Project 10073 Record and Correspondence regarding Echo I satellite sightings in Miami

This document contains a Project 10073 record and associated correspondence regarding a series of sightings reported by a resident of Miami, Florida. In a letter dated August 3, 1964, an unidentified witness wrote to NASA inquiring about a satellite they had observed passing over their house from south to north between the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. for five or six consecutive nights. The witness expressed surprise at seeing a satellite pass over the same spot multiple nights in a row. The inquiry was forwarded to the United States Air Force. On August 11, 1964, Major Maston M. Jacks of the USAF Public Information Division replied to the witness. Major Jacks confirmed that the object observed was the Echo I satellite. He provided a detailed list of the satellite's passage times over the Miami area between July 28 and August 2, 1964, noting that while the witness had observed specific passes, other passes occurred on those same dates at different times. The Project 10073 record summarizes the incident as a satellite observation, concluding that the reported sightings coincided with the known orbital path of Echo I.