mo"nlivht c. No moonli~ht -pitch dcrk d. Do11't romember d. Dc~'t rorr'"'"b~r 9. What wer~ th_, weather conditions at tho time yeo sa.., th., object? CLOU~S fCircl~ One): WE;\ THE!~ (Ci:cb One): b. Ho~y b. Foo, mi -;t, ~r Hr;ht u1in c. Sea Her~ clouds c. MoJ&rc?.:t or h~'-'VY roin d. Thic~ or heavy clouds d. Snow 10. n~:) os;.,et O?peared: (Circle On~): b. T rc.,;, .:;crent d. A~ o !ight .. e. Don't rorr.emo~r 11. lf it appear,d as a light, was it briQhtar th~n the bright3~f .,~orl? (Cirde OnF~): a. Brighter c. Abilut th~ 3ame d. Don't know 11.1 Compar& bfis;htnes5 to some common obl~tct: 12. Tho edges of the obiect were: (Circla On~): a. Fuzzy or blurred b. Lik~ o bright stcr c.' Sharply outlined../ d. o;nt r~member D:d ths object: (Circla One for oa:h ;:;u.uth.m} a. Appear to stand still atony tim1!t? on t .<n;;l:o o. Sudd~n fy sp d up and rush away ot ony tim3? c. Bt~ak Jp into ports or explod.,? Doqt ~< r:nw d. Give off smok~? e. Chc.n brigh tn~s~? C;n'1 Ln.,w f. Chor,a~ shop4t? Uon~ tno"' g. FJar.h or flicker? h. D i ~ap~<Jr rmd n:o PP""u? 14. Did the object disopp:1cr Y:'1lc yo:J W"'r ~ , . , portacu. J t ,~: som~rh to'J at .ll ~ ony ;Hr.:: r-Jrh of t'"'e o!:li~ct is cov~r-.?d b' :>i::;htiqg, how muc h of thtl r,;~je-:t Dr ow v pictur~ t,at wi It show tn~ ::.h...,pc: of the object or ~bj ects. LaSe l em-:! inc!\Jd-::-{n yv.i;' vf t:l.:;t object tho~ ; o u sow ::;uch a.:; wingoo:; protru:;iorls, -::tc., and especi~tly '"'xhoust t:-oils e1r v '"!}'"'t on arrow c~ :i i d e ;h~ r!,awi ng the d i rection the object WQS OlOYIO'l (Circ f One) b. h1 o c=:i c:. O;td o c r s t:l. In Of" c:..r.>OJ:-t) (rypa) b. N odheost Did yoJ stop at ony tim~ Hh ; 11} you W&r-" JcJoldng ~t th~ obj~c t'i (Circle One) Yes