Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card and Related Sighting Reports
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This document contains a Project 10073 record card for a December 1963 sighting in Dayton, Ohio, identified as the ECHO I satellite, alongside various other international UAP reports from late 1963 and early 1964.
This document is a collection of records and reports related to Project 10073, primarily focusing on UAP sightings occurring in late 1963 and early 1964. The core of the document is a Project 10073 Record Card detailing a sighting on December 26, 1963, in Dayton, Ohio. A 16-year-old male witness reported observing an oval-shaped, fuzzy object with a blue cast for 15 minutes. The object moved from the northwest to the southeast and flashed twice. The official conclusion for this specific incident was that the object was the ECHO I satellite. The document also includes a list of ECHO satellite data for Dayton, Ohio, between December 26 and December 30, 1963, providing specific times, elevations, and directions of travel. Beyond the Dayton incident, the document contains several other reports. One report describes a strange encounter in Argentina between Presidencia La Plaza and Resistencia, where a three-man train crew observed a tall being in a red one-piece garment walking along the railway tracks. Another report details a pancake-shaped UFO sighted by Mrs. Wayne Elliott near Grand Rapids, Michigan, on December 2, 1963. A brief note mentions a mysterious explosion heard over Tacoma, Washington, on December 10, 1963, for which no cause could be determined. Additionally, there is a report regarding a photograph taken at Coningsby RAF station in the United Kingdom on December 12, 1963, which captured a 'shape' near a Vulcan bomber; experts suggested this was a lens reflection from a floodlight. Finally, the document includes a summary table of sightings from January 1964, categorizing various reports as meteors, satellites, aircraft, or insufficient data.
The three-man crew of a freight train had a strange experience between Presidencia La Plaza and Resistencia, Province of El Chaco, according to several press reports.
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Official Assessment
Other Satellite ECHO I
The object observed in Dayton on December 26, 1963, was identified as the ECHO I satellite.
Witnesses
- [illegible]civilian
Key Persons
- Mrs. Wayne ElliottWitness of Grand Rapids, Michigan sighting
- Justo MasinWitness of Resistencia, Argentina sighting
- Peter BoltonPhotographer of Vulcan bomber at Coningsby RAF station
- Marilyn H. BeumerSecretary, Aerial Phenomena Branch