PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9670232

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1948

REPORTED LOCATION19DEG00N 164DEG05EWake Island

FRAMES10

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. Incident 167
6 1'ny 1948
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KCUP Ar Pilot
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"all SaD High
Hutih..
AI00 10,000' (0ST)
. Split Second
1 PKP.OEMAYON Aerial
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ixploded like shell

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14. Tactics exploded lika a shall
15. Sourd N/S
16. Sizo 3/s
17. Color whito

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This, with partial a. uld easily ai the absonce
of a truil.
or airoraft
it appears improbable that only ono shell havo beon cbserved.
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of Conmerce. (U. S..Meather Burau ries.
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MCIAXO-3. " .
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FOR THE GENERAL:
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2 Inolss for H. M. MOCOY
Summaries 1-l72 ingl Colonel, URAF
"EEI" Chiaf, Intelligene Dapt .
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AFOIR, Eq. URAF .
Capt Trakowski, Caophysios Lad
Major Kodis, MCmEP
Golonel Neal, MCLaYS
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FRAME 006 / 010paddle-gpu-200dpi

2. this Office that-Capt Floyd
Burnes of the Pacific Divisio unidentified aerial
object(s).
3. It is requested your interview the individual concerned
end obtein a signed gr raobic statement as the object(s) observed. It
is fu-ther requested he indicate following selient fectors:
Location, date and sighting, weather conditions at the time,
nanes, occupations end addresses of Witnegses, (if any), photogrephs or
aketcoes, luminous or, other construction, mamber, shape, size, color,
mpeed, in what pert of the sky first obaerved, direction, menner of
amonn soundovinmiet tnoil

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UNCLASS INGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS:
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10

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Barnes instructed the Radio Operator to
reported by the Radio Operat and operative.
4. As the airoreft
hwers ths ball of white light was seen
on the water surfacs. Iowever. thia I lignt was obsoured within a few
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FRAME 009 / 010paddle-gpu-200dpi

mediately disratched a query to the District Intelligene Officer.
lhth Naval Diatriet, Old Naval Station, Monoluln Hawaii, whose reoly
is quoted as followet
training operations in the vicinity tactical
by Captain Barnes, Arc pilot. reported
dtd 10 May 4g Chief, Intalligence Asion
UNCLASSIFIED
DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVALS:
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS,
DOD DIR 5200.10

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A large white ball of fire was observed some four to five miles
directly ahesd of ond slightly above the aircraft. It was observed
for only a split second and wan comerable to the explosion of a shell
Theres were no streamers or "tails" observed such as usually related

to a meteor or a distreas signal. Aa the aireraft acrroached the
approximate position where the ball of fire wes observed a single white
light wes seen on the water curfece. However, this disennesred within
a few seconds after sighting beemse of tne existing cloud coverage.
More Lights were immediately observed on the weter surface some 10 miles
north of the plane's course, It is the ovinion of the witnese (dant
ae that these were from 2 surface vessel. Some 10 wimtes olavsed

ter these lights were observed on the water surface when an aircraft
wes sighted flying a recivrocel. course (240°) at abdovt 1000 £4 below

the observers's aircraft and slightly to the right of the course.

Cont Barnes made mimerous attemmts to contact °
anda ad Pha Wyre ba’ :

chis airersft on Voannel
acknowledJement of his transmission was never noe lag

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