Project 10073 Record Card — Huntington, West Virginia, 18 December 1962

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and a detailed personal letter from a witness regarding an aerial sighting on the morning of December 18, 1962, in Huntington, West Virginia. The witness, an employee at the West Virginia Works of the Connors Steel Division of H.K. Porter Co. Inc., observed a point of light between 4:30 and 4:40 AM. The witness described the object as appearing stationary for approximately five minutes before moving in a straight line toward the southeast, eventually disappearing into mist and fog. The witness noted that the object was too distant to discern any structural details, such as a tail or vapor trail, and initially mistook it for a star. The official evaluation by ATIC concluded that the object was the satellite ECHO I, which was positioned over the city at 4:27 AM EST at an elevation of 51 degrees, moving in a southeasterly direction. The file also includes a page of technical data listing various satellite sightings across multiple cities, including Charleston, WV, Chester, PA, Cincinnati, OH, and Colorado Springs, CO, between December 18 and December 24, 1962.