Declassified UFO / UAP Document
U.S. Air Force Technical Information Questionnaire — Stoneham, Massachusetts, 23 July 1963
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AI-Generated Summary
A 1963 sighting of a bright light in Stoneham, Massachusetts, was officially identified by the U.S. Air Force as a satellite observation. The report was filed by a high school student and processed in 1965.
This document is a U.S. Air Force technical information questionnaire regarding an unidentified aerial phenomenon reported by a high school student in Stoneham, Massachusetts. The sighting occurred on 23 July 1963 at approximately 0230Z. The witness described observing a single, bright white light moving from the northeast to the southeast. The object was reported to be very high in the sky, silent, and exhibited a 'stop and go' motion. The witness, a 10th-grade student, reported the sighting on 28 September 1964 to Barry J. Beverage in Melrose, Massachusetts. The questionnaire was completed by the witness on 12 February 1965 and subsequently forwarded to the Department of the Air Force in Washington, D.C. The official Air Force conclusion, noted on the form, identifies the object as a satellite, citing that the sighting possessed all the characteristics of a satellite observation and noting that ECHO satellite schedules were not retained for more than one year.
A falling star, except a falling star doesn't stop and go and stop and go over and over again.
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Official Assessment
SATELLITE. Report received in 1965. Sighting has all characteristics of a Satellite observation. ECHO schedules not retained over one year.
The sighting was determined to be a satellite observation based on the characteristics described by the witness.
Witnesses
- [illegible]High school student (10th grade)
Key Persons
- Barry J. BeverageReport recipient