3. DATETIMI! GROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. .LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 0 Prohably Balloon U~S. :...:!IUI!..1'---I 0 Po s si W y Ball eon .. TYPE 011 OBSERVATION 0 Ground-Vt sual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraf..-J 0 Probably Aircraft C PoiSiYy Aircraft 0 Was Astronoml cal 0 Prababt y Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical x Insufficient Dtlte t.r Eoluation I. NUMBER 0 OBJECTS 9. COURSE 7. LENGTH OII.OISIRYATION 0 UnlcnoWft 10. IRIEII SUMMARY 011 SIGHTING 1 1. COMMENTS Starlike obj moving fa the NE to WSW speed unknown, est 15 dgr elev, movin toward Jupiter. Disappeared in 75 seconds. Magnitude of 2 mag star. Ini tial obsvation at 300 dgr azimuth 20 dgr elev. Disappeared at 270 dgr a 20 dgr elevation. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) Rpt fm Navy unit in Northern Latitides. No mention of Radar pickup. Obj has general appear- ance of a/c sighting at dis- tance. Moving wrong way for i~satellite. A/C located at 6,000 ft. Visibility plear. Insuffi- cient data for evaluation. Obj moved through 30 dgr arc in 75 seconds. ZCZCHQA749ZCBJA083 DEPARTMENT OF fH AIR FORCf c; T AFF MESSAGE BRANCH ACTION: cm-17 OOP-2, OOP-CP-1( SAFS-3, DIA-10, DIA-CIIC-3 (37J . DE RUDIC 022 FM C CJtlBARFORLANT TO RUECW/CNO RUCKHC/CINCLANTFLT RUEAHQ/HQ USAF RUWGALB/CINCONAD RUEAKN/26TH NORAD REGION RUEGUG/COMEASTS~AFRON RUECYP/ SPADAT INFO RUCKDT/COMASWFORLANT LOCATING ONE UFO t. STAR LIKE OBJECT 4. 2~0T SPEED UNKNOWN 6. EST 15 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON 7. DISAPPEARED INI 75 SECONDS. OBJECT MOVING FROM NE TO WSW TOWARDS JUPITER Adv cy to DIA & CIN. ACTION: CIN-17 DEPARTMENl Of fHE AI~ FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCtl UNO.ASSI110 MfSS~OI X/ab Page 1 of 2 Pa~ea INFO : OOP.-2 OOP-CP-1, SAFS-3 DIA-10, DIA(CIIC)-3 (37) DE RUDIC 036 FM COMBARFORLANT TO RUECW/CNO RUCKHC/CINCLANTFLT RUEAHQ/ HQ USAF RUWGALB/CINCONAD UEAKN/26TH NORAD REGION RUEGUHICOMEASTSEAFRON RUECYP/ SPADAT INFO RUCKDT/COMASWFORLANT LOCATING ONE UFO AMPLIFYING DfPARTMENl OF TH~ AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH . INCOMING Page 2 of 2 Pages 1 SINGLE WHITE OBJECT SIZE OF SECOND MAGNITUDE STAR. ~I I.. . . '. 2. OBJECT FIRST. OBSERVED 20 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON, AZIMUTH 300T . LOST AT 20 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON, AZIMUTH 270T. IN SIGHT 75 SECS BEFORE DISAPPEARING AS THOUGH GOING BEHIND CLOUD ALTHOUGH SKY \4 AS CLEAR 3. OBSERVED VISUALLY WITHOUT OPTICAL AIDS AT 170049Z BY TWO CREW EL MEMBERS OF ACFT LOCATD 6145N 1609W, 6000 FT, MH 313 DEGREES, TAS 196 KNOTSM NIGHT LIGHT CONDITIONS, WEATHER CLEAR, WIND . AT FLIGHT LEVEL 245 DEGREES TRUE 45 KNOTS. NOI'E .: Adv cy del to DlA OEPARTMENl Of THe AIR FORCf Sl.-FF MES~GE 8RANCH UHCLASMID MISSAGt INFO : CIN-17~00P-2, OOP-CP-1~ SAFS-3, DIAlO, DIA-Cl~C-3 (37) FM NAVSPASUR TO RUDIC/COMBARFORLANT INFO RUECW/CNO RUCKHC/CINCLANTFLT RUEAHQ/HQ USAF RUWGALBICINCNORAD RUEASN/TWO SIX NORAD REGION RUEGUH/COMEASTSEAFRON RUCKDT/COMASVFORLANT A. COMBARFORLANT 170149Z 1. ANALYSIS OF NAVSJ'ASUR ORBITAL ELEMENTS ON ALL SATELLITES OF SIGNIFICANT SIZE AND ORBIT CHARACTER TO PERMIT VISUAL SIGHTING INDICATES THAT NO KNOWN SATELLITES WERE IN THE VICINITY OF COORDINATES 61-45N 0 16-05W AT THE TIME OF OBSERVATI CW .