Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Tipton, Indiana, 17 May 1964
AI-Generated Summary
A May 1964 UFO sighting in Tipton, Indiana, was investigated by the USAF and officially attributed to the passage of the ECHO I satellite.
This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and associated teletype reports detailing a UFO sighting that occurred on May 17, 1964, in Tipton, Indiana. The primary witness, a civilian, reported observing a round white light that changed from pink to red. The object was described as hovering at a 60-degree elevation in the West before making a gradual flight to the North. The observation lasted for approximately 30 minutes. The report notes that the sighting was investigated by LT Carroll L. Morgenson of the USAF. The official conclusion reached by the investigators was that the sighting coincided with the passage of the ECHO I satellite. The document also includes supplementary teletype reports that provide additional witness accounts and data points, including observations from a State Policeman, James Bradley Pendleton, and lists of various sightings across different locations, all of which were correlated with the orbital path of the ECHO I satellite.
Sighting coincides with passage of ECHO.
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Official Assessment
Sighting coincides with passage of ECHO.
The object was identified as the ECHO I satellite.
Witnesses
- [illegible]civilian
- James Bradley PendletonState PolicemanIndiana State Police
Key Persons
- CARROLL L MORGENSONLT, USAF, 309 IN DCOI