PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS C Woa BolleOft harlottesvi lle Vir inia c Proltalttr a.et .. n C 0reUfttiRtMier D Woi Alrcr.ft a ProltaWr Alrcr.ft C Air Intercept Ratlar a PaaeiW r Aircraft a Yea a PrelteWr AttrenaMicel XII He Civilian a , ....... , AatroneMicel ' LIMOTM Oil OIIIIYATION I. NUMII .. 011 OIJICTI t. COURII Other.-. r..ll~=--- &.&&:atl(.., D lnauffletMt Dtlt t.r 10. IIIIP OP IIOHTI ... Light source in sky .Yellowish, color of Saturn, thought to be satellite moving in straight line at constant velocity. Came to stop for 30 seconds & remained stationary. Visible at this time with & without BX. Disap- peared 4 seconds later. a Unknewtt 1 1. COMMINTI Satellite ECHO I over Virginia at 71 dgr elevation to the NE at 842 pm. This places ECHO in position to be observed by the witness. During observation of satellites they often appear to remain stationary for certain periods & waver in their path. This is attributed to atmosphera conditions & witness's own opti- cal conditions. This is particu- larly true when obj approaches n vera of Va Charlottesville, Va. To whom it may concern; This is a report of an unjdentified flying object. At 8:55 p.m. on the night of October 6, 1962 I observed ~ source of light in the sky exibiting peculiar behavior I am a graduate engineering student at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia and I am frequently found persuing my hobby of astronomy. I spend many hours observing the sky and I am quite lramiliar with the various things that one would expect to find .there.! On the night of Oct. 6, I had a pair _of 1X50 binoculars at my \1hile I was looking at the constellation~ Cassiopeia as a landmark so I could,find the great spiral nebula in Andromeda, I observed a "star" directly adjacent to the actual star Schedar in Cassiopeia. This star appeared to be as bright as Schedar but slightly yello\ter in color. It was the approximate color of Saturn. This star was moving to\rard Lacerta, a small constellation above 6assiope1a at the time of the observation. Thinking that it was an artificial satelite I tried to pick up more detail in my 7X50 binoculars, however it still appeared as a. point source of light moving at constant velocity in a straight line. At this time I judged it to be an artificial satellite, however after moving about 15 degrees throu3h the sky it came to a stop and remained stationary for about 30 seconds. At this time I observed it very carefully for I was very curious. I saw it both \Ti th and \'li thout the binoculars and I am quite sure that 1 t came to a stop. Its color assured that I \ras not, by mistalte, observing a star and had lost the supposed satelite. Then the peculiar yellow star proceeded to disappear and did so in about 4 seconds. I cannot explain this in terms of the phenomena with which I am familiar so I am bringing it to the attention of the recipient of this letter in the hopes that good judgement vrill be executed on 1 ts contez;tts. The observation was made from the statute of Thomas Jefferson on the "La.,m'' of the University grounds. There are no \ritnesses to my observation. Enclosed is a rough map of the area in the sky where the object omurred and a path designating the path of the object. In orde r to avoid any confusion a3 to t,he purpose of t:~is lettar I Anonamously Yours, U. VC}. , ...... rlot tesville, Ve..., Lo. c.e r tQ. "';etef ~.J c Clt\ ~ll.h~ ''f llt~.J2 rr' !'<.1 05 SOUTH Of: CitY, l q ~r 'l'.53 AM or:r o6 SOUTH OF crrv, oa 1. glf.l<~tll.!!!t, Vft, I I n~.l' p !lCJ U2 SQUTft o~ C(IY , C H .. ' t1J F S A iH I V r H 0 R I l n N t-1 fJ V I N G S E. Jl fC,' 'i..f: S 1\liOV[ tfi JPlltJN MOVING ~JE OF: Prr ~ 1\f\flVl HORJ /flf' HOV(r~t~ JtF: ( fcP[f:S AfHlVE l1liJ~l/011 MO~ING Nt (J:f,HfFS A ll1Vf J.F)Ril!trl ~OVING ~E f'f(.ftr f: S AOitVf: tHJR 110r~ f.AOVl tH~ :N n t ,,Ht:rs ~nuvr t'~lPiin r.t.JvtrsG St P I t :'F r 5 A nov~ Hn r J 1 (l~f HOV I t:t_; Nf: I r c ~ ~I r ri t.il. l r c; "onvt !il~r 1 i' rJtt J'li'/l i a., r~F / ;~ rn 1:Pt r: ~ ,,ntlVf. IP:F ll~H; ~ fJJf rH:., !i E ~r, nrctrl \ t l'ttVl ttflPl/H~..J ~ f!:tr~G '~( '; r Ot\. ~, PI~ i;r r fJ4 SOUT~I flf r ll f , )(J l1t .IH:f ~ r~nnvr II q p 1 . I I i' I fl J ' I'! I I !\ r 01. ~ 1 Pt1 ocr os SCUTt or-c r r r , ')~' 11[ (,;q F s f\f\fJvr lllllt 1/0IJ ~tnv l r,r, NE ~r c)~.~'l l\t1 OCT 06 SOUTH or tiTV, ~.2 PE(rf f.FS ~d!.J1Vf HIJHllflf.l fOVlU(; Sf. 1\ r "':~r PIA 1Jrr o7 sOlJTtl OF ctrv, n'J or:~.; 1 r<"\ 1\I~IIVI rP.~:I/nr; o~/frt (, NF. ~OV I Nf, SE