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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8725985

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1962

REPORTED LOCATIONCharlottesville Virginia

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION

October 1962 Charlottesville, Virginia

3. DATE-TIME GROUP

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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

not reported one

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Light source in sky yellowish, color
of Saturn, thought to be satellite
moving in straight line at constant
velocity. Came to stop for 30 seconds
& remained stationary. Visible at
this time with & without BX, Disap-
peared 4 seconds later,

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4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

© Ground-Rader

11. COMMENTS

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CONCLUSIONS

Woes Balloon
Probably Bolloon
Possibly Balloon

Was Aircraft
Probebly Aireraft
Possibly Aireraft

Was Astronomical
Probobly Astronomical
Possibly Astronemicel

Othe satellite ECHO!

Insufficient Date for Evaluation
Unk no wn

Satellite ECHO I over Virginia
at 71 dgr elevation to the NE
at 842 pm, This places ECHO in
position to be observed by the
witness. During observation of
satellites they often appear to
remain stationary for certain
periods & waver in their path.

This is attributed to atmosphereéc

conditions & witness's own opti-
cal conditions. This is particu-
larly true when obj approaches

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Charlottesville, Va.
Oct. 6, 1962

To whom it may concern;
_ This is a report of an uAidentified flying object.

At 8:55 peme on the night of October 6, 1962 I observed a source of
light in the sky exibiting peculiar behavior.

I am a graduate engineering student at the University of Virginia,
Charlottesville, Virginia and I am frequently found persuing ny

hobby of astronomy. I spend many hours observing the sky and I am
quite familiar with the various things that one would expect to find

there.) On the night of Oct. 6, I had a pair of 7X50 binoculars at my
command. , | |

While I was feakins at the constellation: Cassiopeia as a landmark so I
could find the great spiral nebula in Andromeda, I observed a "star"
directly adjacent to the actual star Schedar in Cassiopeia. This star
appeared to be as bright as Schedar but slightly yellower in color.

It was the approximate color of Saturn.

This star was moving toward Lacerta, a small constellation above
Gassiopeia at the time of the observation. Thinking that it was an
artificial satelite I tried to pick up more detail in my 7X50
binoculars, however it still appeared as a point source of light
moving at constant velocity in a straight line. At this time I judged
it to be an artificial satellite, however after moving about 15 degrees
through the sky it came to a stop and remained stationary for about

30 seconds. At this time I observed it very carefully for I was very
curious. I saw it both with and without the binoculars and I am quite
sure that it came to a stop. Its color assured that I was not, by
mistake, observing a star and had lost the supposed satelite. Then the
peculiar yellow star proceeded to disappear and did so in about 4
seconds. I cannot explain this in terms of the phenomena with which I
am familiar so I am bringing it to the attention of the recipient of

this letter in the hopes that good judgement will be executed on its
contents.

The opservation was made from the statute of Thomas Jefferson on the

"Lawn" of the University grounds. There are no witnesses to my observation.
Enclosed is a rough map of the area in the sky where the object omurred
and a path designating the path of the object.

In order to avoid any confusion as to the purpose of this letter I

remain:
Anonamously Yours, a:
U.Va., Charlottesville, Va,

Lup y inven tect oth te ne

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