PROJECT ~0073 RECORD 1. o..:T.e r 'tME GROUP 2. LOCATION CONCLUSION 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS Satellite (ECHO II) t/ fr&f One ECHO II was over (78H 50N) at the tim of sighting at abrut 0133 ~ 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANAL vs'1s on a .NN.!!. neaalllg to. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTn 4>FPA1 o.:l?Q nnF\ Observer vie-tied a n object moving in a easterly direction at about 21.40(L). It aiJPear ed as a bright white light, similar to a star or satellite. The observer called to his wife and daughter to corr out of the house arxi view the object, when they got outside tile object changed to a northerly direction. UFu 818ht1ng, Nev York Ilq tJSAJ'. ( SAFoiCC). Reference ';1 the attached letter t'l'Om Mr. ancJ Mrs. regarding their unidentified observation of 4 October is 1'el~:that they observed the a:BO ll satellite, wicb 'VaS passing_ovel:< the Toronto;~ Canada area. at appro:dmn.te~ 2134 ED!'. BC11l II,. .With a stellar magnitude of -2, would have been easily vi.sible. i'iaa4 JWcbester as it passed on its NNE heading. To naked-eye observers, the motion of a bright artificial sate 111 te frequently consists of tiny zig-zags rather than a smooth curve ' acrose the sky. This familiar illusion has been ascribed "to the fact that we do not move .our eyes continuously, b.lt 1n little jerka." -:71nctuationa in light akin to the tv1.nk11ngof stars cau aleoeause the illusion of zig-zag motion. Indeed, obse-rvatre~ tione hov that the fluctuations are closely related to logical eondi tiona. COORD!lW.t'I:OK TDETR/MAJ if QUINTANILLA, JR l. Atch Ltr, Mr. & SAF-OICC/cassel/bev/79079/20 Oct66 I" 1a ~l:t that )011 ob.erYed the leBO :II tell1te, vhich ,.. OYer the %Qrcato, C>ned& are& at approx1tel.7 2l.34 lllt . iCBO II, 1d.tll a stellar tude ot -2 wu]d bave been asai.J3 v1a1bla tJ'ICa lbcbeater aa it paaaed em Us 111 beadiD& To naked.-qe ob8tiU'S, tl?e ot a. bright artine:J.al tel11te t%eq~tl7 CICIDaUU ~ t1117 uc-a rather than a c:urre aerou the ~ 'lbi faellSar illut.on baa l:.eca aacribs4 to tbs tact tMt w do not- .aft 0"11" ~ CGDt1D\IOQa17, lNt 1D llttJ..e Je%"ka. nuC'tlat1one in llgbt k1 to the twiztkltns ot atara caD &1.80 causa the UJuaion o~ ns-e& .tiOD. ObMZ't&t:I.OII bov tba.t tbe tl.uc:'tlat10DS are-cloael7 rel.atli tD eceuU tloaa ~ )CL for )Oi&r letter1 I hot )C& v1ll ttncl the ~u.a b&J.ptul. Comb~ ~:r - Project Blue Book Wri~ht-Patterson Airforce Base Dayton, Ohio Gentlemen: My husband and I wish to report an unusual obj ect ove r Rochester on the night of October 4 . I first st~hted it overhe~d, ~ovi in an asterly direction,~ at about 9 :40p. m. It apoeared dS ri~ht ire II~nt~rf to a 9 tar oc_sa_t,_!4ill,."t"f. _ He-cf~I led rre a~d my dau ~h ter and ... by r:ne time He observed it, the olJject had chanr::-ed to a northerly direction. The cha!l~e he sai d was in a Fena r a l curve but rnoJ~::.~nta w~ro uneven. .:e all .<~atched it Jntil it disa!)peared o e r the northPrn horizo~. (about 9:45). ' :Fe would be v ery much inte re~ted i f this can be ~cc ounted for in a u s; a l lJo.y as the object s e-=-r. .~d t. o be m ov 1Oft at a speed and i n a wanner unllk~ any aircraft, balloon, etc. known to u s . : y nueb;.,na is u:1 enfln~er '11th .<erox, a:-td "'as an .Hr Force R3d t o Cr a~r dur v ~orld ~ar I I . I a~ pr~oently a teache r 111 t.~, ... R"'cr...,<5tor s,hool s:,rstern. P :- .-~:J.lize thi s i s not a g r e a t I