Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — LaJunta, Colorado, 31 March 1966
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A civilian sighting of two objects in LaJunta, Colorado, on March 31, 1966, was investigated by the Air Force. The objects were officially identified as an aircraft and the ECHO II satellite.
This document is a Project 10073 record concerning a sighting reported by a civilian in LaJunta, Colorado, on March 31, 1966, at 01215Z. The witness observed two objects over the course of one minute. One object was described as traveling from south to north while weaving side to side, and the second object was traveling from the northwest to the southeast, also weaving side to side. Both objects eventually disappeared into the clouds. The report notes that there was military and civilian air traffic in the area at the time of the sighting, and that the ECHO II satellite was also traveling southeast. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force, specifically noted by Major Edward L. Stricker at Peterson Field, Colorado, is that the objects were an aircraft and the ECHO II satellite.
PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS: COMMENTS IN SUB PARA J INDICATE OBJECTS WERE A SATELLITE PLUS AN AIRCRAFT.
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Official Assessment
A/C, Satellite (ECHO II)
Preliminary analysis indicates the objects sighted were an aircraft and the ECHO II satellite.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- Edward L. StrickerAsst Base Operations Officer