Project 10073 Record Card: Sighting at Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania, 23 Sep 63

On September 23, 1963, an engineer and former pilot observed an unidentified object over Eagles Mere, Pennsylvania. The witness reported seeing a bright object traveling from east to west at high speed between 9:50 and 9:55 P.M. E.D.T. The object reportedly reappeared twice more, with an orbital period estimated between 25 and 30 minutes. The witness, who had nine years of experience in Martin's engineering department, observed the object through a 10-power telescope and insisted it was not an aircraft. The sighting was reported to the United States Air Force. The Foreign Technology Division (FTD) investigated the report and concluded that the object was not an aircraft. In a letter dated October 10, 1963, Major Maston M. Jacks of the FTD informed the witness that the object was likely the satellite Echo, which was tracked near Scranton, Pennsylvania, at 7:44 P.M. on the same evening, moving southeast. The FTD noted that all known satellites at that latitude have an easterly inclination to their orbit.