PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1, DATE - Time GROUP 2. LOCATION

® 5 Aug t 196 06 JIN Gres 2) Pannsy il vanits Vitn 2s

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3. SOURCE 10, CONCLUSION
Civilian A/C
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
No data presented to indicate that an A/C could not have caused
One the sizhtin

LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

Not Reported
TYPE OF GBSERVATION

Ground-Visual
7, COURSE

See Case of 13 Auguat by same witness for details.

Wester
8. PHOTOS

@ vie
XE No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

O Yes

XX No

FORM P
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

January 12, 1966

fox Mejor Hector Quintanilla UDAS |
Chies » Aerial Paencnena Precinct |
Wrichte-Patterson Air Force Pase |

Dayton, Ohio 45433

This is to report a call I made to vic, of Greensburg,
ennsylvania, relative to his pec rat of August 11th and August’ 13th, and

thas of hia wife, of August 5th, 1955.

ie, QQYBMMBros xuns bio om business called at A

inc. which is not only a business of maintenance and programing, but they are

devising meana of furnishing real tine computer sexvices to business organiza

tions, etc. Until he began his ovn company he was a nuclear physyclst wita
ea apa Pittsburgh, working on nuclear rocket propulsion,

IT had a long talk with hin. He is not only articulate and obviously
acientifically oriented, but he is also a member cf the Pittsburgh WICAP
group, He apparently gets into some hot arguments with the loose thinkers in
the group, wowever, to heaxy his story. At any rate, his interest in Uro's
stens largely Prom the idea of linking a number of them up with ball lightning,
Ile toldi.me of a case, reported to NIGAP, of one of the Pittsburgh people have
ing been buzzed by & bright ball of light that rode directly over has car
and then landed in a nearby field. HNICAP has this report, and we do not.

Coming to his particular sightings In all three cases these were of
a bricht light, apparently very Gach brighter than Echo, when first seen,
and then fading out as they approached the horizon. Their resembakace to
satellites, aa *far asmotion was concerned, was good except that in all

threa casea tha motion was Prom east to west. There seems to be no mistaxs

avout this, since he ilsts altitude and azimuths,

ade

The sighting of Avguat 13th, 12:17 A’Mt Dastern Daylight Saving Tine,
Shus fugust 13th 4317 UlT., ia tae best reported, and I will sive that and thea

wu Ae

mention the other two sightings differ..:. from that.
te. > 1:2 been out most of the night watching for the second
anpearence of the object he sightea the night before. On the hypotheais that

%$ wos a retrograde satellite he kept a vigil all that evening outside his
house and sad gone in for just a few minutes before 12:17 A.M. and says he
kicked himself for Going thay since. When he got cutside, there was his brighs
Odjecs directly cverheca, apparently having come from the east. It was alnost
exactly in the zenith ond proceeded at a rate of about 2” per second until it
was ebout 30 or 40° from the western horizon, where it faded cut. It covered
the entire journey in 25 plus or minus 5 seconds (when ve retimed 14 from
monory cyer the telephone, it came out 35 seconds). He stated that the object
seemed to move definitely raster than Echo, but by no means as fast as a meteor,
le rules cut a slow meteor on several counts. Me also rules cut aircraft be-

cause he seys they aro in the New York-Pittsburga flight pattern and he is

extremely familiar with planes from that standpoint, and from the fact that he vasa

in the Naval Air Force as a radar operator for four years,

It is interesting to note that 1? the objects oa successive nights had
been a retrograde satellite, the period would have been 1 hour and 35 minutes,
thus giving an average height of 327 miles and an angular speed very mich like
that obsexvea. There is the cutsids possibility that he observed a captured
natural satellite which would have had a live of just a few days at most. He
watched that nicht until dawn but the object did not reappear. Sinca the next
massage would haye been considerably to the west, the cbject wight have been

lost in the carthts shadow at about 2:00 A.M.

Je

itr. QD 19 obviously intelligent, sclontifically trained and
quite caapetenS as an observers, Since he is exphatic on the point that

he is well acquainted with high-flying jotsa and that he "always hears :
then’? wo are faced with mors of 4 prohlem than if we could dismiss this }

as an aircraft. a
Concerning the other sightings: ‘The first sighting was made on :

Thursday, August 5th. The passage was apparently very similar to August

13th except that there wag no noon. Ths tine was 11230 P.if. Tastern Daye

Licht Saving Timee Tho sighting of August Lith was not : so well placed

in the skye It was observed at about only 20° elavation above the southe

western horizon, having come into sight directly in the south and then

' proceeding in a northwesterly direction. With the slant height irplied

by sthe low elevation, this could very well have been an aircraft too far
away to be heard. it is harder to apply this interpretation to the objects
which were seen directly overhead.

I? wa adopt 2° por second as the apparent angle of velocity,
referencs to our tables shows that a craft at 10,000 foot would be doing
250 miles per hour, or at 5 miles, 623 miles per hour, Because of the
very great brightness of the Light I would favor sanething closelby, a
Piner Cub, for instance, 3 to 5,000 feat above hime Of course, he will
deny this, but it soaza the most logical. A jet would have to be very hizh

ow

not to bo heard, and the brilliance of the light argues against this height.

There is the possibility of a captured retrograde natural satellite and
there is the unidentified category. Fecause it appeared on several nichts,
and was in each case a cneewitnes3 matter, and the motion is not unlike
that of an aircraft, I would tend to disregard the lack of ound and put

' this down as possible aircraft. Don’t tell this to Hr, Q@iPdecausze ha

will stoutly argue against this.

ie semi gy lhl

! , PROJECT 10073 RECORD

1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION ih
13 August 1965 13/04172Z Greensburg, Pennsylvania (1)

3. SOURCE 10, CONCLUSION
A/C 7

Civilian !
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS No data presented to indicate that an a/c could NOT be the
cause of the report. Description of flight and all other

details in accord with this evaluation.
11. BRIEF SUMMARY ANDO ANALYSIS

Three reports of light only in flight to west. Resembled
satellite HCHO excert about 3X as bright as Venus.

Jne
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

25 seconds
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

Ground-Visual
7. COURSE

West
8. PHOTOS

0 Yes
) No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

O Yes
% Ne

‘FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) previous editions of this form may be used,

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Tos; Mejor Hector Quintanilia USAF
Chief, Aerial Phencmena Brench
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

‘This is to report @ call I mde to KraQQMMMPor creensburs,
Pecneyivenday selative Vi bie sightings of Angant 11th ant Anguet ie
‘tint of ile wifi, of inguet Sty 1963. - | Ee

Inc. Gauls SPEAK Gelic E'Vaeannnd <a eunaemias adth deegeitinn. tal ‘Gee ena
devising means of furnishing real time computer services to business organiza-
tions, etce Until he began his own ccmpany he was a nuclear physycist with

Westinghouse in Pitteburgh, working on muclear rocket propulsion.
I had e long talk with him. He is not only articulate and obricusly

seientifionlly oriented, but be is also a mnber of the Pittsburgh NICAP
group. He apparently gets into some hot arguments vith the loose thinkers in
the group, ttowever, to hear his story. At any rate, his interest in UFO's
stems largely from the ides of linking s number of them up with ball lightning.
He tolakme of @ case, reported to MINAP, of one of the Pittsburgh people hev-
ing been bussed by @ bright ball of light that rode directly over his car |
and then landed in a nearby field. KICAP ime this report, and we do'not. °
‘Coming to Bis particular sighting! In all three cases these were of
a bright light, apparently very Oaich brighter than Echo, vhen first seen,. |
and then fading cut as they approached the horizon. Their resembaance to.
satellites, as far asmotion was concerned, was good except that in all
three cases the motion was from east to west. There seems to be no mistake

about this, since he liste altitude and azimuthe.

a a mae

ot

The sighting of Argust 13th, 12:17 A°M? Dastern Daylight Saving Time,
thus August 13th 4:17 U?T., is tRe best reported, and I will give that and then
conten the — two sightings differ..... from that.

ZB 1 v= ous most of the night watching for the second

appearance 4f the cbject he sighted the night before. On the hypothesis that

48 wae m retrograde satellite be Layt a vigil all that evening cuteide Me ~

house and had gone in for Justa fev mimites before 12:17 A.M. and saye be

kicked himself fer doing that since. When he got cutside, there vas his bright
object. directly overhead, apparently having come from the cast. Sk en saws
exactly in the zenith and proceeded at a rate of about 2° per second until it
was about 30 or 40° from the vestern horizon, where it faded out, It covered
the entire journey in 25 plus or minus 5 seconds (when we retimed it from:

memory over the telephone, it came out 35 seconds). He stated that the object
seemed to move definitely faster than Echo, but by no means as fast as @ meteor.
He rules out a slow metecr on several counts. He also rules cut aircraft be-

cause he says they are in the New York-Pittsburgh flight pattern and he is
extremely familiay with planes from that standpoint, and from the fact that he was
in the Meval Air Force as a radar operator for four years.

Tt 1s interesting to note thet if the objects on successive nights had
been @ retrograde satellite, the period would have been 1 hour and 35 minutes,
thas giving an sverags height of 327 miles and an angular speed very mach lixe
that observed. There is the outside possibility that he observed a captured
natural satellite which would have had a life of just a few days at most, Ke
watched that night until dawn but the cbject did not reappear. Since the next
passage would have been considerably to the west, the cdject might have been

lost ina the earch’s shadow st about 2:00 A.M

3

Mr. i. obviously intelligent, scientifically trained and
quite competent as an observer. Since he is emphatic on the peint that
he ia well acquainted with high-flying jets and that he "always hears

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as an atrerafts tee9 |
¥ “SE conmerning the other sightings: ‘The firet sighting was made on cee
Tmureday,, August Sth. The passage was apparently very similar to August
13th exeept that there was no moon. The time was 12:30 P.M. Eastern Day
Light Saving Time. The sighting of August 11th was not ; so well placed

‘in the sky. It was observed at about only 20° elevation above the scouth—

western horizon, having came into sight directly in the south and then
proceeding in a northwesterly direction. With the slant height implied
by ghe low elevation, this could very well have been an aircraft too far
away to be heard. It is harder to apply this interpretation to the objects
which were seen directly overheads.

If we adopt 2° per. second as the apparent angle of velocity,
reference to our tables shows that a craft at 10,000 feet would be doing
250 miles per hour, or at 5 miles, 628 miles per hour. Because of the
very great brightness of the light I would favor smething close 1by, a
Piper for instance, 31to 5,000 feet above hin. ae a
deny tidy but 1t seme the most Logical. a eas Le he ke wan baal
not tobe heard, and the brilliance of the light argues against this height.
There is the possibility of a captured retrograde natural satellite and
there is the unidentified category. BDecause it appeared on several nights,
and was in each case 2 one-witness matter, and the motion is not anlike
that of an aireraft, I would tend to disregard the lack of gound and put
this dewm as possible aircraft. Don't tell this to Mr. Beene because he

will steutly argue against this.

REPLY TO

attw oF: TDEW 8 SEP 196

sussect: UFO Sighting, 11 & 13 Aug 65, Greensburg, Pennsylvania

¥

YOU - THE NUCLEUS OF SECURITY!

HEADQUARTERS SEE
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION me '

AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND :
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE i a
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIK FORCE BASE, OHIO Y

to: Hq USAF SAFOICC (Mrs Hunt)

Wash DC 20330

i ai | Nuclear Physicist, has requested an evaluation
of his s ings on the night of 11 Aug and the morning of 13 Aug.
While the object resembled a satellite in appearance, orbital
characteristics to the west are not in accord with present launching
practices. The only recorded caseof a retrograde satellite occurred
in the latter part of 1960 when the Grumman Aircraft Tracking Units
attempted to plot an orbit without success. In addition to the
directional component, the duration indicated is rather short for
the satellites in orbit. In fact, the duration of 25 seconds for

@ considerable arc distance, approaches slow meteor speeds.

2. Since Mr eels that the observation could not have been

an aircraft, we forwarding his report to the Air Force Consultant,
Dr J Allen Hynek, Director of Dearborn Observatory, Northwestern
University, Evanston, Illinois, for his opinion as to the nature of
these observations. Should Dr Hynek desire additional information .-
he will contact Mr Beene upon his return from Europe in October.

FOR THE COMMANDER

Fa ‘
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Colonel, USAF PID
Deputy for Technology and Subsystems (Mr

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
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U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION

This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U.S. Air Force as much

information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed.

Please try to answer as many questions as you possibly can. The information that you give will
be used for research purposes. Your name will pot be used in connection with any statements,
conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this personal information so

that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details.» - ad: eh: wotiaktiseN |

1. When did you see the object?

Is Pucost 1405.
Day Month Yeor

* Tim of dey: 00 li a

Minutes °

(Circle One): oo" or P.M.
3. Time Zone;
(Circle One): (Circle One): <Dovlisht Saving
entra b. Standard * |

. Mountain
d. Pacific
eo. Other :

4, Where were you when you saw the object?

State or County

5. How long wos object in sight? (Totel Duration)

Hours. | Seconds

c. Not very sure

a. Certain

maw  a_Feirly certai aD. wi gt guess bh se i Darrah
5.1 How was time in sight determined? _ WA J
5.2 Was object in sight continuously? = Yes ll No

5. What was the condition of the sky?
<a
a. Bright ~ .
b. Cloudy b. Cloudy

7. IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you looked at the object?

--_—-_- --: Ce ——- —_—___-_—_—_— —~-- <<<

(Circle One): a. In fron? of you 4 To your left
b. In back of you- Qverhead
c. To your right t. Don’t remember

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FORM | |
FTD OCT 62 164 This form supersedes FTD 164, Jul 61, which ie obsolete. .

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8. IF you saw the object ot NIGHT, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON?

8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. None G. Bright moonlig
b. A few b. Dull moonlight
| c. No moonlight — pitch dark
d. Don't remember _. et | d. Don't remember

9. What were the weuther conditions at the time you saw the object? io

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CLOUDS (Circle One): ~ WEATHER (Circle One):

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. “* ~

b. Hazy b. Fog, mist, or light rain
c. Scattered clouds | c. Moderate or heavy rain

d. Thick or heavy clouds d. Snow

e. Don’t remember

The object appeared; (Circle One):

a. Solid :

b. Transporent e. Don’t remember
c. Vapor —

if it appeared as a light, was it brighter than the brightest stors? (Circle One):

c. About the same.

b. Dimmer — | d. Don’t know ~- bie. ,

11.1 Compare brightness to some common object:

13. Did the object: (Circle One for each question)
a. Appear to stand still at any time? - Yes (Nod Don’t know
b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? Yes (No » Don’t know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Yes (No) Don't know
d. Give off smoke? g (No) Don't know
e. Change brightness? Yes) No Don’t know
f. Change shape? AS (No) Don’t know
g- Flash or flicker? Yos (Ne) Don’t know
h. Disappear and reappear? Yes No» Don't know

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14. Did the object disappear while you were watching it? If so, how?

A. the obec ect meyed te the west ( headmig al 265°)
BR roll iets became dimmer — rt ded wet disappeae CUer

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15. Did the object move behind something at any tle, particularly a cloud? : | |

(Circle One): Yes Don't Know. ~ IF you onswered YES, ten tell wh at Pa §
it “er ati heii PO Ti Ye Oy. eo yew “Ht wo: i
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16. Did the object move: in front of something at any time, particularly a cloud?
(Circle One): .° > Yes | = Don’t Know. IF you answered YES, than tell what

RS eee ae BA Teint dive ee Dn SE ee a re A =

17. .Tell in a few mes the following things about the iat | | . |
Be ew - Sound fons e ence ee yrs ie) os 3 abe she |

lh, Color. Ait = 1S,

18. We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick at arm’s length in line with a known object and note how |
.much of the object is covered by the head of the match. If you had performed this experiment at the time of the
es iitee, how much of the object would have been covered by the match head?

oo
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WHOL ol sit

19. Draw a picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. oe and include in your shetch any details
of the object that you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails.

Place an arrow beside the drawing to show the direction the object was moving.

A sve ~

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20. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object?

(Circle One) Yes |

IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate?

21. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the object was?

(Circle One) Yes

IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was?

23. Were you (Circle One)

22. Where were’ you located when you' sew the object? —
(Circle One): |

a. In the business section of a city? *"” -
CE. in the residential section of « city?>

c. In open countryside?

d. Near an airfield?

e. Flying over a city?

f. Flying over open country?

g- Other

a. Inside a building
b, Ina car :

d. In an airplane (type)
e. Atsea — ity
f, Other

24. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following questions:

24.1 What direction were you moving? (Cirele One). _ a rm vie oe

a. North " c. East e. South | g. West
b. Northeast = = ~~ d. Southeast f. Southwest : h. Northwest

24.2 How fast were you moving? ________miles per hour.

24.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the object?
(Circle One) Yes No .

25. Did you observe the object through any of the following?

a, Eyeglasses “Yes e. Binoculars  —S_—«. Yess
b, Sun glasses ~ Yes f. Telescope Yes
c. Windshield Yes . g- Theodolite Yes
d. Window glass Yes SO aS a sae ae a

26. In order that you can give as clear a picture as possibis of what you saw, describe in your own words a common
object or objects which, when placed up in the sky, would give the same appearance as the object which you saw

A BeisH#T SATELLITE 18 ORB/T

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27. In the following sketch, imagine that you are at the point shown. Place an “A” on the curved line to show how
high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you first saw it. Place a ‘'B’’ on the same curved line to
show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you /as? saw it. Place an ‘*A’’ on the compass
when you firs? saw it. Place a ‘'B’’ on the compass where you /ast saw the object.

90°

7S” | |

28. Draw a slohe that will show the motion that the object or objects made. Place an ‘‘A”’ at the beginning of the
path, a ''B”’ at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course. |

Obyect shiwed Exact chAéac tenis tics of orbit vehicle |

29, IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there? —___ Tas E
Draw a picture of how they were arranged, and put an arrow to show the direction that they were traveling.

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30. Have you ever seen this, or a similar object before. If so give date or dates and location.
Same Location on f-—i[-6S

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31. Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object? (Circle One)
31.1 IF you answered YES, did cae see the object too? (Circle One) Yes No
31.2 Pleese list their names and oddresses:

32. Please give the following information about yourself;

City

AGE 335. SEX sy Gite

TELEPHONE NUMBER
Aten code
indicate any additional infor about yourself, including any special experience, which might be pertinent.

tpladic : Bictowm” Dysicat:
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Past Membee. : ime erean Kiket Secerty
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33. When and to whom did you re that you had seen the object? ‘é Vamneg N VRAD EwsT AFB |
et. ae | (Tos Wa. Uaaustad Gsddaed SFC WAL

Day

Month your Ct. at. NM Tarks SAFOTL

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January 12, 1966

fo: Major Hector Quintanilla USAF
Chief, Aerial Phenomena Branch
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Dayton, Ohio 45433

This is to report a call I made to Mr. ATED, Greensburg,
Pennsylvania, relative to his sightings of August llth and August 13th, and
that of his wife, of August 5th, 1965.

ur. Gs, rans his own business called General Computer Services ,
Inc. which is not only a business of eitiowance and programing, but they are
devising means of furnishing real time computer services to business organiza-
tions, etc. Until he began his own company he was a nuclear physycist with
Westinghouse in Pittsburgh, working on nuclear rocket propulsion.

I had a long talk with him. He is not only articulate and obviously
scisnvifically oriented, but he is also a member of the Pittsburgh NICAP
grozp. He apparently sets into some hot arguments with the loose thinkers in

the group, however, to hear his story. At any rate, his interest in UFO's

stems largely from the idea of linking a number of them up with ball lightning,

He told ..me of a case,reported to NIGAP, of one of the Pittsburgh people hav-
ing been buzzed by a bright ball of tight that rode directly over his car
and then landed in a nearby field. WNICAP has this report, and we do not.
Coming to his particular sighting: In all three cases these were of
a brignt light, apparently very much brighter than Echo, when first seen,
and then fading out as they approached the horizon. Their resemblance to
satellites, as far as motion was concerned, was good except that in all

three cases the motion was from east to west. There seems to be no mistake

apout this, since he lists altitude and azinmths.

The sighting of August 13th, 12:17 AYM% Eastern Daylight Saving Time,

thus August 13%h 4317 UT., is the best reported, and I will give that and then
pe other two sightings aifferc.; from that.

| — | had been out most of the night patbhine for the second
appearence of the object he sighted the night before. On the hypothesis that
it was 2 retrograde satellite he kept a vigil all that evening outside his
house and had gone in for just a few minutes before 12:17 A.M. and says he
kicked himself for doing that since. | When he got outside, there was his bright
object directly overhead, apparently having Scene from the cast. It was almost
exactly in the zenith and proceeded at a rate of about 2° —_— second until it
was about 30 or 40° from the western horizon, where it faded out. It covered q
the entire journey in 25 plus or minus 5 seconds (when we retimed it from
memory cver the telephone, it came out 35 seconds). He stated that the object
seemed to move definitely faster than Echo, but by no means as fast es a metcor,
He rules out a slow meteor on several counts. He also rules out aircraft be-
cause he says they are in the New York-Pittsburgh flicht pattern and he is
extremely familiar with planes from that standpoint, and from the fact that he was
in the Naval Air Force as a radar operator for four years.

Tt is interesting to note that ifthe objects on successive nights had
been a retrograde satellite, the period would have been 1 hour and 35 minutes,
thus giving an average height of 327 miles anh an angular speed very much like
that observed. There is the outside possibility that he observed a captured
natural satellite which would have had a life of just a few days at most. He

watched that night until dawn but the object did not reappear. Since the next

passage would have been considerably to the west, the object might have been

lost in the earths snadow at ebout 2:00 A.M.

ov Sen

‘Or is obviously intelligent, scientifically trained and
quits competent as an observer. Since he is emphatic on the point that
he is well acquainted with high-flying jets and that he “always hears
them! we are faced with more of a problem than if we could dismiss this —
as an aircraft.

Concerning the other sightings: ‘the first sighting was made on
thursday, August 5th. ‘the passage was apparently very similar to August
i3ta except that there was no moon. ‘he time was 11:30 P.M. HKastern Lay-
iight Saving Time. ihe sighting of August llth was not ;so0 well placed
in the sky. It was observed at about only 20° elevation above the south-
western horizon, having come into sight directly in the south and then
proceeding in a northwesterly direction. With the slant height implied
oy ;the Low elevation, this could very well have been an aircraft too far
away to be heard. it is harder to apply this interpretation to the objects
which were seen directly overheads

If we adopt Ys per second as the apparent angle of velociiy,
reference to our tables shows that a crait at 10,000 feet youka be doing
250 miles per hour, or at 5 miles, 624 miles per hour. Hecause ot the
very great brightness of the light I would favor semething close by, a
Piper Cub, ror instance, 3-to 5,000 feet above him. Of course, he will
deny this, bus it seems the most logical. A jst would have to-be very high
not to be heard, and the brilliance of the light argues against this height.
there is the possibility or a captured retrograde natural satellite and
there is the unidentified category. Because it appeared on several nights,

and was in each case a one-witness matter, and the motion is not unlike

that of an aircraft, 1 would tend to disregard the lack of sound and put

this down as possible aircraft. won't tell this to Mr. Qi because he

wilt stoutly argue against this.

PROJECT 10073 RECORD

de DATE- TIME GROUP 12, LOCATION

Te Aue 2955
3S. SOUECE
_ vir 13 he % C

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS io data sresented to indicate that an ale @m ia '6™ have

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: an . . 5% anats
Osen canse of tne rem

LENGTH CF OBSERVATION

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 & _—

Not re
TYPE OF OBSERVATION

ewe TF ai1907

7. COURSE

Y Je tks a1 ve
8. PHOTOS

_*

H Yes Lo image
f1 No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

Oo Yes
“a No

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