Declassified UFO / UAP Document
UAP Sighting Reports: USS PONTCHARTRAIN, November 1964
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The USS PONTCHARTRAIN reported two sightings of bright starlike objects in the Pacific in November 1964. Both incidents were officially identified as observations of the ECHO I and ECHO II satellites.
This document consists of two separate sighting reports filed by the USS PONTCHARTRAIN in November 1964, along with their associated incoming message logs from the Department of the Air Force. The first incident occurred on 23 November 1964 at 0420Z, where a bright starlike object was observed at 30N 140W in the Pacific. The object was moving on a course of 120 degrees at an unknown speed. The report concludes that the object was the ECHO I satellite. The second incident occurred on 28 November 1964 at 1436Z, at the same location (30N 140W). The report describes a star-like object and notes that ECHO I was not in the area, but suggests a possible observation of the ECHO II satellite. The documentation includes technical data tables and notes that these reports were transmitted to the CIA and other intelligence agencies for review.
Bright starlike object (light) observed overhead moving on a course of 120 degrees. Speed unknown. Believed to be a satellite.
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Official Assessment
Believed to be a satellite (ECHO I and ECHO II).
The sightings reported by the USS PONTCHARTRAIN were evaluated as observations of the ECHO I and ECHO II satellites.