PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :Z. LOCATION l:Z. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wot Balloon 14 June 1963 Houston, Texas D Probably Bolloon Po sal Wy Bolloon [j Wet Ahcroft Loco1----------~Grouncf.Vhvol C Grov~t.fRocler a Prol.obly Aircraft I-:-~GM~T~l~5~/0=3~5"l::::Z=======--h....;.D AI.-VIIUal D Alrl~ttercept Ro.Jor Poulbly Alrcroft S. PHOTOS C W Attro"o"'l eel D Y 0 Prol.oW y AttronoMI col a He . civilian c Poulltly AatronoMicol 0 lnayfflclont Deto fer Evoluotlon J~ minutes one ( 1) CUrve NE 10. IIIII' SUMMAY OJI SIGHTING 11. COMMINTS Object observed to move from S of Polaris to NE. Faded after 3i minutes observation. Moved through arc from origincal position to point below pointer stars in dipper. (to~ard Draco) Speed rapid, but much slaver than meteor. Appeared to stop twice. Intensity seemed to fluctuate. .ATIC P'OJIM 129 (lillY 2t aaP 12) Sat ellite ECHO I p assed Houston North of the c ity at 30 deg e levation heading NE at 15/0346Z. Direction of flight and position of object in accord with this M .. ""LV TO HEADQUARTERS 2578TH AIR BASE SOUADR 0 .. (COHAC) UNITfD STATES AUt ,ORCI Unidentified Flying Object Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio The attached Ltr, tfr. Commerce 1 Building~ Houston 2 14 Jun , a ssed to jor Kolenda of the OSI Detachment on this base, is submitted in accordance with the pro- visions of paragrsph l3b( 1), AFR 200-2 FOR TrlE COMMANDER HQ 2578TH AIR BASE SQ Ellington AFB Te UNII ED STATES AIR FORCE OFFICIAL BUSINESS f iRSt CLASS MAIL Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio 1527 CHANillt 0' CON'IIIIC. IUILDIIIIG liOUSTON 2 , TEXAS C ouunander Major Kolenda OST Detachment 1004 Ellington Air Force Base Houston, Texas Gentlemen : ! am an anerican ~ale, residing in Houston, ~arris graduate Civil 3ngineer and tieing attorney-at-lau. age n1.r~y !:LVe County, ~exas. a duly licensed accompanied by .ny \vif), ~:as obs ervinc t a e cons t ella - tions fro~ a ~olnt o n t op of t h e Addiclcs D~m near the intersection of Jac:~ ~abbit Road and t he Katy Highuay ( Harri s County , Texac ) ; v7hich point is rou.3hly on e a n d clgllt tenths miles vrest of t he city limits o f IIouston . At t h i s time and place I observed what appeared to be a star situate d aproximately ten de1rees directly belo~r Polaris . This o b j ect rTas the saw? ai>:Parent diameter as Pol~ris a n d s hone 1ri t h a 1 i ght sl i~h tly intens e . .A.t about tt1i s time the object be~an to move fron oo i n t 1 ( e:Aliibi t A) t o poin-t 2 s~ow!1 t hereon. This p ... :e~o:ne:na 1ra s also observed by :::rJ 11ife and her s 1cetch ~s at~ach~d ao ex~ibit 3 . Bo sk~tcbes y ere ~ade :!.o3:; t l1ac one !'1ou~" a~ter ou!' ocse~v9.tio:ns and 1-rithout r e t erence o a c to the other ~e estimate t h e total ela~sed time from o bserving the object' s first motion ( ot 1 ) to its d issapearince at point 2 to be roushly 3~ minutes. The object move d rather associate d \'Ti t h e. :::eteor. It 2-pparentl y stopped t 11ice , a t :9oi:Yts A a:d.d 3 on t.!1; dia~rams for period s of a:proxi ately ~us-!'.ty so.co::tds ~-ri t!'!0ut any corrcsoo'1;,d - in~ loss of i~tenstt;r lur1p-its arrasted motio~. As re3ardn Apparent Eri':;lltness o r Intcr..si t~-: Th e object appeared bri: lter or ~ore ~nte~se ~t point 1 t11an at any other time durlnc: its o bserve d journey. Its' j_ntensity see~ect to ~iminish i n a no~-11niform manner until it 1ms no longer visible. Thls fluxuation in intensi t.y, Nhile not uniform, was not suc:h as co11ld be characterized as "pulsa.tln~" due to tbe fact th'lt t:1ere 1vas .ilo observable, r eoccurin; t ime fluxue.t:Lon associated with the variation in i 'ltensity. In conclusion, you may be assured. that t h i s object :vas not an airplane nor 1ras it any fori!! of a "shooting star 1'!:.1a t then do you think it ires? ( AT t hur l . For be 3 ) fv\ I tVO f2_ Dear Jlrt. eigbting or September 16. 1963. baa been Satellite Ecbo. Sincerely. JIAS'1'0lf II. 3 A CIS Jlajor. USAl' tloD D1v1a1on Inf"oruaa tion- : u. J ' Nt .. 1 rl!')fltH Of! C lTY ;l<J n .. OR ~ .c\BnV-PfJR CU ttO NG Nf c ... 1 <"""\Af" J ' 1f~l.J :1i l 1lH Lf-r JT\1, !3 !rt1RF.f.::) Aeovr HOHttOn ~C'.JlNG S f J l .. ' ... ,, Jl ~u .12, ra~fH ;:r rv 1:: t,r < H:r:C" AOOVc HOHllOIJ r~ovltH~ s .,r:Rlt rr r t t Y, r~t~ t.::t, Rf.E$ AfHlVE Hn:n zuq tq)v 1 nt; Sf- t !.l:<:REf:~ ft.f30V~ tstlP. f l.DI! f'UVlN~ Nt Nl'rtTII CJ: f.ll,, -~ I'Ct..ru:f-~ .\f't1Vf. ~ rr~1 ON ~!OVI~ Nr NL1R rt-' '!* ' r I~ 1\1 Lu;Rt~r s HIIJVl ttOR tlll tuv 1 f't; SL l:~ flf3th<: HORIION t><nv1t1G Sl t1F t_l : , q~ rr.:Lnct:~ l\i li]~t; ~:nt-\i i.ON f / l II\, St UVE HflrU !.ON l'OIJ I.IH~ Si: 11 V , II! li., l Jl\ h ~ ll V l It U ~ i I ) I'~ .~l( I\H1' \' i IGF~fUrl (IU\IlfHl ~ P~ J tNE. l l SflUTH Cf II,!; tl'i~f:!'<-t'~'I'Jf: tf1f:!.TSI~ t \lJ\hl~ Nt I II I I