Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record: UFO Sighting, 17 August 1966
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AI-Generated Summary
A civilian reported a UFO sighting in Syosset, New York, on August 17, 1966. The Air Force identified the object as the Echo I satellite.
This document file contains a series of correspondence and a Project 10073 record regarding a UFO sighting reported by a civilian in Syosset, New York, on August 17, 1966. The witness observed an object of the first or second magnitude moving across the sky for approximately 30 minutes, starting a few minutes after sunset. The witness themselves suggested the object might have been a satellite. The Air Force investigation, conducted by the Foreign Technology Division, concluded that the object was the Echo I satellite. The documentation explains that Echo I was a 100-foot aluminum sphere used as a radio reflector. The Air Force provided the witness with information on how to contact the Space Tracking and Detection Center at Ent Air Force Base, Colorado, if they wished to verify specific satellite tracking data. The file includes the original inquiry from the witness, internal Air Force routing slips, and the formal response from the Department of the Air Force.
The description is consistent with that of an satellite observation. Echo I was in the area at the time of the sighting.
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Official Assessment
The object was identified as the Echo I satellite.
The observation was consistent with the Echo I satellite, which was in the area at the time of the sighting.
Witnesses
Key Persons
- George P. Freeman, Jr.Lt Col, USAF, Chief, Civil Branch, Community Relations Division, Office of Information
- Maj. Quintanilla, Jr.Originator