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Charlottesville, Virginia, October 1962

Date of account
1962-10
Location
Charlottesville, Virginia
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Bolloon 6 0ctober 1962 Charlottesville, Virginia Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon GroundVisual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Locel AXVOBX 口 Probably Aireraft GMT 07/01557 D Air-lntorcopt Radar 口 S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol OYo. 口 Probobly Astronomical XXNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE othoSatellite ECHOI Insufficient Data for Evaluation Unknown not reported one 10.BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Light source in sky yellowish, color Satellite ECHO I over Virginia of Saturn,thought to be satellite at 7l 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 observa

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