Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Sighting near Midway (Pacific), 21 June 1963
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A military sighting report from 1963 describes an unidentified object south of Midway. The object was later identified as the ECHO satellite.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military staff messages regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported on June 21, 1963. The sighting occurred south of Midway in the Pacific Ocean at 1440Z. The witness, identified only as military, reported a single object with the shape and size of a first-magnitude star, observed at a 50-degree elevation and heading east. The report was processed through standard military channels, including CIRVIS (Communication Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings). Subsequent evaluation by military authorities determined that the object's description and trajectory were consistent with the ECHO satellite, which was in the area at the time. Consequently, the incident was officially classified as a satellite sighting. The documentation includes internal routing notes indicating that copies were distributed to the DIA, NIN, XOPX, and the CIA.
Since the description of the object conforms with that of ECHO and ECHO was in the area the case is evaluated as a Satellite sighting.
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Official Assessment
Since the description of the object conforms with that of ECHO and ECHO was in the area the case is evaluated as a Satellite sighting.
The object was identified as the ECHO satellite based on its position and trajectory.