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humist 105 Valparaiso, Chile O Probably Balloon
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___ GMT_1L2 02002 O-AIXViwal C Air-Intereapt Rader | Possibly Aircraft |
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE : O Was Astronomical
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OL Ne Civilian & Chilean Militarty O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF C8SERVATION 3, NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE 0 Other re :
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1t. COMMENTS
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This report forwards translation of a sighting of or flying
object which ‘as seen near the City of Valparaiso on 23 August 1963.

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1 1. The following is a translation of a renort made by the Astronomical
Society of Valparaiso on 28 August 1963.
"On Sunday, 11 August around 22.00 hours local time, on the Eastern side
of Observatory of Paso Hondo (latitude 332 02;4 S longitude 712 29;3 W of
Greenwich - +4 hours) there was observed in the sky an incandescent body
which was not given any importance believing that it was an aircraft from
the "Zl Belloto"’ Air Base which is close by.
i The best observations of this body were made between 23.00 hours and
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This unidentified body was making circles between the headings of 0702
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CONTINUATION SHEET : UNCLASSIFIED PORIGANATOR TT, S. Air Attache

Santiazo, Chile

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The circles which this obviect was making represented a slirht inclini-

ation over our horizon in such a manner that they appeared ovals of 92 in
amplitude.

If hens ovals were partitioned in its two diameters with the lthnes rune |
ning N-S, E-W, the subject body appeared in the N_ increasing in magnitude
towards the Western point, diminishing towards the South until it disappeared
completely and again reappearing in the N.

It was obvious the Western point was the nearest to the observer and the
Sastern one was the furthest one, its magnitudes were on the order of a
Pactor of -4, reaching a factor of -7 to reappear with an increased bril-
liance of a maximum factor of plus 7.

In one of its first observed rounds between the hours of 23.10 and 23.16
it appeared between West and South and its trajectory was accompanied by a
migroscopic iuminous points in its proximity. This was seen from a nortable
telescope ody our director, Mr. Juan Frutos and his wife, both of which are
accustomed to observe our skies.

{ The colors presented were from yellowish red at its greatest magnitude
; and while it was losing its brilliance it reached 2 color of pale yellow.
In its greatest intensity the colors observed were shades of golden reaching

to bright red.
Considering:

That our director, | eae tee Pn
of Valparaiso) is experien€ed and zealous, that immediately unvon n cing | :

that this body was not an aircraft he telephoned El Belloto and gave his
observations to the Officer of that Day, Lt Cabezas, asking him if it would
be possible to obtain information regarding Azimath and altitude, etc.,since
LT Cabezas was at that moment observing the unidentified objects with the
knowledge that there were no aircrafts at that time.

The observations of LT Cabdezas supported the visual sightings of Mr.

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There were some differences in the altitudes observed by the two
individuals, this was due to the geographical svan between El Belloto and the

Observatory in Sl Paso Hondo, even though i are very close to each other.

In addition the observations made by Mr were made by a portable
telescope and those made by LT cabezas were ma with binoculares.

This information furnisned has been the product of a verbal investigation
in whicn all the antecedents which presented any doudt were eliminated prior

to the writing of this report."

Comments: This unidentified flying object is believed to have been a NASA
DC=$4 which was flying in Chile at the time of this sighting. This aircraft
was flying in this area to calibrate the tracing system of the NASA station
located at Peldenue, Chile. The aircraft accomplished this tracking by

means of a very brilliant light which is pulsed by radio time signal emitted
from the ground station. The radio beacon on the aircraft is similar to the
beacon in an articictal-satelite. Thus with the radio measurements made by
the eauipment 2t the ground station plus a picture of the time coded flashing
light against a star background, the NASA personnel are able to calibrate the
completed tracking svstem. This beacon light on board the aircraft is of
extremely high intensity and it has been agreed vy NASA officials in the area
that this light was the object sighted by members of the Astronomical Society
of Valnaraiso. This report is hereby being submitted fo preclude the listinzs'!
of a similar report by anotner acencr.

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