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Project 10073 Record Card and Associated Staff Messages regarding SS Sunny Lady Sighting

📅 24 Sep 63 📍 Pacific Ocean 🏛 ATIC 📄 sighting_report
Project 10073SS Sunny LadySatellitePacific Ocean1963

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The SS Sunny Lady reported a high-speed bright light in the Pacific on September 24, 1963. The Air Force investigation concluded the object was a satellite.

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and two incoming Air Force staff messages regarding an aerial sighting reported by the SS Sunny Lady on September 24, 1963. The witness, identified as the Master of the vessel, reported observing a bright light moving at a very high speed from West to East at a great altitude. The object disappeared behind clouds after an observation period of approximately ten minutes. The location of the sighting was recorded as 35.05N 152.06W in the Pacific. The Air Force evaluated the report and concluded that the object was a satellite. The comments section of the record card notes that while the specific Echo satellite schedule was not available, the characteristics of the observation were consistent with a satellite. A follow-up message dated September 25, 1963, provides additional context, referencing a possible Echo satellite crossing at 248.50 equator heading NE at 35N 148E, and suggests the time of the report might have been slightly off. The report was distributed to various intelligence and military agencies, including the CIA, DIA, and NORAD.

ECHO schedule not available however all characteristics of a satellite observation are present. Case evaluated as a Satellite.

Official Assessment

Case evaluated as a Satellite.

The sighting was initially reported as a bright light moving at high speed. Subsequent analysis suggested it was a satellite, noting that an Echo satellite schedule was not available, but characteristics of a satellite observation were present. A follow-up message mentions a possible Echo satellite crossing at 248.50 equator heading NE at 35N 148E.

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