PROJECT BLUE BOOK

A 27
PROJECT 1C073 RECORD
1.TETIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
SEr 1967
houtzdale, Penisylvania
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
2
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY ANALYSIS
unknown
TYPE OF OBSERVATION SEE CASE FILE
Ground Visual
7. COURSE
South
. PHOTOS
Yes
*No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Yes
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details that cannot easily be explained by conventional means. There-
aircraft and stars cannot be called uvOs.
3. The purpose of the photograph is to show that:
a. The object really existed and/ or
- the object.
4. We have that we feel that most of your
sightings are of satellites. As you describe the objects, they appear
to be satellites.

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length, lenB HEXANONI:I.8 F=52MM
2. Type, focal , and make
3. Brand and type of film ASA 64
4. Shutter s speed used 15 To 1
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8. Was " Was' "panning" used No No
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10. If supplemental information is unobtainable, the minimum camera data
required are the type of camera, and the smallest largest stop
and shutte speed readings o camera.
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because they are so underexposed, we are returning them without any
photo-analysis having been performed them. As we stated
earlier, we feel that the object you saw on 1 Sept at 3:25 A.M.
and 5:l0 A.M. was Echo II. There are over l,O0o objects in orbit
around the earth at the moment, of which about 40 are visible to
F the naked eye. Not all these satellites have an easterly component
either. Some are in polar orbits and some are retrograde satellites
or in other words, travel from east to west. However, the majority
tray approximately from west to east.
2. Not all these satellites travel at the same speed either.
For example, Echo I and Echo II are about 7oo miles high and make
OO FI B O one revolution around the earth in about ? hours. Pageos A is
about 36o0 miles high and makes one revolution about every 3 hours.
The higher the satellite is, the longer the time for one rotation.
3. It is also known that the human eye does not continuously follow
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we suggest you try I panning. That is a time exposure in which a you move
the camera so as to keep the object in the same spot in the viewfinder.
MES C. MANATT, ColOnel, USAF 3 Atchs
1. Project Blue Book
2. Case S Summaries
3. Slides
2

Mr.
Houtzdale ennsylvania 16651
1. Reference your recent letter of September 1, 1967. On September 1,
at approximately 3:25 am, ECHO II should have been visible in the
eastern sky, traveling approximately south to north. At 5:10 am ECHO II
should have been visible slightly to the west of your position, again
traveling from south to north. ECHo II is considerably brigh er than
most stars and is risible the naked eye.
2. If you wish to report your observation as an unidentified flying
object (uro) sighting, please complete the inclosed FTD Form 164. If
you would like the Air Force to perform an analysis on your photographs,
complete the attached photographic data sheet and also forward the
D PI B P/ original negatives in the
be returned upon completion of analysis. Thank you for bringing your
observations to the Air Forc ttention.
AMES C. MANATT, ColOnel, USAF 2 Atchs
Qirector of Technology and Subsystems 1. FTD Form 164 w/envelope

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