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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 4 May 1965 05/0050Z  |
| --- | --- |
|  2. LOCATION | Piedmont, Alabama  |
|  3. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | One  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 10 Minutes  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | Ground-Visual (BX)  |
|  7. COURSE | Confused  |
|  8. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  10. CONCLUSION | Satellite (ECHO I) Echo I was over Alabama at 802 PM moving to the SE. Sighting descriptive of a Satellite observation.  |
|  11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS | Starlike object observed on Western sky rising overhead. Observed thro…

Mrs Hunt/SAFOICC/72842/11 Jun 65

11 Jun 65

Dear Miss

This is in reply to your recent letter requesting identification of an object which you observed on the night of 4 May 1965.

The object which you observed had the characteristics of a satellite. BCNO I was visible over Alabama at 8:02 PM travelling southeast at a high elevation angle on this date. Your letter stated that the object you observed settled in the west. If your directions are correct and you feel that the object you observed was not BCNO I, please complete the attached FTD Form 164 and return it to this office so that we can …

HEADQUARTERS
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO

28 MAY 1965

REPLY TO
ATTN OF: TDEW

SUBJECT: UFO Sighting, Piedmont, Alabama, 4 May 65

TO: Hq USAF SAFOI-CC (Mrs Hunt)
Washington, D C 20330

We have received a letter from [redacted], Rt 3, [redacted] Piedmont, Alabama, requesting identification of an object which she observed on the night of 4 May 65. The letter stated that the object rose from the north-western sky to a point directly overhead and proceeded to settle in the west. This object resembled a satelli…

BIRMINGHAM
PEGASUS I
809 SW to SE

ECHO I
MOBILE, ALA.
H MAY N 87° 802 PM

ECHO II
NOT IN AREA THIS DATE

Piedmont, Ala.
May 13, 1965

Office of Information
Secretary of the Air Force
The Pentagon
Washington, D.C. 20330

Dear Gentlemen:

Recently my class has been studying astronomy on the night of May 4, we had a eight class. While we were watching the stars, an object suddenly rose from the northern sky, and moving very rapidly, rose almost directly overhead, and proceeded to settle into the west, and disappeared right before it settled on the horizon. This was between 4:50 and 8:00 P.M. The object was observed through a telescope and field glasses, and seemed to be a round, shiny object. We wou…

Piedmont, Alabama

Office of Information
Secretary of the Air Force
The Pentagon
Washington, D.C. 20330

CPO

MILWAUKEE, W. A. MAR 14 1985
1985 ALA

very much appreciate any information you could give on what the object was, if it was a satellite etc.

I would also appreciate any other information you could give me on new Air Force development: new planes, equipment etc. Thank you very much.

Sincerely yours,

P.S. My inquiry about the UFO was directed to you by Mr. Bart F. Slattery Jr., Chief of Public Affairs at the Marshall Space Flight Center at Huntsville.