Declassified UFO / UAP Document

Project 10073 Record Cards and Technical Information Sheets — Dayton, Ohio, June 1963

📅 8 June 1963, 13 June 1963, 16 June 1963, 17 June 1963, 24 June 1963, 29 June 1963 📍 Dayton, Ohio 🏛 FTD (Foreign Technology Division) 📄 sighting_report

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TL;DR

A series of UAP sighting reports from Dayton, Ohio, in June 1963, most of which were identified as the ECHO I satellite or weather balloons. The reports include detailed witness questionnaires and internal correspondence from J. Allen Hynek.

This document is a collection of Project 10073 record cards and U.S. Air Force Technical Information Sheets documenting a series of unidentified aerial phenomena sightings in the Dayton, Ohio area during June 1963. The reports describe various objects, often appearing as bright, star-like lights, moving across the sky. Many of these sightings were evaluated by the Foreign Technology Division (FTD) and identified as the ECHO I satellite or weather balloons. The reports include detailed witness accounts, often from civilians, describing the objects' behavior, such as flickering, erratic movement, and changes in brightness. Correspondence from J. Allen Hynek, the Director, provides context on the committee's evaluation process, noting that the agreement among committee members was 'remarkably good' for the June 1963 cases. The document also includes a brief mention of a sighting in the Andes Mountains, Argentina, in June 1963, involving 'metallic noises' and moving red lights, which was categorized as 'Information Only'.

Otherwise, in the first part of June, 1963, the committee is in remarkably good agreement. The agreement is generally too good. I wish we could have fights instead.

Official Assessment

Satellite ECHO I, weather balloons, or insufficient data for firm analysis.

Most sightings were identified as the ECHO I satellite or weather balloons.

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