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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 3. MILEAGE | 4. TITLE | 5. DISTRICT  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  1 Jun 60 | Ponce, Puerto Rico | R243.602 Jun 1960 | Conclusions Risk Balloon Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon ☑ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ |   |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1000-1100 GMT 01/1530-1600T | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar |  | Was Aircraft Probably Air ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ | Vehus ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian |  | Was Astronautic Probably Astronomical ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐ | Venus ☐ ☐ ☐ ☐  |
|  7.…

June 6, 1960.

National Aeronautics & Space Administration
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

Could you tell me what the object was that my wife and I observed in the sky on Wednesday, June 1st?

We were sunbathing alongside the swimming pool of the Hotel Ponce Intercontinental, Ponce, Puerto Rico and we observed a roundlike object in the very high altitudes.

I am sure that we might never have noticed it, except that we were sunning ourselves and taking notice of cloud formations in the sky. At about 10:00 A.M. we noticed this object slightly West of the Sun, so close that it could only be see…

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AFCEN-422/Maj Friend/amc/69216/typed 20 June 60
21 JUN 1960

WFO Sighting, Puerto Rico,

SAFOI-3d (L/Col Tacker)

1. his wife and friends were observing the planet Venus. The planet was 7° removed from the sun in a westward direction, and was of magnitude -3.4 on 1 June 1960.

2. It is a new and novel experience for people to see planets in the day time, and few know that it can be done without a telescope.

3. It is probable that Mx has experience that the object was spinning was due to prolonged staring at an undetailed object so very near to the bright sun.

4. It is qui…

To HSC my friend
and for
erve

AP
June 10, 1960

Dear Mr.

I wish to acknowledge your letter of June 6th.

The NASA did not conduct an experiment in the vicinity
of Puerto Rico on June 1st. Therefore, I am forwarding your
letter to the Department of Defense for further reply.

Yours very truly,

~~[Redacted]~~

[Copy to: Dept. of Defense)

AEROSPACE TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
OHIO

21 JUN 1960

REPLY TO ATTN OF: AFCIN-4E2

SUBJECT: UFO Sighting, Puerto Rico, Mr H. I. Morrow

TO: SAFOI-3d (L/Col Tacker)

1. Mr [redacted] his wife and friends were observing the planet Venus. The planet was 7° removed from the sun in a westward direction, and was of magnitude -3.4 on 1 June 1960.

2. It is a new and novel experience for people to see planets in the day time, and few know that it can be done without a telescope.

3. It is probable that Mr [redacted] experience that the objec…

SAFOI-3d/Col Tacker/77466/24 Jun 60

24 June 1960

Dear Mr. [redacted]

This is to acknowledge your letter of 6 June 1960 concerning an unidentified object you sighted on June 1st while vacationing in Puerto Rico.

A careful analysis reveals the fact that your group observed the planet Venus. The planet was 7 degrees removed from the sun in a western direction and was of magnitude minus 3.4 on that date.

It is a rather novel experience to see planets in the daytime and many people do not realize that this is possible without a telescope. The indication that the object was spinning was probabl…