Project 10073 Record Card: Sighting in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 27, 1964

This document collection details a UFO sighting report filed by three boys in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 27, 1964. The witnesses reported observing a light, described as the size of a bright star, moving across the sky in irregular patterns between 12:35 A.M. and 3:50 A.M. The witnesses contacted local police and were initially told the object was likely a government rocket. Following their inquiry to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the Foreign Technology Division of the Air Force Systems Command investigated the report under Project Blue Book. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the sightings were not anomalous but were instead the result of the passage of the ECHO II satellite. The Air Force determined that the reported movements and directions were consistent with the satellite's trajectory, and that the witnesses' perception of irregular flight paths was likely an optical illusion. The correspondence includes a formal response from Major Maston M. Jacks to the witnesses, providing them with information on Project Blue Book, and an internal memorandum from Colonel Eric T. de Jonckheere to Hq USAF SAFOI PB confirming the identification of the object as ECHO II.