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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  29 January 1964 | Frankfort, Kentucky | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  Local GMT not reported | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar |   |
|  5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  ☐ Yes ☑ No | civilian |   |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE  |
|  not r…

29 JAN
INSUFF DATA
Frankfort, Kentucky
February 1, 1964

Mr. Robert McNamara
Secretary of Defense
Washington, D. C.

My dear Mr. McNamara:

Something is puzzling me very much and I thought perhaps you could answer this for me.

Late in October, early in the evening, my ten year old grandson and I noted in the Eastern sky, not too high above the horizon, what appeared to be a very brilliant star - as large as the Evening Star - but we noted that it moved very rapidly and soon disappeared in the distance.

On Wednesday of this week, January 29th, while watching for the new Echo II to appear and …

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Mr. Robert McNamara
Secretary of Defense
Washington, D. C.

Franklot, Kentucky

February 12, 1964

Dear Mrs. [redacted]

This is in reply to your letter of February 1, 1964, addressed to the Secretary of Defense, in which you requested information on an unusual phenomena you witnessed last October, and again on January 29th.

It is difficult to evaluate what the object or objects were that you saw without additional details such as description or size, shape or color, direction and elevation, and exact time and location. However, previous reports of this nature which were investigated by the Air Force have almost invariably resulted in an evaluation of a meteor or a high-…