Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — 5 May 64 Sighting
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A CIRVIS report from May 5, 1964, documenting an aerial sighting in the Pacific. The object was subsequently identified by the Air Technical Intelligence Center as the Echo I satellite.
This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and an associated incoming military message regarding an aerial observation reported on May 5, 1964. The sighting occurred at coordinates 43.10 N 174W in the Pacific region at 0850Z. The observer reported a single object in flight on a course of 060 degrees with an intensity comparable to a first-magnitude star. The altitude of the object was unknown. The report was filed under the CIRVIS (Communication Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings) system. Following an evaluation by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), the object was identified as a satellite. Although satellite schedules were not initially available to the reporting unit, the final conclusion on the record card confirms the object as the Echo I satellite. The message was distributed to various military commands and retransmitted to the CIA.
ECHO I CONFIRMED.
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Official Assessment
Possible satellite in flight on course of 060 degrees. Unknown altitude. Intensity of 1st mag star. Satellite schedules not available however, report consistant with this evaluation. ECHO I CONFIRMED.
The sighting was evaluated as a satellite, specifically identified as Echo I.