Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Hutchison, Kansas, 3 July 1962
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AI-Generated Summary
A civilian report of a round, yellow object in Hutchison, Kansas, on July 3, 1962, was officially identified by the Air Technical Intelligence Center as the Echo I satellite.
On July 3, 1962, a civilian employee of the city of Hutchison, Kansas, reported observing an unidentified aerial object. The witness, who was accompanied by his wife, described the object as round, yellow in color, and approximately the size of a dime. The sighting lasted for ten minutes, during which the object remained at jet aircraft altitude and made no noise. The witness noted that the object's flight path was to the northeast and that its movement was erratic, alternating between periods of stillness and rapid motion. The report was relayed by Captain Bays of the 793rd Radar Squadron and received by Lieutenant Colonel Olen D. Shepard. The official evaluation of the incident, recorded on the Project 10073 record card, concluded that the object was the Echo I satellite. The erratic movement reported by the witness was attributed to atmospheric conditions.
The item appeared round, about the size of a dime & yellow in color. It was a single object, traveling at jet aircraft altitude & made no noise.
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Official Assessment
Echo I. Erratic movement attributed to atmospheric condition.
The object was identified as the Echo I satellite, which was over Wichita, Kansas, at the time of the sighting.
Witnesses
- [illegible]City of Hutchison
Key Persons
- Capt. BaysPerson Relaying Information
- Olen D. ShepardRecipient/Recorder