Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card and Related Incoming Messages — Satellite Observation 17 May 1962
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AI-Generated Summary
A sighting of an object on May 17, 1962, was reported by the 326 Air Division in Hawaii. The object was later identified by CINCNORAD as the Echo I satellite.
This document collection consists of a Project 10073 record card and several incoming Department of the Air Force staff messages regarding a sighting reported on May 17, 1962. At 170835Z, an object was observed at coordinates 30-30N 174-17E. The witness described the object as white in color, appearing to be a satellite, and traveling at a bearing of 130 degrees true at a speed in excess of 2000 mph. The observation lasted for 15 minutes before the object was obscured by clouds. The sighting was reported by the 326 Air Division Kunia Facility in Hawaii. Following the report, the observation was correlated with 60 IOTA 1, SPADAT object number 49. CINCNORAD subsequently evaluated the object as the Echo I satellite.
OBSERVATION CORRELATED WITH 60 IOTA 1, SPADAT OBJECT NUMBER 49.
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Official Assessment
Evaluated as Echo I by Cincnorad.
The object was identified as the Echo I satellite, SPADAT object number 49.