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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  23, 24 May 64 | Budd Lake, New Jersey | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 23/2005 Local GMT 24/2257 Local | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION not reported | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE SE  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY O
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SAF-OIPB/H.Gaiser/75630/9June64

JUN 10 1964

JUN 11 1964

Dear [redacted]

The Office of the President has asked the Air Force to reply to your recent letter in which you reported seeing an unusual object in the sky over Budd Lake, New Jersey.

The object you saw on both May 23rd and May 24th was ECHO I. This satellite was over your vicinity on May 23rd at 10:05 p.m., north of you, 84° above the horizon moving southeast, and on May 24th at 10:57 p.m., south of you, 59° above the horizon moving southeast.

We are inclosing a brochure on the subject of Unidentified Flying Objects which we think
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1 ELIZABETH, N.J. EST

AT 10.56 PM MAY .18 NORTH OF CITY, 62 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON MOVING SE
AT 09.45 PM MAY .19 NORTH OF CITY, 59 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON MOVING NE
AT 11.47 PM MAY .19 NORTH OF CITY, 75 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON MOVING SE
AT 10.35 PM MAY .20 NORTH OF CITY, 63 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON MOVING SE
AT 09.24 PM MAY .21 NORTH OF CITY, 58 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON MOVING NE
AT 11.26 PM MAY .21 NORTH OF CITY, 79 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON MOVING SE
AT 10.15 PM MAY .22 NORTH OF CITY, 64 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON MOVING SE
AT 00.18 AM MAY .23 SOUTH OF CITY, 67 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON MOVING SE
AT 11.05 PM MAY .

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