Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Sighting of 23 August 1962
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AI-Generated Summary
A naval sighting report from the USS DURANT in 1962 describes an unidentified object in the Pacific. The object was officially evaluated as a satellite.
On August 23, 1962, at 0505Z, a sighting of an unidentified aerial object was reported by the USS DURANT in the Pacific region at coordinates 07 degrees 18 minutes South, 153 degrees 41.5 minutes West. The sighting was observed by a lookout, BMSN Davidson, who was noted as being an excellent observer. The object was described as having the brightness of a second-magnitude star. It was observed for a duration of three minutes, moving from an azimuth of 000 degrees true at 30 degrees altitude to an azimuth of 015 degrees true at 25 degrees altitude, with a course toward the northeast. The report was transmitted via naval message to various commands, including CINCPACFLT and HICKAM AFB. The official evaluation, recorded on the Project 10073 record card, concluded that while specific satellite data for the Echo satellite was not available, the object exhibited all the characteristics of an orbital object and was therefore classified as a satellite.
Satellite data not available for Echo; however, sighting has all characteristics of orbital obj & case is considered as a satellite.
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Official Assessment
Satellite data not available for Echo; however, sighting has all characteristics of orbital obj & case is considered as a satellite.
The object was identified as a satellite based on its orbital characteristics.
Witnesses
- DavidsonBMSNUSS DURANT