PROJECT 10073 r~ECORO CARD 2. LOCATION 12. COHCLUStONS J. OAT!TIMI! GROUP ... TYPE OF O&SERVATION Wru Balloon Probably BoHoon Po:ui bly Balloon ;O<Ground Visual 5. PMOTOS 3. SOURCE 0 Ground R "dor 0 Air-lntefc:ept Radar Wds Aircraft Probably Aircrr.Jft Po" s i bl y Aercroft Was Astronomi col Probably Astmnorfticol Possibly Atronomical ; .n ~ ~ivillan 7. lEHOTH Ofl ose~VATION 8. NUMBE~ Ofl O!JECTS 9. COURS! o ln~uHicient D<rta for Evaluotton one ( 3 tim~s) r,.;es t g tO. 9-11!~ SU...._.A_Y 0, SIGHTtNO !'!lin lat e !". .\33wned orbital b y . .ri ~ness. T..css b~ight t~3n Jupiter. Insists : h a t obj was 10t u/c s ince he is engineer ?-~d ex-pilot. Also obs e:-r~ -chr~lgh lOX ':"'.(. ATIC PORW 329 (JUIV l6 SP.Jt 52) 11. COMMcHT4i .:Io~niag to i'flui~nte tn3.t '"ni ,; .11s 0 f' '.ri. t ncSS !~0 t. -?..ri thou t ffi-?. c-it Still posslble a/c. No orbL~al objs have retrograde motion o r J nun per~ou. United s~ ~t~J Air Force U, F . C. O:'fic~ LAUNOcRING COLORTONt Olr/ CLC:AI~ING . . MARYLAND I-:. :: : s oeen su:;:,;~ s-:.e i th.1.t I 1-Fri. te t o you about ny ob.;(:.~v'l tions of an 1jnusual On ::onday, Sept3mbe~ 2J , 1963, bett.veen 9 : 50 and 9 :55 P.tl., ~.D.T. I obs~rved e. ~:-ln:. object travelli::.~ .from e~st to west at -high speed (i.e., high for such ob~ec:,s). !-~ point of -:>~::~:ovation at this first sightint; ga7e a very li;.U t e d vlc:.;. ~ea.lizing thn.t t(li.s '";as unusu~l in both spzed and direction, I est:Ln.::.ted rl1~:1 a._-:'1 ... -::er~ i t ".ro uL:i r.e:~ a.pp3CC and 't.;all<ed to tte shore Oi: the ne::1ro:, .. .lal-:e wh~:r-e I ~2.d a clear vi ..-o!. ... -:;irtually the en ... cire southern cy. The ob jcct re- ap~eared at about 10: 20 a ~:. t south of e ast and d l::;appearcd a bit no..rth of 1;.~c:;t o l t w::Js .apparently the S3.J:" . .} v;)ject in spe~d, path ar.d brightDcss (It Has the b:-ig::.t';?s":, light in t.he s'k-J .3Xcept Ju"?iter). The s arne o'.Jject (~t least to a..lJ. a,p~arancea) reappearad ~g~in at J.0:)2. Ey l::>ca.tion was Eagles l4era in north centrti ?enr1sylva~ia, a Stl.!T1;1e~ resort in the Alleg~1.anies at 2000 ft. altitude. The n:..f;ht \o~as cold anci clear. Tr.~.l~ object t.;as also v1itnes.,sed by my wife the first tirr:e and by a friend the third time. There i.s no que3tion in r .illind thlt its path -vras east to wes t (I a..rn cpi. te far.U..Li~ vri.ti1 the co~p2.ss directiv:!s there), that it was not an airplane ( I am an e:;1giflcler, an ex-p:i.lot 3..'1d had nine year:; in Ilqrtln' s engineering departme:l~ e.."1d I eAarninad t he object tt::-ough a har..:l held 1 0 pGTer telescope) and that its appear .g,nce peri.od (~pp~en~ly o~oital) was between 25 and JO minutes. Bo c:1. -:::e r>a.t!l a.'ll.d t:H~ appc.rent speed of this o~ject are, t o my knoHl!3Cc;e, c;,li te u~-..:.3 _:_::_. A E!'. ~;ill~a.m 0 t Do.:1n911 at rL.\SA I::; Public I nf1uiry office :;u~;e:;ted tha t you ~.;o~=. be interc~ted in thl::> n.nd might be !'!blc to enl.ight.en :n.a as to t h.J obj ect' s idcr.ti ty -he could tell me nothi:'\~ ebout j t. Sincerc:y, ATf l tr: r:::-: .s let te.c i 3 for~,arL-1::-!d to yoPr o:'fi.~e f o-r \ih n ~C:\r2r- balievt:s th ~t thLz obj~cc V " 3 10 t llr- ~::,-,e -.'n ~lste_ ... J y i.n~linJ.tion to rht:lr o:rbi.t lnti tu,le. 3 . Since his lett.~:-~on ta.t:v~d. n.ll essential ini.'orr!'JJ~tlort, .:..::: !JOt necessat-.{ t~1:lt: :1r Hcustle be s 2nt an FTD .'or:n 164. October 10, 1963 ~15 is 1n response to your letter of September 30, 1963. regarding your observations of an unusual satellite. OUr ~orstgn Teahnology Division has investigated your xeport. however, stnce.you believe that the object was not aircraft, it 13 not poaaible to evaluate your sighting. All known satellites have an easterly inclination to their orbit at this latitude. The closest point to Eagles Mere at which "'ie can pinpoint the satellite Echo on the night of September 23rd 1s Scrsnton, at which t1me Echo appeared at 7:44 p.m. north or the city, 67 degrees above the horizon, moving southeast. - Thank you t'or reporting this observation to us. We are sat-1-y that we cannot enlighten you further. S1ncerel:r MASTON Jll. J ACX3 Major-USAF Public Info t1on D1v1a1on otr1ce or Information