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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  2 Oct 1963 | Concord, North 2nd Carolina | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT | 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 ☑ Other Satellite (ECHO)  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Not Reported | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One | 9. COURSE —  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF
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21 Douglas, Ave
Concord N.C.

Safco
U.S. Air Force
Washington, D.C.

CONGRESS
OCT 8
2000
1983
N.C.
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Dear Sir: Could you send me all the information you could on flyer or saucers. Sir [redacted] and I have been scaming moving things that look like moving cars. On the Date Oct 2, 1963 Larry Goodman and A were watching the night sky when suddenly a bright star came out of no where, showing lot faster than a airplane and it had no sound. We watch it carefully when the object stars going straight up and it disappeared.

Thank You
Please rush it back to me as fast as you can

[redacted]
Lt Douglas Ove
Concord, N.C.
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10/2 LITTLE, BURTON
17715, 30049-1

October 10, 1963

Dear [redacted]:

This is in response to your recent letter in which you report that you and [redacted] saw a bright, moving star in the sky on the night of October 2nd.

What you and [redacted] saw was undoubtedly Echo satellite which passed over Concord and Charlotte at approximately 8:04 p.m. on the night of October 2nd. It was south of the city of Charlotte, about 76 degrees above the horizon moving southeast.

For your information, we are sending you both some brochures on the subject of unidentified aerial phenomena which we think may
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