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PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1
2 LOCATION
24October 66 25/0020 Blycheville, Arkansas
3. SOURCE 3. SOURCE CONCLUSION
Civilian Satellite (30101) 1)0
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One One ECHO II was over 102W 30N at 022Z and heading 102W 30N at 022Z and heading Northward.
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION . LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
1 Minute Observer noted star Observer noted star like object, bright like the morning star
Speed was estimated Iat more than at more than l0CO M/H. The ooject lOCO M/H. The ooject appear appear
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION to be divided in the center but remained intact. Object to be divided in the center but remained intact. Object was was
Kxxa Ground-Visua traveling toward the north and was seen to the west. woa to the west
7. . COURSE
Northward
8. PHOTOS
D Yes
XXNo
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
n Yes
XNo
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editlons of this form may be used.

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AFIN: 33137 (270ct66) T/rm 1of 4
ACTION:F RDC 4, INFO: - (19).
ADV CY DIA
SMB D 973CZ CBV C027
RFTU JAW RUEDWX A0628 3000352-UU--RUED HQA.
DE RUNGHU 2138 2992321 To
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ZNR UUUUU OS.A!
R 261720Z OCT 66 US
USI
FM 97BW BLYTHEV ILLE AFB ARK USM
IL
TO RUMFVA/ADC ENT AFB COLO TO RUIMFVA/ADC ENT AFB COLO IL ILP
RUNGKG/29AIRD IV RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB MO RUNGKG/29A IRD IV RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB MO ILT
IL.SI
RUEDFIF/FTD WPAFB OHIO RUEDFIF/FTO WPAFB OHIO -
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RUEDHQA/AFNIN WASH DC $\fac{$ RD
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RUEDHQA/SAFOI WASH DC RUEDHQA/SAFOI WASH DC CO
INFO RUCVAAA/2AF BARKSD ALE AFB LA INFO RUCVAAA/2AF BARKSD ALE AFB LA
ZEN/42AD IV HEV ILLE AFB ARK
BT
AFB COLO, 29 AIRDIV RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB MO, FTD WPAFB OHIO FOR TDETR,
AFNIN WASH DC, SAFOI WASH DC. INFO 2AF BARKSD ALE AFB LA AND 42AD
BLYTHEV ILLE AFB ARK. SUBJECT: UFO REPORT. REFERENCE PARA 14, AFR
200-2. PARA 14A: (1) STAR. (2) SIMILAR TO ANY STAR EXCEPT VERY
BRIGHT. (3) BRIGHT LIKE MORNING STAR. (4) ONE. (5) N/A. (6) RATE
AFHO JAON 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED

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AFIN: 33137 (270ct66) pg 2of 4
TUDE WAS DESORIBED AS "VERY HIGH." (7) NONE. (8) NONE. (9) THE OBJECT
APPEARED TO BE DIVIDED IN THE CENTER BUT REMAINED INTACT. PARA 14B:
(1) ROBERT MCCARN, OBSERVERS SON, FIRST OBJECT AND CALED
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ATTENTION TO IT. (2) APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES ABOVE THE SOUTHNESTERN HORIZON
AND ON AN AZ IMUTH OF APPROX IMATELY 225 DEGREES FROM OBSERVERS POSIT ION. (3) AND ON AN AZ IMUTH OF APPROX IMATELY 225 DEGREES FROM OBSERVERS POSIT ION. (3)
APpROX ImATELY 45 DEgREES ABOVE THE NORtHNESTERN HORiZON ON AN AZ IMUTH OF AppRox imATELY 45 DEgREEs ABovVE tHE NOrtHWE St ErN HorizON oN AN AZ ImUTh OF
APPROX IMATELY 315 DEGREES FROM THE OBSERVERS POSITION. (4) OBJECT APPEARED
TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE OBSERVERS'S POSIT ION, APPEARED TO BE TRAVELING TO THE SOUTHWE ST OF THE OBSERVERS'S POSITION, APPEARED TO BE TRAVELING
AT AN ANGLE OF ELEVATION OF APPROX IMATELY 45 DEGREES, MOVED ESSENT- AT AN ANGLE OF ELEVATION O REES, MOVED ESSENT-
IALLY OVERHEAD FROM SOUTH TO NORTH AND DISAPPEARED IN THE QLOLDS TO IALLY OVERHEAD
THE NORTHWEST. (5) INTO THE QLOUDS TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE OBSERVER'S
POSIT ION. (6) APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE. PARA 14C: (1) GROUND VISUAL.
(2) NONE. (3) N/A. PARA 14D: (1) 250020Z OCT 1966. (2) NIGHT. PARA
14E: FRONT YARD OF HOME AT HEVILLE, ARKANSAS
, BLYTHEV ILLE ARKANSAS 72315, HOUSEWIFE, COM
(2) NA. PARA 14G: (1) CLEAR AT POINT OF OBSERVATION BUT CLOLDS TO
THE NORTH. (2) ) 240/02 AT SURFACE; 350/15 6,00 19,000';
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AFIN: 33137 (270ct66) pg 3of =1
280/15 AT 16,000'; 260/25 AT 20,000'; 250/70 AT 30,000'; 250/50 AT
50,000'; AND NOT AVAILABLE AT 80,000'. (3) HIGH BROKEN. (4) SEVEN
8. MILES. (5) EIGHT-TENTHS. (6) NONE. (7) WEATHER CONDITIONALLY UNSTABLE.
TROPOPAUSE AT 30,000 FEET. STANDARD LAPSE RATE ABOVE 30,000 FEET. TEM-
. PERATURE DEVIATION TO 30,000 FEET
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NONE. PARA 14I: UNKNOWN. BASED ON OBSERVERS EST IMATE OF SPEED AND THE NONE. PARA 14I: UNKNOWN. BASED ON OBSERVERS EST IMATE OF SPEED AND THE
* TIME THE OBJECT WAS IN SIGHT, INTERCEPTS UNDOUBTEDLY WOULD HAVE BEEN
+, FuTILE. PaRA 14J: TWO B-52 AircRAFT frOM tHE 97TH BOmBaRdMeNT WINg, Futile. parA 14J: two B-52 AircRaft froM the 97th Bombardment wing,
BLYTHEV ILLE AFB, ARKANSAS, WERE A IRBORNE IN THE LOCAL AREA APPROXI-
MATELY aT tHE timE of SIgHTINg. thEsE AircrAFT WERE schEdULed to MATELY AT THE TIME OF SIGHTING. THESE AIRcRAFT WERE SCHEDULED TO
LAND 250045Z AND 250056Z 0CT 1966, RESPECT IVELY. OBSERVER WAS LAND 250045Z AND 02500567 OCT T 1966, RESPECT IVELY. OBSERVER WAS
ADAMANT IN STAT ING tHAT tHE OBJECT SIgHTED WAS NOT REPEAT NOT AN AIR-
CRAFT. PARA 14K: CHIEF, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, 97TH BOMBARDMENT
WING, BLYTHEV ILLE AFB, ARKANSAS 723 15. OB SERVER'S DESOR IPTION OF
THE FLIGHT PATH, SPEED, AND ALTITUDE OF THE OBJECT INDICATES THAT
ItT PASSED THROUGH AN ARC OF APPROXIMATELY 100 DEGREES IN APPROXI-
mately oe minUte at an altitude that was "very High." these con-
DITIONS SUGGEST THAT THE SPEED OF THE OBJECT WAS CONSIDERABLY IN
EXCESS OF THE OB SERVER'S EST IMATE E Of 1,000 MILES PER HOUR, AND IN
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AFIN: 33137 (270ct66) pg 4 of 4
ON THER PHENOMENA WHICH MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR THE SIGHTING, IT IS
BEL IEVED THAT THE OBSERVER SIGHTED A SATELLITE. SCHEDULES OF
SATELLITES LIKELY TO BE BISIBLE IN THE BLYTHEVILLE AREA WERE NOT
AV A IL ABLE E aT THE TIME of tHIS REPoRT. PARA 14 L: NONe.
BT
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NOTE: NOTE: ORIGINAL TRANS NOT ORIGINAL TRANS NOT IDENTIFIED IDENTIFIED
0-309C UNCLASSIFIED