Project 10073 Record — Sighting Report, Cleveland, Ohio, 16 August 1965

This document is a Project 10073 record detailing a civilian sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon in Cleveland, Ohio, on August 16, 1965. The witness reported observing a single object for approximately three minutes. The object was described as a white, glowing, bean-shaped entity with no tail or sound, possessing a brightness comparable to a bright star but appearing larger. The witness noted that the object moved in a straight direction with regular up-and-down motions, initially observed at a 15-degree elevation in the southeast. The official conclusion reached by the investigating agency, the Foreign Technology Division (FTD), was that the sighting was characteristic of a satellite observation. Specifically, the report suggests the object was the ECHO II satellite, which was over the area at the time. The investigators noted a discrepancy in the witness's report regarding the direction of flight, as the satellite was heading northeast rather than southeast, and suggested this was likely an error in the reporting of the direction.