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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9074568

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1965

REPORTED LOCATIONSutersville Pennsylvania

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. DATE TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
5 June 65 06/01502 . Sutersiille, Pennsylvania
.SOURCE SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Civilian BALLOON BALLOON
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One Description of sighting similar to balloon with rackage bursting. reckage bursting.
Antarneas could be radar reflector
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
15-20 Minutes 15-20 Minutes Object assumed to be Satellite observed in Northwestern sky.
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Blew up into little bits of silver, which slowly floated B1
dbwn. Object was round and silver with three snall antennas.
Grourd-Visual
7. COURSE
Hovering
8. PHOTOS
Yes
No
. PHYSICAL IDENCE
Yes
AXNo
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous edilione of this form mey be used.

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The ob ject whieh your eboerved tarough a telescope on
ane 196 could not be  satellito The description of
ebjeet and its explosion reseabled a balloon carrying
tepackage.barating.
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Woln telescope coula not be a satellitea, The, description
of tobject and it erplosion resembles ballcon with an
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the balloon burating
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ORIGINATOR:
TDEW/UrO Maj BQuintanilla, Jr
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HEADQUARTERS
AREA CODE 303 9th AEROSPACE DEFENSE DIVISION (ADC)
TEL: 635-8911 UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
EXT: 6878 ENT AIR FORCE BASE, COLORADO BO912
REPLY TO
ATTN OF: 9C10
SUBJECT: Unidentified Object Report 22 Jul 65
TO: TDE-W
Foreign Technology Division
Wright-Pa son AFB, Ohio
1. Reference the attached correspondence, dated 5 Jun 65,
subject as above. Letter is forwarded for action as
appropriate.
2. This office, in cooperation with USAF SPACETRACK, was
unable to correlate this observation with any event of
which we have r record. All foreign and domestic satel-
lite decays during the period were well documented and
the event closest to the stated time of observation was
the GT 4 sustainer body, SPADATS Object number 1391;
this decay occurred approximately l6 hours from his
than northwest. In addition, there is no record of
any satell efragmentat uring this period.
3. We consider the possib the visual sighting of
antennae at orbital or decay alt extremely
unlikely.
4. - will be
appreciated.
FOR THE MMANDER
RAY K. SCHLEETER, DAFC copy to:
Actg Director Actg Director of Information Information Mr. Mr
Atch Atch
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1965 PA. TAC
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