Charlottesville, VirginiaOctober 1962

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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS yi
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O Woes Belloon
6_October 1962 Charlottesville, Virginia OQ Probably Bolloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION @ Yesumy Sateen |
RIE tiation Mbymnen “oy O Ground-Radar - Brobealy a |
SVN Cb 4 0 RL A a] NR od” O Alr-Intercopt Radar |O Possibly Aireralt
S. PHOTOS ye : O Was Astronomical
QO VYes QO Probobly Astronomical
XB Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomical Sid
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE XK OrherSatellite ECHOYN |
B Joh eda Dete for Evaluation |
not reported one i . odds |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
Light source in sky yellowish, color Satellite ECHO I over Virginia |
of Saturn, thought to be satellite at 71 dgr elevation to the NE |
moving in straight line at constant at 842 pm, This places ECHO in
velocity. Came to stop for 30 seconds position to be observed by the
& remained stationary. Visible at witness. During observation of
this time with & without BX. Disap- satellites they often appear to
peared 4 seconds later, remain stationary for certain
periods & waver in their path. |
This is attributed to atmosphereac ;
conditions & witness's own opti-
| cal conditions. This is particu-
| larly true when obj approaches |
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