l. SOUACE NUW8EA Of OIJ!CTS 2. LOCATION Charles:,on , South Carolirm 10. CONCLUSION S:l.tellite ( ECHO I) S. LENGTH OF OISIRVATION 11. IRIIfl IUttttAY AND AMALYIIS 6. TYPE OF 08S!RVATION Grourd -Visua l Rouni object no tail or t r ail. Pas3ed ;:T;}St to ::!:ast a t ah:>ut 85 deg elevation. Passed over hsa d and clw.nged direction to SE. Silv er c olor. Zig- Zag as oourse chal\;ed. lTX. hizil thin clouds. Thtmderstoro.s r.a.d just fa.SS~d C0!1!E:ITS: 1JX i n a rea con-=ucive to distortion in appenr=tnce of object. Change in direc.tion and zig- 3ag n:~tributed to t l:e s e .... -.-P-H_O_T_O_S -4 conditions or illusion. Fli,3ht reGarded a s straij1t. Duration 9. PHYSICAL EVIDEMC! consista.nt ui th SateJ J i~e :.md ap!-'E!ar~'""lce of.' object in accord Hith this an3.lysis. ECHO I ms over Charl~ston at 1016, 55 deg e l evat.:.. on moving SE. : odsible error in tir!e . Obscrvaci on resarded as 3(}{0 I. If nat ECHO I, thtn one of the other visible Satellites. iNC.O M ING - DEPArtTMf.NT 01' lHE AIR fbRC~ STAFF N\ESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED XOP-1, XOPX-8, SMB C124 PTTU JBW RUWTREA0,00 1980900-UUUu-- UNCLAS SVC ZUI RUCDAA 14910 19805'7 VOL ZOK TO ALL OTHERS X ZOK RUWTREA0279 1972,50 PTTU JAW RlMTREA0279 1972"0-UUUlJ-RUCOAA RliNMFVA RVNTRAA RUEBBAA FM 1608 ATW CHASN AfB SC TO RUWMFVA/AOC RUWTRAA/r;,AtRDIV TYNOAL AfB FLA RlBBAA/AfSC . RlBHQA/HQ USAF RUEBHQA/OSAF WASH DC RUCOAA/MATS UNCLAS 16~8 OPL 127'9 JUL 65o AfSC FOR FTD. HQ USAF FOR AFNINo OSAF FOR SAFOI. MATS FOR MAXIM, IN OEPAI{TNkNT, q .. THE AIR F:}R(~ STAFf rJ\ESSAGE BRANCH LJNCLASSIFI[O COMPLIANCE WITH AfR 200-2 THE FOLLOWING UFO INFORMATION IS SUBMITTED: DESCRIPTION Of OBJECT: ROUND, SIZE OF PIN HEAD, SILER, ONE, NO TAIL OR TRAIL, NO SOUND, NO OTHER DtSCERNIBLE FEATURES. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT: OBSERVERS WERE SITTING OUTDOORS WATCHING THE STARS WHEN THEY OBSERVED THE OBJECT PASSING WEST TO EAST AT ABOUT 85 DEGREES ALTITUDE, THEN IT PASSED OVERHEAD AND AT ABOUT 70 DEGREES AL T lTlDE CHANGED CO~SE TO THE SOUTtAST. AND . DISAPPEARED A SHORT TIME THEREAFTER. A ZIGZAN MOTION WAS NOTED PAGE 2 RtMTREA0279 UNCLAS ' JUST PR lOR TO AND UAMED lATELY AFTER THE CHANGE <F COURSEo THE OBJECT WAS OBSERVED FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES. ALL OBSERVATION WAS BY NAKEO EYE ONL Yo TIME AND DATE Of' SIGHT lNG WAS "''" ZlL U 15 JtL 65o NIGHT TIME. OBSERVERS WERE LOCATED AT 79 DEGREES 55 MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE AND '2 DEGREES 50 MINUTES NORTH ALTITUDE, THIS BEING THE CAMPUS OF THE CITADEL IN CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA. VERBAL REPORT WAS GIVEN BY TWO STUDENTS <CIVILIANS) MRo , AGE GE 21, ADORES PRESE~fflY STUDENTS AT THE CITAOELo ALTHOUGH MADE AN IM?RESS- StON OF BEING SINCERE DURING REPORT, RELIABILITY CAN NOT BE OETERMINEOo DEPAr<TMENT Ot-TH' J.\IR fORC~ STAFF rAESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED OBSERVERS ACCOUNT OF WEATHER WAS THAT SKY WAS CLEAR, THE MOON WAS OUT AND THE STARS WERE CLEARLY VISIBLE. REPORT FROM AWS HERE AT CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE WASt 9001 SCATTERED HIGH THIN BROKEN, VISIBILITY 12 NM SURFACE WINOS 210 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS. WINDS AT THE FOLLOWING ALTITUDES: 60B 250 DEGREES AT.10 KNOTS; 10000 2'0 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS; 16000 260 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS; 20000 FT 270 DEGREES AT 15 KNOTS; '0000 FT 270 DEGREES AT 20 KNOTS. CEILING UNKNOWN: VISIBLITY 12NM: CLOUD COVER 9000 SCATTERED HIGH THIN BROKEN; THUNDERSTORMS HAD BEEN IN AREA EARLIER BUT HAD OISIPATED BY PAGE ' RUWTREA0279 UNCLAS TIME OF OBSERVATION. VERTICAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT WAS' DEGREES PER 1000 FEET. HREPARIHG OFFICERs COMMENTS: DUE TO THE REPORTED BEHAVIOR OF THE OBJECT AND THE ABSENSE OF ANY CORROBORATING INFORMATION, THE REPORTING OFFICER WAS UNABLE TO REACH ANY LO?ICAL CONCLUSION AS TO EITHER THE NATURE OF THE OBJECT OR A REASON FOR IT APPEARANCE. NOTE: ORIG TRANSrJIISSION NOT IDENTJli'IED IN SMB