3. DATI!TIM! CROUP 7. LINOTH OP OIIIRVATION 7~ minutes 10. 111, SUMMARY 0' SIGHTING PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 13.58N 81.38w (Gulf of Mexico) 4. TVP! OP OISI!RY.ATIOM 0 GroundRaclar X% Groun~ VIsual 0 Air-VI suaf 0 Alrlntereept Radar Civilian British Ship Leith Hill I. NUMI!R OP OIJ!CTS 9. COUttS! 11. COMMENTS CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 0 Prohl:lly Balloon Po .. iWy Balloon Wos Aircraft ' a Prohbly Alrcroft 0 Posaillly Aircraft a Was Astronoml cal 0 Prol.oWy .Astranomlcol 0 Po .. il.ly Astrano,..lcol m Other Satellite i:CHO I a lnsufflcleftt Oato for e.,CJuotlon 0 Unlcrtown Satellite observed for 7t minutes in flight to SE. Erratic course. Disappeared near Star Vega at altitude o~ 56 deg. Marine Data report. ECHO crossed the Equator at 0154Z heading NE at Long of 227.4o. 4o minues later ECHO ~uld ATIC FORM 129 (RaV 26 eaP 52) be heading SE at 30 deg N and about 90 def W. This vould place ECHO in position for the reported sighting. UNITED STATES GOVERNM~T : J. S. Lacey, OPI NASA, Greenbelt FROM : Nautical Information Branch u.s. Naval Oceanographic Office . SUBJECT: Nautical information; forwarding of Code 55ll:CW DATE; 9 October 1963 (1) Marine Data Report from British Ship LEITH HILL dtd 8 July 1963 1. Enclosure (1) forwarded for your information. attention Public Information Officer Qo44erd Space Flight Center G. BUCKWALTER MARIN DATA REPORT NAWII Ot' INI" NATIONAl-ITY ' CAPT. D.J. MORRIS ~- ' INI"I WAll. AOOIIIIU (C). , AltM t UJiol /M ,.,..u, $. SIU,o ~ UN11!ED FRUIT New-Orleans Julia Street Wharf, INI" TT"II OTHER (Spcify) F'ASSENGER GIION TONI I.&NOTN (Foot/ CIIIII"IIIT OIIAt'T (Foot/ w.l.o Seed 15 !hots, bmmd Rouston fran the Panama Canal A: satelJ ite was obse:rwd. 'lb! sate1]1te pa. .. f'irst observed at an altitude ot 15, 'bearing 336, adjacent : ~ of.~ 56 , . bearing o45.o~ ~ Tbe sa tel 11 te was R E P 0 R T U R' G E H T BY R AD 10 an altitude the star VeE@ and 'HlOj 'f~o::~P:' lll't tr:.~:. $Mli8SOI'W AstlOrBTstCAJ. OISUVATOD', CAKBIIDC!, KASSACIIUSETtl SAULLU! 1960 lOfA 1, !CBO I Thttt predtctiont are baaed OD orbital eleaenta revlaed on July tl are tn dare, U.~. Rts ht ~ccnslcn v! aacendt na node -110:669 ):)0))8 (tt.) SJT(llllf 1960 lOlA 1 fOR OflHit UT OUDU SCl fi--HRTH Tl"f lCIIG. liTe BEARe TIKf CllRR. CCII1t . (Ml) ( ~fl C.CJRR. !cOR Tli-SCU TH l(I\'Go ltfe .Jll'f 6t l9U IU'oO 'lC,C II I t II t I 'H J Jl u 9 , l'itJ COlla. IM I) -ll.7 ICio.<)} t ... l.lll -'!iOo } l 'tloll I nc1lnetlon 47~27622 Ecccotrlcltr o.o;9970 ~ l.lo x toS (tT.) Sce1-.. J or aala 7.~0594 cca~tera T1 ME LCNC. SATElliTE 1960 IOTA 1 FOI OTHER LATITUDES SCUTH-NORTt- COIUl. UH t JULY lit 19tl t,IH lt).l! JllY 12e l'l6l Jt:lY n. 19n NORTII-SOUUI LONC. ItT. -31o.5 l Cto.IJ U.J -fl.l6 Jl.l -lC5.58 ~t:.C - I !O.ltl