32 17 9n117 22w — March 1963

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Keywords: sculpin, drafted, cincpacflt, reliable, satellite, 28l0224z, ches8alia, eharacteristic, considdred, comsubfl, azimlrrh, howse, gational, akers, tllo4e, receipt, ailable, qround, illuminate, evaluates, released, sextant, xxground, parks, sights
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon 3. DATETIMI! GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION XXGround Vi suol 0 GroundRodor 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft 28L0224Z 0 AI,. Vi suol C Alrlntorcopt Rodor Astronoml col 0 Probobl y Astronomi col 0 Possibly Astronomi col LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJ ECTS !:IX Other 0 In sufficient Ooto for Evoluotion BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS illuminate d . Jl:CHes8alia at'ailable , a / c lights eharacteristic n.JvJ..gational star sightings. Object satellite observation straig h t ight f rom 'rf/f.st ev.~lua ted satellite. Considdred witnesses. AT1C P'O'fW 32? (PY.V lit SJ~P Sl) , -UNCLASSIFIED RELEASED BY PR !OR IT y IIN,.OI DRAFTED BY FM USS SCULPIN AF DIST: NIN-9, XOP-1,. XOPX-4, DIA-29, DIA-CIIC-2 . TO MARCH AFB, CAL IF. CINCPACFLT COMSUBFL.Ot ONE UNIDENT FL. YING OBJECT A. CINCPACFLT INST 3820.3 1. DESCRIPTION Of OBJECT . CIRCULAR B. SIZE HEAD OF PIN C. ILLUMINATED LIKE STAR NO AIRCRAFT LIGHTS D. ONE SEEN 2. DISCRIPTION OF' COURSE OF OBJEC! . TAKING STAR SIGHTS FOR NAVIGATION WHEN FIRST NOTED. SAF-QS:..@j B. APPROX 53 DEG AL.TITUDE AZIMLrrH 250 DEG T WHEN SIGHTED. C. APPROX 30 DEG ALTITUDE AZIMUTH 080 DEG T WHEN LOST. D. STRAIGHT FLIGHT fROM WEST TO EAST. E. DISAPPEARED BEHIND CLOUD. F. APPRO X 9 MIN IN SIGHT. 3. MANNER OF OBSERVATION AST SECNAV CR&O) COGARD FLAG PLOT CONTROL NO. NO. PAGE OF PAGES TIM Of" RECEIPT CMC JCS CSA DATE TIMC: GROUP UNCLASSIFiED I ACTION I RELEASED BY DRAFTED BY A~ QROUND VISUAL B~ . BINOCULARS, SEXTANT FOR INITIAL OBSERVATION DTG OF SIGHTING NORMAL DUSK LIGHT CONDIT IONS. LOCATION OF OS SERVER A. LAT 32-17.9N LONG 6. OBSERVERS A. LT PARKS USN, RELIABLE., LTJG HOWSE USN, RELIABLE, LT AKERS USN, RELIABLE. ALL ATTACHED TO USS SCULPIN. . 7. LCDR R W DICK IESO N, CO SCULPIN, EVALUATES OBJECT AS PROBABLE SATELLITE. 8. NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OBTAINED Major Quintanilla Case 26 : We agree with classification, but card statement i s wrong: Moody says east to west while report says west to east, as it should be. On the rest of the month the committee is in full agreement (nearly) CONTROL NO. CIRCUIT NO. TIME or RECEIPT UNCLASSIF~ED DATE Tllo4E GROU? I fll ... te t1~ H