Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Budd Lake, New Jersey, 27 June 1963
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A civilian reported an unidentified object in Budd Lake, New Jersey, on June 27, 1963. The Air Force investigated the report and identified the object as the Satellite ECHO I.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated correspondence regarding a civilian sighting of an unidentified object in Budd Lake, New Jersey, on June 27, 1963. A civilian witness wrote to the Office of the President requesting identification of the object. The inquiry was forwarded to the Air Force Office of Information. Following an evaluation, the Air Force determined that the object observed was the Satellite ECHO I, which was moving in an easterly direction. A formal response was sent to the witness on July 12, 1963, signed by Colonel C. R. Carlson of the Public Information Division, confirming the identification.
The Air Force has determined that you sighted the satellite Echo, moving in an easternly direction on the date and time you reported in your letter.
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Official Assessment
The Air Force has determined that you sighted the satellite Echo, moving in an easternly direction on the date and time you reported in your letter.
The object reported by the civilian witness was identified as the Satellite ECHO I.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian
Key Persons
- K. WellsStaff member, Office of Information
- C. R. CarlsonColonel, USAF, Deputy Chief, Public Information Division
- Kenneth L. SandvigLt Colonel, USAF, Executive, Office of Information