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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  17 May 64 | New York, New York | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 18/0100Z | 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 15 minutes | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE northerly  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bright whi…

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June 8, 1964

Major General E. B. LeBailly
Director
SAF-OI
Room 4D922
The Pentagon
Washington 25, D.C.

Dear Ben:

Two friends of mine spotted an unusual occurrence
while doing some astronomy the other evening.

I thought if the Air Force is still keeping an
active check on UFO's, you might pass it on to whoever
handles that sort of thing.

Please let me know of any comment you may receive.

Regards
[Signature]

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DATE: 17 MAY 1964.
TIME: 21:00
PLACE: N.Y. TIME
WITNESS: [Redacted]

Tonsil at 11.01, and appeared identical except for stationary period at zenith. In the northward motion, the object was observed to pass "between" d and y. [Handwritten: "U.S. Major." and "25 May 64." and "May 25, 1964"]

Bright, white star, no variation, rose in south and moved fairly rapidly towards zenith. First assumed to be Ecto. However, it remained stationary at zenith for several minutes. Then continued due N. & disappeared in horizon haze. Viewed for most of time in 3½" RUESTAR at 80 and 160 - appeared as pure…

Date: 17 May 1964

Time: 2100 New York time

Place: New York City (Penthouse roof)

Witnesses:

Bright, white star, no variation, rose in South and moved fairly rapidly towards Zenith. First assumed to be ECHO. However, it remained stationary at Zenith for several minutes. Then continued due North and disappeared in horizon haze. Viewed for most of time in 3½" QUESTAR at #80 and #160- appeared as pure star image. In sight about 15 minutes, Zenith passage about 09.00 H. Clear night.

ECHO 1 was observed in transit at 11.01, and appeared identical except for stationary period at Zenith.

In its …

SAF-01-100 (7 JAN 64)

|  OFFICE, SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE OFFICE OF INFORMATION  |   |
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|  SUSPENSE: | DATE: 10 Jun  |
|  TO: ☐ GEN. LEBAILLY ☐ COL. CASEY ☐ COL. BOYD ☐ COL. EVANS ☐ LT COL SANDVIG ☐ MAJ. DALTON ☐ | ☐ SAF-OIC (COMMUNITY REL) ☐ SAF-OII (INTERNAL INFO) ☑ SAF-OIP (PUBLIC INFO) ☐ SAF-OIX (PLANS & PROG) ☐ SAF-OIR (RESERVE FORCES) ☐ SAF-OIS (SCTY REVIEW) ☐  |
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AT 11.56 PM MAY .12 NORTH OF CITY, 61 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON MOVING SE
AT 10.44 PM MAY .13 NORTH OF CITY, 63 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON MOVING NE
AT 00.46 AM MAY .14 NORTH OF CITY, 66 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON MOVING SE
AT 11.35 PM MAY .14 NORTH OF CITY, 61 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON MOVING SE
AT 10.23 PM MAY .15 NORTH OF CITY, 62 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON MOVING NE
AT 00.25 AM MAY .16 NORTH OF CITY, 68 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON MOVING SE
AT 11.13 PM MAY .16 NORTH OF CITY, 61 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON MOVING SE
AT 10.01 PM MAY .17 NORTH OF CITY, 60 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON MOVING NE
AT 00.03 AM MAY .18 NORTH OF CITY, 71 DE…

June 11, 1964

Dear Mr. [redacted]:

General LeBailly has asked me to reply to your letter of June 8, 1964, in which you inclosed a report of an unusual aerial object which was observed by Messrs. [redacted] at approximately 9 p.m. on May 17th.

Echo I was responsible for this observation as well as the later sighting at approximately 11 p.m. The satellite made two passes over New York City on the evening of the 17th, one at 9:01 p.m. north of the city, 60° above the horizon moving northeast, and the second at 11:03 p.m., north of the city, 71° above the horizon moving southeast. It probably g…

June 12, 1964

Dear Mr. [redacted]

In my letter of June 11th to Mr. [redacted], the time computed for the passage of Echo I was completely in error, as he pointed out in his telephone conversation of this afternoon. I regret our
misevaluation of your report and we will try to rectify our previous calculations as soon as we possibly can.

In this connection, would you and Mr. Clarke mind filling out the attached Forms 164 which is our USAF Technical Information sheet. With these completed and in hand, our project office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will attempt to find a cause for this u…