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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  12 Jul 58 | Randolph AFB, Texas | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | 13. WAS AIRCRAFT ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  Local GMT 13/0245Z | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Astronaut ☐ Probably Astronaut ☐ Possibly Astronaut  |
|  5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | 14. OTHER INFORMATION  |
|  ☐ Yes ☑ No | Military | ☐ Other Satellite/58D ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  7…

UFO. THE FOLLOWING DATA IS SUBMITTED FOR YOUR REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 4A, AFR 200-2. A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT: (1) ROUND. (2) SIZE OF HEAD OF PIN. (3) WHITE COLOR. (4) ONE OBJECT. (5) APPEARANCE OF BRIGHT STAR. (6) LIGHT FADED OFF AND ON. (7) NO SOUND. B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT. (1) TOWER OPERATOR WAS GAZING AT SKY. (2) ANGLE OF ELEVATION WAS 65 DEGREE AND A RELATIVE BEARING OF 020 DEGREE MAGNETIC DISTANCE UNKNOWN. (3) ANGLE OF ELEVATION OF ABOUT 10 DEGREE ON A RELATIVE BEARING OF 035 DEGREE MAGNETIC. (2) FLIGHT PATH WAS A STRAIGHT DESCENDING LINE. (5)

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Rocket portion of Sputnik III (1958 D I) passed
about 8° E (550 mi.) of San Antonio, Texas
at approx. 0233 Z on 13 July 58 at an
altitude of 130 miles.

Satellite portion (1958 D II) passed about 6° E
(200 miles) of San Antonio, Texas at approx. 0241 Z
on 13 July 1958 at an altitude of 135 miles.

These two objects were predicted to pass over
the area at approximately four minutes
on either side of the actual UFO sighting.
Because of inaccuracies in prediction it
is possible for the object sighted to have
been either the rocket or the satellite.
Obviously it definitely was one of them,
prefera…