Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card and Staff Message — 16 Dec 1963
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A 1963 military report documents a sighting of a white light in the Pacific, which was officially concluded to be a probable satellite. The report was circulated among various US military and intelligence commands.
This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and an associated Department of the Air Force Staff Message (AF IN: 3404) regarding a sighting that occurred on December 16, 1963. The incident involved the observation of a white light, described as having the brightness of a second-magnitude star, moving from west to east at coordinates 33.30N 175.40W in the Pacific. The observation was classified as a military source report and was submitted as a CIRVIS report. The official conclusion reached by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) was that the sighting was a 'Probable Satelite Sighting,' noting that echo data was not available to confirm the identification. The staff message indicates that the report was distributed to various military commands and intelligence agencies, including the CIA, and was readdressed as report number 343.
White light with brightness of 2nd mag star in flight from West to East.
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Official Assessment
Probable Satelite Sighting.
The object was identified as a probable satellite. Echo data was not available.