The Vintage News reports that UK radio amateur Phil Williams G3YPQ picked up a signal from the satellite LES1 which had been abandoned in 1967 The Lincoln Experimental Satellite 1 was built by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and launched in 1965. Read more
In February and March 2013, Amateur Radio sources announced that an amateur radio satellite enthusiast, Phil Williams G3YPQ, from North Cornwall, UK, had detected signals from LES1 and determined the source after searching for identifying information on the internet. Read more