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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  26b Mar 66 27/0040Z | Erlanger, Kentucky  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  O Civilian | SATELLITE  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Not ECHO I, II or PEGUSUS I, II, III but there are XX over 30 Satellites that are visible to the naked eye.  |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  5 Minutes | Observer sighted an object which she believed to be a satellite. Object looked like a regular star except that it was closer and moved. It took about 5 Minutes to cross the sky from the time it was first obs…

Erlanger, Kentucky
March 28, 1966

Thright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio

Dear sirs,

Saturday, March 26, I spotted an object in the sky which I believe to have been a satellite, but I am not sure. So I am writing you for your opinion about the object. I first noticed it at 8:40 p.m. when it was in the center of the sky (a little to the north west though). Looking at it through binoculars it looked like a regular star only closer. The color of the object was a bright white and it headed nearly directly north, before leaving my view. Altogether it took only a few minutes to cross the sk…