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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Twenty U.S. naval officers near Kodiak, Alaska, observed the Russian Sputnik satellite changing colors on Sunday night, reporting excellent visuals to Project Vanguard headquarters.
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WASHINGTON (AP)—Twenty naval officers saw the Russian earth satellite change colors as it whizzed across Alaskan skies near Kodiak Sunday night.
Headquarters of Project Vanguard, U.S. satellite development program, reported the visual observations Monday and termed them excellent.
The naval officers reported seeing the satellite at 9:12 p.m. PST Sunday. They said they watched the baby moon for 10 minutes and saw it change from red to yellow to white.
They said the moonlet had the brilliance of a second magnitude star, which a Vanguard spokesman described as "pretty bright."
The officers said they watched the satellite with their naked eyes.
The observers reported the satellite was dimly visible to the naked eye but was clearly visible with 7 by 50 binoculars.
Both Alaskan sightings were from land.
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Kodiak, Alaska
Event Date
9:12 P.M. Pst Sunday
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the observations were termed excellent by project vanguard headquarters.
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Twenty naval officers of the U.S. satellite program observed the Russian earth satellite Sputnik changing colors from red to yellow to white as it crossed Alaskan skies near Kodiak for 10 minutes. It had the brilliance of a second magnitude star and was visible to the naked eye, more clearly with 7 by 50 binoculars. Both sightings were from land.