2 September 1960
(Argus-Leader, Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
Source: NICAP.org
The whole article:
“A mysterious reddish object circling the earth that
presumedly left what appeared to be a large vapor trail over Sioux Falls has
been photographed by a tracking camera of the Grumman Aviation Engineer Corp.
at Bethpage, N.Y.
Grumman, The Associated Press reported, said the
photograph was taken by a special tracking crew which has been on watch.
The strange object was reported as result of a news
story in the Argus-Leader saying a vapor trail or what resembled a large beam
of light in the atmosphere was reported over Sioux Falls and later much of the
nation.
There is no scientific explanation as yet for the
object, which was reported traveling cast to west rather than on the west to
east trajectory common to man-made satellites.
The object appears to be about a tenth the size of the
Echo I balloon satellite and traveling about twice as fast.
The Adler Planetarium of Chicago is compiling data on
the object and says it doesn’t appear to be an artificial satellite or a meteor.”
(tageo.com photo)
