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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
27 November 1957 Newr Miamisburg, Ohio 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Bolloon
Local.. 1311 EST Ground-Visual Ground-Rador 0 Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aircraft
GMT. 27/2311Z Air Visual Air-Intercep! Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE ¤ xOthorEroh Snutnik
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 minutes one NW to SE Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Very faint object observed traveling On the basis of the data given -
from the NNw to the SSE at almost which closely coincides with the
precisely the time the Soviet Satellite transit of Sputnik I over that
was due over the area. The direction of 4 area - there is no compelling Smoeompeilins
the object wlso coincided very closely very closoly reason to conclude other than that
with the satellite track. the object was probanly Sputnik I. the object was probably Sputnik I.
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Pogo 10
-the recount there.
Rocket Seen,
f Astronomy
Unit Says
The rocket of Sputnik I was
seen by a number of Miami
Valley skywatchers last night,
according E. Sutter, presi-
dent of the Miami Valley Astro-
nomieal society.
Sutter said "the rocket passed
low in the western sky about
20 degrees off the horizon. It
went above Venus and below
*-0* the moon."
It passed in a northwest to
southwest direction at 6:22 p.m.
said Kenneth E. Kissell, chair-
man of the soclety's satellite
program.
Kissell also sald, "It was vis
ible for a minute and may have ibie for a minute and may have
been longer. been longer. We first sighted first sighted
it at 6:22.05 and were still were still
watching it at watching it at From
data gathered sightings
during the past two evenings, during past two evenings,
Kissell predicted the ro e k e t Kissell predicted the ro e k et
would be visible tonight about
6:27. It is expected to be about
10 degrees off the western
horizon.
The Smithsonian Astrophysi- The Smithsonian Astrophysi-
cal Observatory said that to-
night may be the final chance
for United States observers to
see t see the rocket. The observa-
tory has predicted that the tory has predicted that the
4004430119015313373* rocket may fall in the atmos-
phere about the second week in phere about the second week in
December.
Sutter and Kissell both said
that the location of Sputnik I
is unknown, although Sutter
said he believed the rocket was
now ahead of the satellite. The
radio in Sputnik I has been
dead for some time.