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Project 10073 Record — Sighting Report, Wakarusa, Indiana, September 7, 1967

📅 7 Sep 67 📍 Wakarusa, Indiana 🏛 Department of the Air Force 📄 sighting_report
UFOWakarusaIndianaPageos AsatelliteProject 10073

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TL;DR

A civilian report of a UFO in Wakarusa, Indiana, was investigated by the Air Force and identified as the Pageos A satellite. The document includes the original report form and the official response from the Air Force.

This document contains a record of a UFO sighting reported by a civilian in Wakarusa, Indiana, on September 7, 1967. The observer reported seeing an object moving north for approximately 20 minutes between 9:30 PM and 10:00 PM. The witness noted that the object was dimmer than the Echo 1 and 2 satellites and moved slower, leading them to question its identity. The Air Force investigated the report under Project 10073. In a follow-up letter dated October 6, 1967, Colonel James C. Manatt of the Air Force informed the observer that the object was identified as the Pageos A satellite, launched by the United States in 1966. The Air Force provided specific orbital data to support this conclusion, noting that at 9:23 EDT on the night of the sighting, the satellite would have been at 89 degrees longitude and 40 degrees latitude, which corresponds to the observer's location. The report concludes that the sighting was a misidentification of a known satellite.

Observer stated it was a satellite but didn't know what kind. He stated it was slower than ECHO 1 and 2 and resembled a star.

Official Assessment

SATELLITE (Pageos A)

The object observed was identified as the Pageos A satellite, which was launched by the United States in 1966. Calculations indicated that at 9:23 EDT on September 7, 1967, the satellite was at 89 degrees longitude and 40 degrees latitude, placing it nearly overhead the observer's location.

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