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302554686

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

1. DATE - TIME GROUP 17 Aug 66 18/0154Z

2. LOCATION Syosset, New York [REDACTED] witness

3. SOURCE Civilian

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 30 minutes

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Visual

7. COURSE ENE

8. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☐ No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ☐ Yes ☐ No

10. CONCLUSION Satellite(Echo I) At the time of the sighting Echo I was passing over central New York on a N-S heading.

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observer watched an object of the first or second magnitude passing from NW to ENE over Syosset, New York. It was a few minutes after sunset and the object traveled across the sky in about 30 minutes. The witness even said that it could have been a satellite.

The description is consistent with that of an satellite observation. Echo I was in the area at the time of the sighting.

FORM FTD SCP 63 D-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

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