Frankfort, New YorkJune 1963

Unidentified

Summary

On June 24 and 25, 1963, civilians reported a star-like object near Frankfort, New York. The witnesses were a husband and wife plus several other people. The case was recorded in Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object looked like a star and could not be described in detail. It was seen on two nights. The witnesses estimated its height at about 100 miles. It traveled in a straight line, roughly north-northeast on one night, then east turning north on the next, before disappearing over the horizon. It was in sight for about 4 minutes each time. There was no sound and no other features.

A radar relay and scatter section identified the object as the Echo 1 satellite, which was making visible passes over the area. The reported times matched the satellite's data. The Air Force evaluated the case as the Echo 1 satellite.

Reported location

Frankfort, New York

Date of incident

June 1963

State / country

NY / US

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 48

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

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fly PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD :
O Wos Balloon
2h-25 June 1963 Frankfort, New York O Probably Balleon |
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Be LessiRly Batlogn
1 O Was Aircraft
1 Local TRI 55703002 & Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft |
| GMT J 0 AirVisudl 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
; 5, PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
3 O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
8 Ne Civilian 0 Possibly Astromomicol
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE &#, orheratellite ECHO I |
% 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation i
9 X. in minutes one NNE Qa Unknown :
. 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
E Starlike object in flight to NNE believed Case evaluated as Satellite ECHO I by
1 elevation to be 100 miles. Disappeared over reporting officials.
1 the horizon. Observed on successive nights.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29001434