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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 3-22, 1947 | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  Local | 3147 | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  GMT | 03/20/47 | ☐ Was Astronautical ☐ Probably Astronautical ☐ Possibly Astronautical  |
|  5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE | ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  ☐ Yes ☐ No | 04-43 from |   |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE  |
|  13-14 cent | one | Continued  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHT…

AIR FORCE BALLISTIC MISSILE DIVISION
HEADQUARTERS
AIR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
Air Force Unit Post Office, Los Angeles 45, California

REPLY TO
ATTN OF: WDGSF/Capt Moore/2261

SUBJECT: Letter of Transmittal

2 July 1959

TO: USAF Technical Intelligence Agency
ATTN: UFO Section
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

The attached letter from Captain [redacted] is forwarded for your evaluation and information.

FOR THE COMMANDER:

SALFE J. ENHANCIO
Colonel, USAF
Director of Information Services

2 Atchs
1. Subj ltr dtd 6 Jun 59
2. AFEND reply to Capt
[redacted] dtd 2 Jul 59, …

Genoa the 6th June 1959

To Staff of Air Base of VANDENBERG

CALIFORNIA

I am a captain tourist officer employed in the publicity office of the Lloyd Triestino Line in Genoa.

At home, as I am very keen in astronomy, I have a small rainbow field glass of 60 enlargements which I bought at a cheap price in Hong Kong.

In the evening of the 3rd. of this month I had set it in position and was observing Jupiter and three of the four principal satellites, endeavouring to trace the four which position was unknown to me.

It was exactly 21.43 local time (I had set the clock at right 20.00 with the tim…

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Pink zone = Observable size of the zone in the sky with my glass.

... = Trajectory of the flying object

J = Jupiter
J.B = Height of Jupiter on the horizon
TIME of Observation = 3rd. june 1959 at 21.43 local time (Genova-ITALY)
Sky = moonless
Athmosphere very clear

AIR FORCE BALLISTIC MISSILE DIVISION
HEADQUARTERS
AIR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT COMMAND
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
Air Force Unit Post Office, Los Angeles 65, California

REPLY TO
ATTN OF:
WCCHP/Capt Moore/2261

SUBJECT:
Letter Volunteering Information

TO:
Captain
Cenova, Italy

Dear Captain

1. Thank you for your very precise and complete astrometrical observations on the night of 3 June.

2. However, you could not have been observing DISCOVERER III because it would have been going from south to north at Genoa, instead of north to south as you observed. In addition, DISCOVERER III would have req…