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|  1. DATE, TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  27 June 65 28/0400Z | Grantsville, Maryland  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Civilian | Satellite (ECHO I)  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | ECHO I over area at 2203 Local moving NE to North at 70 deg elevation. Time EST. If witness reported DST then ECHO I would be Satellite observed.  |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  5 - 10 Minutes | Object with size and color and brilliance of a star in Easterly flight. Covered 90 deg of arc in 5-10 minutes. Straight flight.  |
|  6. TYPE OF OBSERVATIO…

Mrs Hunt/man/SAFOICC/72842/6 Aug 65

AUG - 9 1965

Dear Mr. [redacted]:

This is in reply to your letter reporting an aerial object which you observed on the night of 27 June 1965.

At 10:03 EST on this date, Echo I was visible in your area moving northeast at 70 degrees elevation. This was the object you sighted if your report was given in Daylight Saving Time; instead of Eastern Standard Time. If the time you reported was Eastern Standard Time, then another satellite of the same or of a higher magnitude was the probable cause of your sighting.

Sincerely,

JOHN P. SPAULDING
Lt Colonel, USAF
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REMARKS

Ref the attached ltrs frm TDEW, UFO Sightings on 27 Jun 65 at Grantsville and Landover Hills, Md, sub-paragraph a. As reads: . . . magnitude was the case . . . Please change this to: . . . magnitude was the probable cause.

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JUL 22 1965

TDEW

UFO Sighting, Grantsville, Maryland, 27 Jun 65

Hq USAF SAFOICC (Mrs Hunt)
Wash D C 20330

Reference the attached letter from [redacted] reporting an unidentified object which he observed on the night of 27 June 1965.

S. ECHO I, at 2203 EST, was North of the City, moving EE at 70 degrees elevation. His sighting is ECHO I if the time given was DST and not Eastern Standard Time. However, if the time given was EST then another satellite of the same or of higher magnitude was the cause of his sighting.

FOR THE COMMANDER

ERIC T de JONCKHEERE
Colonel, USAF
Deputy for Technology…

Baltimore 9, Maryland
(written at New Germany Recreation Area
Savage River State Park,
Grantsville, Md.)
July 2, 1965

To: U.S. Air Force
U.F.O. Section
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:

I wish to report the following sighting, which I recently experienced.

LOCATION OF VIEWER: On the Lower New Germany Rd., about 4 mi. south of U.S. Route 40 — this location would be approx. 7 or 10 mi. S.E. of Grantsville, Md.

DATE & TIME: Sunday night June 27, approx. 11 pm, or a few minutes earlier.

DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT: Object had the general size, color, & brilliance of a medium-size star — somewhat…

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Baltimore 9, Maryland

RATE OF TRAVEL: The object passed through approximately half (or 90°) of the overhead heavenly arc of 180°, in a period of 5 to 10 minutes. When I first noticed it, it was about 25° or 30° west of a point directly overhead; when I stopped observation it was about 55°, east of point directly overhead. I had no way of estimating height of object, but my impression was that object was at least several miles high, and perhaps very considerably higher.

WEATHER CONDITIONS: Brilliantly clear.

RE: OBSERVER: Sober. I stopped my car (convertible, with top down) on this …