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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  19 March 66 20/0210Z | Blacksburg, Virginia (1 witness)  |
|  3. SOURCE Military | 10. CONCLUSION Satellite (ECHO II) ☑  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One | ECHO II at 2108 EST west of city 48 degrees above horizon moving NE.  |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10 Minutes | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object was steady white light like a second mag star. Moving from SW to NE in a straight line. No noise and no contrail was observed. Observer stated that it looked like previously observed artificial satellites.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Gro…

19 March

AFROTC DETACHMENT 875
AIR UNIVERSITY
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA

22 March 1966

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object (UFO)

TO: Foreign Technical Division (AFSC)
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

1. Reference page 17, TIG Brief No. 18, 27 August 1965.

2. AFR 200-2 is not available in this detachment. Following UFO report therefore is furnished direct to your office.

LOCATION: Blacksburg, Virginia (Near Roanoke)

TIME: 2110 EST, 19 March 1966

BY: Lt Col Theodore M. Fite, FR 16978, (rated Command Pilot)

DESCRIPTION: Single steady…

AFROTC Detachment 875
VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
BLACKSBURG, VIRGINIA 24060

UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
Official Business

FOREIGN TECHNICAL DIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO

EW (UFO)