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1. DATE TIMI C.OU'

3 Y ~ : J ' 65 04/0125Z

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LENGTH

Of OISIIVATION

4

I:inutes

6. TYPE OF

OISIIVATION

G

rouni-Visua.l

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l to

de.;r

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s

1. PHOTOS

2. LOCATION

10. CONCLUIION

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Ch

e

sapeake

1

(ECHO I)

11. IIIII

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IUMMAIIY ANO ANALYSIS

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...

V

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~ n , a

Round t ~ r l i

object .

Observed 1ear

to

s t a

rs

.

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rvat:.. o

a t l {J

deg

ele v

a t

i Oi.1

160

d

eg

azi.r:.n1

th . Disa

p:Jeo.r ed a t A d eg

e le va ti on l to dez a

ci

r.1ut h . 7J..i:.:ht. four 1

th1t

e s

1

r i 1 . ~

,,ihich ti :e the

oo

scrvar r epor t ed that the b ~ e c t :.1oved 0 deg

: r . 1 ~

r-.. -d

to the ~ : e s t very s louly h E r ~

s:1

i f t ed to t ~ - e

.a s

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s t

ill

:- :oV

i."lC

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stra i_:-}1 t d

tL

1t i l i t r : - : . 3 a t

20

de,3

l e - v

3 . o : 1 160 deg aziL1ut:t . t i1i s

I

pint

t l18 object e

i the r

f

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up

or b..1 r s t .

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c

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:otion

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of

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ap

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e tc .

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obj

e

c t

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te

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a. 1.

i l lu s i on Dis a

. : J . n

e a t t r ibu ted to p.:- ~ s i r

i n

to the

~ r t h ' s sh ndow. ECHO I tre..s at

35

deg

7 5

d e ~ U at t 1e

r eiJo

r t

Gd t r

of the o1Jsarv

a tion

n

pos i t ion

t o be observe

d.

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.r

-32.

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fol10\ving

14, AFR

200-2:

information

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a. Description of t1

e Ob

ject:

(1)

Round,

sta1-Iike in sha

pe

-

(2)

About

tile size of

a

ire held

in

't1e

hanci

a t anns l engti1.

.

-

(3) Silver in

color changin

g

to

a

raddis

i1 orange.

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(6)

(7)

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re

ma rk3

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b.

Description

of Course of Ob

ject:

(1) The close

move rren

t wit

h

re la i on

p roXl

m1 ty

to

a tree

of

l f l

t '

h'O

the

t

or1

ght s tars

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oac

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ra .

and the a r e n t

(2) Approximate ly

40 degr

ee

elevation

anti 160

deg

r ee azinut1

(see

A

ten t 1)

(3) App

roxi

i1lat e l y 23 degree e levat i on and l

oO

azinru

t11

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:-.rn..-

a rd and

to t ,lJ .

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l

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about SO ue g

rc

es

to i

ard t

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;-; t i

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j:tovi ,

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do\n.y

:trd

f

or ai:>out 8

degree

s

then

appe

ared to n:ove

uo\.11

w ti l a:.J

out 2J

de gr ee

el

e

vation

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( ~ ) 1he object ei ther f lared u

1

1 or burst a t > p r o x i n t c l i

20-degree elevation anJ disappeared.

(6)

Tne

oJject

\vas

visible for

4

minute.; fr )m

tine

o

sighting.

c.

lanner of Observation:

1)

2)

GrOWld-visual

Binoculars ~ e r e used - x 35

3) N/A

d.

Titre and Date of Sighting:

(1) 4/012SZ

(2) Night

e . Location

of

Observer:

1)

,

Olesapeake,

Virginia

f Identifying lnfonnatioo on Observer:

1)

Civil ian

- ~ r r - about 3 -

Self-eiJl>loyed, C l ~ s a p e g . n . . , .

2)

lr Etheridge

seem;

\ ~ e l l

i n f o ~ d

and

quite

factual

in

his reiJorts. I consiaer him

to

be reliable.

.

g. ieather

and Winds - Aloft Conditions a t fine

and l a ~ of

Sightings:

2

1)

Clear,

~ i t h

unlimited

vis ib i l i ty

(2)

Surface

220/17

30,0JJ

340/21

6,030

240/12

40,000

350/39

10,000

280/16

l ~ O O J

340/16

24,000

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(3)

T n ~ r e ttfas

no

ceiling

(4)

Unlimited

vis ibi l i ty

(5) 2/10 - i1igh t hin overcast

(o)

None

(7)

IWo

det,rrees

per

1000

h.

Any other unusual activity or condition: ~ o n e

i . Interception or

identification action

taken: Ne

g

ativ

e

. .

j

Location, approxinate alti tude, and

general

direction:

(1) The locatioo of sighting falls within the bot.mdary of

~ a v y

warning area

72. A preliminaty check witil : ~ a v a l Air G- LJ

er3.tions

at Norfolk Naval Air Station,

Virginia; the

Naval Cape Coorclinator

for

the 4th and

Stil Naval

Districts; NASA \val ops

Station;

Lant at

N

orfolk,

and o ~ o ;..Iarine Air Wngs a t C lerry Point, indicated

no

i l lunination activity in

the

area at

the

tirre

of

sighting.

k. Position

t i t le and

comments

of t a ~ e pre

p

arin

g

officer:

(1)

Captain TI onas E.

Cauley,

Controlle r , 4500 A

r .B ase

' '

ng

Comnand

Post. . .

(2)

I t is y conclusion, from

the

descrip tio:t of obj ect ,

t ae

data

collected,

the

t ine e l

errent

involved, ble de

scri

pt ion

of

the

disappearance, the drif t of the object

in

diffe rent directions , and

the occurrence

within a kno\vn

firing range, that wject das

a

para-

flare

or similar \ ~ e a p o n

r e l e ~ e d

a t

alti tude.

Echo 1 tlas obs e

nr

e4 over

this

area

at

approximately

the sar.e tirre and date .

1. Existence

of

ph

ysical

evidence:

Ti1ere

(;

ere

no

r a ~ i s

or

physical

e

vidence.

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