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| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

i g O Wos Balloon

Ly 27 October 1962 Atlantic (E of Cape Canaverdl Probably Balloon

3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Bolloon |
A: acuta inl nieal Sadist nhiag iia. XR Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft

4 CMT 27/23182Z a AirVisuadl 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft

4 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical

i O Yes O Probably Astronomical |
E Eo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
FE 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE IX Other missile
OD Insufficient Data for Evaluation of
i O Unknown [
E not reported one east

A 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

% Observation of blast off of satellite | Launch of Bxplorer XV from Cape

| from position 50 miles east of Cana- Canaveral at 2318Z., Placed 1962

2 veral, Bright ball of orange light on |Beta Lambda into orbit,

BE horizon, First 2 dgr of flight observe

at which time object weat behind clouds

LE Moments later observed at 40 dgr ele- | |
FE vation on Easterly heading. Tail of

4 light assumed three colors, Red,white

3 and blue with red the leading color,

EE Again obscured by clouds and final o

E observation of faint white streak in
4 east,

EF ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 32)

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