Declassified UFO / UAP Document
PROJECT 10073 RECORD - 4 September 65
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A civilian sighting report from 1965 in Tampa, Florida, identified as the ECHO II satellite. The document also includes a brief, unrelated handwritten note regarding a missing case file from Waynesville, Ohio.
This document is a Project 10073 record detailing a civilian sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon on 4 September 1965 in Tampa, Florida. The witness described a brilliant white light in the eastern sky that appeared to be a star but was in motion. The observation lasted approximately ten minutes, with the object moving in a northeasterly direction at an elevation of 25 degrees. The official conclusion reached by the project was that the object was the ECHO II satellite. The report also notes that two additional sightings of similar objects occurred on 6 September, with flight paths described as South to North and Southeast to Northeast. A second page of the document contains handwritten notes referencing '3 SEP WAYNESVILLE, OHIO' and 'CASE MISSING'.
Brilliant light in sky to the East of observer. Locked like a star except that it was moving.
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Official Assessment
Satellite (ECHO II)
The observer reported a brilliant light in the sky to the East, which appeared to be a star but was moving. The sighting lasted ten minutes. The official conclusion identifies the object as the ECHO II satellite, noting it was observed at 25 degrees elevation moving Northeast at 7:25 PM. Additional sightings of similar objects were reported on 6 September.