Declassified UFO / UAP Document
CIRVIS Report - 20 November 1964
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A 1964 CIRVIS report details a sighting of an object in the Pacific, which was officially identified as the ECHO I satellite.
This document is a CIRVIS (Communication Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings) report concerning an unidentified aerial phenomenon observed on November 20, 1964. The sighting occurred in the Pacific region at coordinates 33N 177W. The observer reported a single object, described as having the size and brightness of a first-magnitude star, moving from west to east. The observation lasted for approximately 10 minutes, beginning at 0550Z and ending at 0600Z. At the start of the observation, the object was at 000 degrees bearing and 35 degrees above the horizon; by the end, it had faded at 080 degrees bearing and 40 degrees elevation. The report was transmitted by the 326th Air Division at the Kunia Facility in Hawaii to various military commands, including PACAF, CINCNORAD, and CINCPAC, with copies delivered to the CIA, XOP, NIN, and DIA. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency (FTD) was that the object was the ECHO I satellite, which was confirmed to be in the vicinity of 55N 180W at the time of the report.
UFO size and brightness of 1st mag star. Possible satellite.
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Official Assessment
SATELLITE (ECHO I)
The object was identified as the ECHO I satellite, which was in position at 55N 180W at the time of the sighting.