28983087.pdf

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  22 Apr 59 | Between Portugal & Morocco | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 22/1050Z | 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 Meteor ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4 secs | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE North  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Fir…

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ZEL
SZCKHQA147
PP RJEZSF RJED32 14 07
EK RJEZHR 824
P 281523Z
FM HQUSAF
TO RJEZSF/SPACE TRACK HANSCOM AFB
RJED32/ATIC
Y 271410Z
FM COMEASTAREA NEW YORK NY
TO RJWFAL/GINCNORAD
RBEKZC/COMASDEFORLANT
RJEZHQ/CHIEF OF STAFF USAF
INFO RBEPJD/CONDT COGARD
USCG ORNC

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UNCLAS OBM 1331Z/27 APR FOLLOWING RECEIVED FR SS OCEAN/KING
QUOTE BT FOR RELAY TO WHOMEVER DEEMED ADVISABLE BT THE FOLLOWING
REPORT WAS LOGGED APRIL 22ND 1959 BUT ONLY LATER DECIDED IT MAY HAVE
BEEN DISCOVERER TWO COLON APRIL 22ND 1959GCT LAT 35.58N LONG 8.01.5W
ALTITUDE ABOUT TWENTY FIVE DEGREES BEARING FR…

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This is being relayed to you for evaluation, as you don't seem to have been on the distribution. The subject of this report is not a satellite. In particular Discover II (1959), was still in orbit su…