2. LOCATION Sequoia tl: tlonnl 1.., rk, Calli' ornia. 1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One ::.a ch 'f:l.Jne 10. CONCLUSION I 'otion to the ~/est rttlf~::; out 3r.t clJHcs . airline flight. i ro uable r ec-ul ,, r schcdu ed !1. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Hot ilepor t e d f TYPE OF OBSERVATION !}rou rrl-Visual ? . P HYSICAL EVIDENCE Object observed on throe ni 1jlt s nssu1w~d to be Satell i t e by t he l-ritnnsse s . Fli[:ht Na !; l "'JX)rt.tcl u s from the JE to ;h e lM on each occf!mon <ncl Lll C']J'V; l,i,.n i't ~) degrc0s. otion to \feAt r u:l!s out :}:d.tl.li 1~0. f~ceu.l:.r sr.ltt::<llllcci ai.rlin~ fiieht nt. hi:r!J a l Litudf' \ltHtll l n v c Lhc s1Jrc observnble clw r cctc rist.ic r; . f-1 D S E P 6 3 0-329 (TO E) P rnlou tdiUona o f !JIIa f orm map t.. u nd . Mrs Hunt/sh/SAFOICC/72842/24 Nov 65 U JOUr cUrection. ot tl.igbt ia correct, the obJect vhieh JOU. obeerved oa 2S Cl4 29 Auguat 1965 waa 120t a atellite. All Jr::Dota. telli tea have U1 eaater~ COitiJI<ment iD their direction mace 70\.\ obaezwecl the obJect on weceecUng J11gbta mre 111re17 that the obJect 10u oberved aD airezaft at a h1;h altitude on a rreguJarl.y acbedulecl tllght. Since ,ou expreaed an ilrtereat 111 eatel] 1 tea, I am en-. a llat ~ tbe Yiaible 'tel U t .. and .-pace debrta Lt Colo:Jel, USAF Chief, Civil Branch Cot::nuni t y P.0lations Div1s1or: Office of Information Sa tel 1 1 te Liat I COOPDllJA T"'.:.D 'i../ ( O.ffice S~bol, liar:;e, Grade , rate) Comebk cy -S!FOI-2 Reader cy -SAFOI-1 Activity cy -f.~OI-2 IHPL 'f TO HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION A I R FORCE S'fSTEJo4S COMMAND UNITED STA.TitS AlA I"OACit WAIGMTPATTitASON AlA I"OACit BA.SE, OHIO UFO 3:ghtingJ 25-29 Aug 65 ro: Hq USh.F SAFOICC (Mrs Hunt) requested information on identification of an object ~hi~h he ass umed to be a satellite. The object was observed between 25 August and 29 August while on a trip to the Sequoia National Pa!"k. If i s correct in his direction of ~light, it is likely that the object observed was not a satellite . No kno>nl satellites have retrograde orbits. All knmm satellites have an easterly component in their direction of flight. Since the observation was made on succeeding nights, it is ~ore likely that an airc=aft st high altitude on a regularly scheduled flight was observed. Since is interested in observing satellites) we arc attachL~g a list of the visibl: satellite s P~d S?~ce debris Colonel, uS.',_-:;> an~ Suosys;:erns 2 . 3~t~llite listing .,_ ')t_. THe NUCLEUS ()F SECURITY' 1:/h ile ot1 a i::yself and five ~-s~. Celli te. .~2 ti onal 1las sight':,. on 'iednescla.v ; .n.ug:.;.st 25: L'hLlrsC:ay; nlght. It r::s moving :f.'ro: the sou t::- southea.st to t h e