PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloan
14 June 1963 Houston, Texas 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT 15/0357Z AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE Was Astronomical
Y.s 000 Probably Astronomical
No civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other. Satellite ECHo I
00 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
$3^{} minutes one (1) Curve NE Unknown
0 BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS.
Object observed move from S of Polaris to Satellite EcHo I passed Houston North of
NE. Faded after $3$\fac {2 }$ minutes observation. Moved the city at 30 deg elevation heading NE
through are from origincal position to point at 15/0346Z. Direction of flight and
below pointer stars in dipper. (toward Draco) position of object in accord with this
Speed rapid, but much slower than meteor. analysis.
Appeared to stop twice. Intensity seemed to
fluctuate.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 BEP 52) ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 NBP 52)
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HEADQUARTERS
2578TH AIR BASE SQUADRON (CONAC)
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
ELLINGTON AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS
HEPLY TO ATYN OFI BDO-B
Unidentified Flying Object 2 3 JUL 1963
SUBJECti
TOI AFSC(FTD)
Wright-Patterson AFB Ohio
The attached I Ltr, Mr kof Commerce
Building, Houston 2, Tex, 14 Jun 63, addressed to Major Kolenda of the
OSI Detachment on this base, is submitted in accordance with the pro-
visions of paragraj 13b(1), AFR 200-2, 20 July 1962.
FOR THE
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Director of Operations
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At this time and place I observed what appeared
to be a star situated aproximately ten degrees directly
below Polaris. This object was the same apparent
diameter as Polaris shone with slightly
more intense.
At about this time the object began to move from
point l (exhibit A) to point 2 showm thereon. This
phenomena was also observed by my wife and her sketch
is attached as exhibit B. Both sketcbes were made
less than one hour after less than one hour after our observations and without
reference one to the other.
We estimate the total elapsed time Ne estimate the total elapsed time from from observing obser ving
the object's first motion (ot i) to its
at point 2 to be roughly 3e minutes.
As regerds motion: The object moved rather
velocity
associated w th a meteor. It apparently stopped
the diagrams for periods
of aproximately twenty seconds Without respond-
ing loss o intensity durinr its arrested motion.
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Its' intensity see diminish in a non-uniform :
manner until it wa no longer visible. This fluxuation
in intensity, uniform, was not such as could
be characterized lue to the fact that
there was no obs eoccuring time fluxuation
associated with intensity.
In conclusion, you may be assured that this
object was not an airplane nor was it any form of
a 11 'shooting star".
What then do you think was?
Sincerely
Mune
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EXHIBIT A
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September 16, 1963
Dear Mr.
Your sighting of June 14, 1963, has been
evaluated as Satellite Echo.
Sincerely,
MASTON M. JACKS
Major, USAP
Public Information Division
Office of Information
Mr
1527 Chamber of Commerce Building
Houston 2, Texas

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