Project 10073 Record Card — Kingsville, Louisiana, 4 July 1962

On July 4, 1962, at approximately 10:45 PM local time, a service station operator located two miles north of Kingsville, Louisiana, observed a bright green, round object in the sky. The witness, a former US Navy radar operator, reported that the object was initially observed at an elevation of 30 degrees and an azimuth of 270 degrees. The object traveled on a heading of approximately 090 degrees before changing its flight path to a heading of approximately 045 degrees, following a zigzag course until it disappeared over the horizon at an azimuth of 045 degrees. The total duration of the sighting was five minutes, and no sound was heard. The observer's five-year-old daughter first called his attention to the object. The incident was reported to the 401st Tactical Fighter Wing at England Air Force Base, Louisiana. Captain Bosanlau, the intelligence officer, conducted an investigation into the sighting. While the initial assessment noted that the identity or explanation could not be determined at the local level, the final evaluation concluded that the sighting was of the Echo I satellite, citing the specific time, elevation, and trajectory reported by the witness.