Declassified UFO / UAP Document
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — 25 June 1963, Mount Vernon, New York
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AI-Generated Summary
A civilian report of a star-like object in New York was investigated by the Air Force. The object was identified as likely being an aircraft rather than the ECHO satellite.
On 25 June 1963, a civilian witness in Mount Vernon, New York, reported observing a rapidly moving, star-like object traveling from the southwest to the northeast across the Big Dipper. The witness observed the object for approximately five minutes, between 9:45 PM and 10:00 PM. The witness initially suspected the object was the ECHO satellite. Following a formal inquiry, the Foreign Technology Division of the Air Force Systems Command investigated the report. Their analysis concluded that the object could not have been the ECHO satellite, as ECHO was located in the Southern Hemisphere at the time of the sighting. The Air Force determined that the object's duration and description were consistent with a high-flying aircraft. Consequently, the official conclusion provided to the witness was that the object was not ECHO, but could have been an aircraft.
The object observed, then, was not Echo but could have been an aircraft.
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Official Assessment
The object observed, then, was not Echo but could have been an aircraft.
The Air Force determined that the object was not the ECHO satellite, as ECHO was in the Southern Hemisphere at the time of the sighting. The object was likely an aircraft.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- Mrs. WellsHq USAF SAF-OI 3b
- ERIC T. de JONCKHEEREColonel, USAF, Deputy for Technology and Subsystems