Declassified UFO / UAP Document
PROJECT 10073 RECORD - Yellow Springs, Ohio - 1 September 1965
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AI-Generated Summary
A civilian sighting report from 1965 in Yellow Springs, Ohio, was investigated by the Foreign Technology Division. The object was officially identified as the ECHO II satellite.
This document is a Project 10073 record concerning a civilian sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon in Yellow Springs, Ohio, on September 1, 1965. The witness reported observing a single, round object that appeared brighter than Polaris and moved very fast. The observation lasted for approximately five minutes. The object was described as having a color similar to a star. The official conclusion reached by the investigating agency, the Foreign Technology Division (FTD), was that the object was the ECHO II satellite. The report notes that the satellite passed west of the city at 82 degrees above the horizon, moving in a northeasterly direction at 2105 hours. The witness indicated that they had seen similar objects before in 1958 in Baltimore, Maryland. The report includes a standard U.S. Air Force technical information questionnaire completed by the witness, which confirms the weather conditions were dry and that no physical evidence or photographs were obtained.
Object brighter than Polaris and moved very fast. Color was the same as a star and round. Object disappeared over the horizon.
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Official Assessment
Satellite (ECHO II)
The object was identified as the ECHO II satellite, which passed west of the city at 82 degrees above the horizon, moving northeast at 2105 hours.
Witnesses
- [illegible]Civilian