Sutersville Pennsylvania — June 1965

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1. DATE TlME GltOUP 2. LOCATION 5 June 65 06/0l&JJZ Sutersid.lle Pennsylvania. 4. NUMIEII OP OIJICTS 10. CONCLUSION One . Descrl.ption of sightirl6 sir.rila r to balloon Hi th r.aclcage burstin;. 5. LENGTH 0' OISIRVATION 6. TYPE 0, OISIIVATIOM Hov erirl.6 9. PHYSICAL EVIDINCI 11. IRII' SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object asSU!n0d to be Satellite observed in North \'Testern s ky. Ble.r up i.rrto littl e bits of silver, Nhich slovrly floated cbHn. Object "tr:~.s ro-..~rr:. eni silver ;rl..th thre e s:-.1..all .J..!tennac""" Comebk.CY Reader.; cy-: Stay back . Alti!A COOl 303 ATTN o,, 9CIO HI!ADQUARTeltS 9th AIIOS,ACI DIPINSI DIVISION (ADC) UNITI!D STATES AIR FORCE ENT AIR FORCI! IASI, COLORADO 10912 suaJECTr Unidentified Ob .. 1ect Report Foreign Technology Division Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 1. Reference the subject as above. appropriate. attached correspondence, dated 5 Jun 65, Letter is forwarded for action as 2. This office, in cooperation with USAF SPACETRACK, was unable to correlate this observation with any event of which we'have record. All foreign and domestic satel- lite decays during the period were well documented and the event closest to the stated time of observation was the GT 4 sustainer body, SPADATS Object number 1391; this decay occurred approximately 16 hours from his window and was to the southeast of his location rather than northwest. In addition, there is no record of any satellite fragmentation during this period 3. We consider the possibility of the visual sighting of antennae at orbital or decay altitude as being extremely 4. Any assistance you can provide Mr. appreciated. FOR THE COMMANDER ...... y K. SCHLEETER, DAFC Actg Director of Information Referenced ltr. Cn -t ti C2ir ?~ct. .. J~!ruatrJ' rss!etanc~ - c~ Procurement & Contraote Division IASA : Manned Spacecraft Center 1io1..1st6n l,J Texas 7 ::JoJI"