Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Sighting of Echo II, Baltimore, Maryland, July 26, 1964
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A civilian reported an unidentified object in the sky over Baltimore on July 26, 1964. The USAF identified the object as the Echo II satellite.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record and associated correspondence regarding a civilian sighting of an unidentified object in the sky over Baltimore, Maryland, on the evening of July 26, 1964. A civilian witness wrote to the National Space Agency (NASA) inquiring about an object they observed moving from the south to the northeast at approximately 9:30 p.m. The inquiry was subsequently handled by the United States Air Force. Major Maston M. Jacks of the USAF Public Information Division responded to the witness on August 12, 1964, confirming that the object observed was the Echo II satellite, which traversed the sky over Baltimore at 9:29 p.m. at an elevation of 47 degrees above the horizon. The official Project 10073 record categorizes the observation as a satellite sighting.
You observed the passage of ECHO II which traversed the sky over Baltimore at 9:29 p.m. on that date, east of the city, 47 degrees above the horizon, moving northeast.
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Official Assessment
ECHO II moving across Baltimore at 2116 East of city at 47 degrees elevation moving NE.
The object observed by the witness was identified as the Echo II satellite.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- Maston M. JacksMajor, USAF, Public Information Division, Office of Information