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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
| 0 Wos Boll
13 Aug 61 Springfield, Massachusetts G Probebly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP %. TYPE OF OBSERVATION OQ. Possibly Belleon
QO Was Aircraft
Local So IS OS %KGround- Vi sual OQ Ground-Reder QO Probably. hiverett
0 RO © Air Visual 0 Air-intercept Radar O Possibly Aircreft
5. PHOTO OURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes O Prebably Astronomicel
XXNe Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
‘ OBSERVATION & NUMBS F OBJECTS EK Other._Proh Echo [_ |
g Aso sgl scr a oe Bees sl 5 ia subivatent Dete fer Evaluction '
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15-20 min 1 . |

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round white objt size of |1). COMMENTSO,Jt of sighting was probably
half dollar. Very bright. Straight flight path Echo I. Positiond, direction, and des-

with frequent stops or decelerations. cription of objt all tend to substantiatd |

' conclusion. Echo I made a NW-Se pass in thhe

NE quadrant as viewed fm Springfield, Meds.

Witness probably were impressed that ob,jt
was stopping and starting due to the incdns:
sistamcy of light fm satellite, which is |

due to tumbling and its not probable
irregular shape. :

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GROW TAIL WHtW ACCELERATING.
(3) TVO ORIGINAL OSSERVERS’ JET SOUND AT FIRST, THEN SILENCE,
OTHER THREES NO SOUND«
(9) FUR PEOPLES VERY sRIGHT, ON PERSON CSAIIE AS DESCRIGED
IT AS SILVERY YELLOW) &3 NO VERY BRIGHT, SEEMED TO
SHIN®£ BY REFLECTED LIGHT.
(1) FIRST OSSERVED BY TWO CHILDREN AGES 12 AND 15, WHO WERE
VATCHING FOR METEORITES» THESE CALLED ATTENTION OF
OTHERS TO PHENOMENON.
(2) GENERAL AGREEMENT AMOUNG O3SERVERS THAT OSJECT FOLLOWED Gene
ERAL TRAJECTORY AS FOLLOWS: 32 DEG DLEVATION AT 322 DEG - 323 DEG
A TO 45 DEG ELEVATION AT 2 DEG AZIMUTH TO 72 DEG ELEVATION -
69 DEG AZIMUTH TO 32-235 DEG ELEVATION AT 9% DEG AZIMUTH.
(3) DISAPPEARANCE VARIED WITK OSSERVERS SOME LIST IT
SEHIND HOUSE (THESE WERE CLOSE TO HOUSE), OTHERS SAY IT
APPEARED TO CLIM3 WHEN NEAR ZENITH AND DWINDLED AWAY
IN SIZE. 82 DEGREE ELEVATION AND 112 DEGREE AZIMUTH.

C4) “MOST AGREE THAT FLIGHT PATH WAS STRAIGHT WITH FREQUENT STOPS

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OSJECT ZIGZAGED WHEN IT DECELERATED.
(5) SEE 5¢3) ABOVE. |
(S$) TWO OBSERVERS TWENTY MINUTES, ONE OBSERVER, 15. /INUTES,
TYO OSSERVERS, 2-3 MINUTES. |

Ce (212 GROUND VISUAL.

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C2) NONE.
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FIRST FOUR ADDRESSES ALL SPRINGFIELD, MASS.

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(2) SURFACE = CALM, $5209" - 31U DEG/I"Ky U2y2%82" =

292 DEG/25Ky 258,229" = 232DEG/42K, 20,222" - 232DEG/S5K, 52,222

- Q72DEG/92Ky- 5i,QZG" = 2SZDEG/S5K, $2,222 = 252DEG/ 22K.

C5) NONZe

(4) UNLIMITED.

(5) NONE.

C$) NONE.

INVERSIO - MzTEOR SHOWERS.

NONE «

NONE KNOWNe °

TSGT NELVIN LIEBERMAN, NCOIC, COMBAT INTELLIGZENCz BRANCH,

INTELLIGENCE DIVISION S9TH BOMB WE HH), WESTOVER AF 3; MiASSe

ALL FIVE INDIVIDUALS INTERVIEWED ARE CONVINCED ‘THAT THZY SAW
SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY. ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE APPEARANCE
OF AIRCRAFT, DAY AND NIGHT DUE TO PROXIMITY OF WESTOVER’ AF ad.

BELIEVE SIGHTING WAS ECHO Ie SMITHSONIAN OS3SERVATORY AT CAM-

BRIDGE, MASS CONFIRMS PASSAGE OF ECHO I VISIBLE FROM SPRINGFIELD

IN NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF SKY, REACHED ZENITH OF 73 DEG AT 1255

LOCAL (92582) TRAVELING NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST.

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