Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Sighting of 15 July 1963
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A sighting of a white object by the USS MARSHALL on 15 July 1963 was officially identified as the ECHO I satellite. The report includes detailed coordinates and witness information from the commanding officer.
On 15 July 1963, at 1206Z, a white object resembling a first-magnitude star was observed by personnel aboard the USS MARSHALL in the Far East at coordinates 22.02N 117.00E. The object was observed for a duration of six minutes, traveling at high speed and high altitude. The flight path was recorded as moving from 60 degrees elevation at 165 degrees azimuth to 20 degrees elevation at 140 degrees azimuth. The sighting was reported by CDR H.K. Hopper and LTJG C.P. Butler. The incident was documented on a Project 10073 Record Card and via a naval message. Following an evaluation of the object's trajectory and the known orbital path of the ECHO I satellite, the case was officially concluded as an observation of the ECHO I satellite.
Case evaluated as ECHO I.
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Official Assessment
Case evaluated as ECHO I.
The object observed was determined to be the ECHO I satellite based on orbital calculations and the reported time and position of the sighting.
Witnesses
- Hopper, H.K.CDR USNCommanding Officer
- Butler, C.P.LTJG U NROfficer of the Positive Reliability