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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 19 Nov 60 | 2. LOCATION | Tyndal AFB Fla & New Orleans, La  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 1810 GMT 20/0010Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Military and Civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8-10 min | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE | B-N | 10. COMMENTS | A check with Spacetrack confirmed that the object was the satellite Echo I.  |

11. CONDUCTS

12. CONCLUSIONS
☐ Was Balloon
☐ Probably Balloon
☐ Possibly Ba
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City Will Get
Better View
Of Satellite

Echo I, the satellite that people have been peering at since
if was sent aint early last summer, will become easier to see
this week and next as it passes
over Dayton, according to Ger-
son Levy, Moonwatch direc-
tor.

It is visible for only a few
minutes now since it glides into
the earth's shadow shortly after
it rises out of the horizon.

Here is a list, compiled by
Levy, of the best times to
watch it this week:

Friday--6:15 p.m., moving
northeast out of the southwest;
8:15 p.m., moving northeast
out of the west.

Yamarrow--6:14 p.m., moving
northeas
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RECEIVED
MAR 6
ATIC
1960 NOV 20 20 19
3
174E2X
34X2A
174E2X
34X2A

RCS11
CZCSQE018ZCJYF755
RR RJEDSQ
DE RJEXHQ 284
R 281949Z
FM HQ USAF WASHDC
INFO RJEZDF/NCS HANSCOM FIELD NY
RJEDM7/ATIC UPAFB OHIO
Y O 288118Z
FM CCCDEICHT NEW ORLEANS LA
TO RUSFKS/CGKEESLER AFB
RUUMAA/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO
INFO ZEN/CNO
ZEN/COMT COGARD
ZEN/COMEASTAREA
RBZKYC:COMEIGHT
ZEN/COMSIX
ZEN/CINCLANFLT
ZEN/COMEASTSEAFRON
CJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASHDC
ZEN/COMPAIRWING 11
BT
UNCLAS X UFO X 288835Z RECD VIA PHONE FROM MR
CZX-AF AEHLOGIST
NEW ORLEANS LA PHONE
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FM CCDEIGHT NEW ORLEANS LA
TO RUSPKS/CGKEESLER AFB
RUUMAA/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO
INFO ZEN/CNO
ZEN/COMT COGARD
ZEN/COMEASTAREA
RBEKYC:COMEIGHT
ZEN/COMSIX
ZEN/CINCLANFLT
ZEN/COMEASTSEAFRON
RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASHDC
ZEN/COMFAIRWING 11
BT
UNCLAS X UFO X 200035Z RECD VIA PHONE FROM MR
(EX-AF AERLOGIST
NEW ORLEANS LA PHONE
THAT AT 200015Z HE CMH HIS WIFE CMH 4 BOYS AGE 10
TO 12 AND TWO ADULT NEIGHBORS SIGHTED DIRECTLY OVERHEAD AN
EXTREMELY BRILLIANT OBJECT WITH LIGHT BRILLIANCE EQUAL TO
EVIMING STAR AT FIRST SIGHTING WAS TRAVELING EVEN SPPED FROM
SOUTH TO NORTH X LAST SIGHT WAS APPROX 200
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HEADQUARTERS
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE
and
4756th AIR BASE GROUP (ADC)
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA

REPLY TO
ATTN OF: ABDO

SUBJECT: Report on Unidentified Flying Object (UFO)

TO: Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center (AFCIN 4E2X)
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

In accordance with AFR 200-2, paragraph 15, dated 14 September 1959, the following Flying Object Report by MSGT is submitted:

a. Description of the object:

(1) Shape - Elliptical.

(2) Size - Baseball (larger than the evening star).

(3) Color - Similar to star, but very bright.

(4) Number - 1

(5) Formation 
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(3) Angle and azimuth of object: The object seemed to disappear on an approximate heading of 360°.

(4) Description of flight path and maneuvers of object: The object traveled, it seemed, from south to north. It was steady in the front with a slightly weaving motion in the rear and traveling on a straight course.

(5) Manner in which object disappeared: The object disappeared instantly.

(6) Length of time object was visible: The object was visible about eight or ten minutes.

c. Manner of Observation:

(i) Method used in observation: Ground-visual.

(2) Optical Aids: N/A

(3) Aircraft used: N
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081

EVENING

UFO FIRST-SIGHTED
(1810-19 NOV. 1960
CENTER)

CAPT. HOUSE

TELEPHONE ROLL

Sgt. HOUSE

UFO LAST SEEN
1820-19 NOV. 1960

9M1547
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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  20 Nov 60 | Dayton, Ohio | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 2:00 GMT 21/0200Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 min | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE NW  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Reddish object, like a 

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