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SPRINGFIELD, MASS., July 1968

Date of account
1968-07
Location
SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJEC7 10073 RECORD AYE-TIAE CROUP 2.LOCATION 20Ju1.63 2302 EDT 21/0302Z SPRINGFIELD,MASS. 3. SOURCE 10.CONCLUSION SRTELAITE CIVILIAN OSER(ECHO II) 4.NUMBER OF OSJECTS ONE 5.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11.BRIEF SUWWARY AND ANALYSIS FOUR MINUTES See case files. 6.TYPEOFOBSERVATION COMMENrS:Reference the observers unidentified flying object GROUND-VISUAL observation of 20 July l968.Satellite records indicate that on 20 Ju1 68 at approximately 10:57 pm,ECHO II should 7.COURSE have been visible north of the observers position.The satellite traveled roughly due south and passed sligntly 8.PHOTOS east of the observers position.At about 1l:06 pm it passed into the earth's shadow southeast of the observers Yas position and would not have been visible any longer. XN ECHO II has a stellar magnitude of-l and as such is 9.PHYSICALEVIDENCE brighter than almost all of the stars and most of the planets. CYa

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