PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6311953

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1949

REPORTED LOCATIONHickam AFB Hawaii

FRAMES4

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Military .. Astro (METEORS)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Two
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
5 Minut es Object circular tapering no tail, tail two or three times as
6.1 TYPE OF OBSERVATION long as diameter. Size by visual appeagance about the sice
of softball tapering to tail. Top from ligh range top back
Ground-Visual 1". white bottom fron and back orange. Maneuverability good to be
7. COURSE sighted in two different positions at different altitude within
the five minute time interval. No sound or exhaust trail.
Northerly Object traveling in horizontal path when first sighted.
. PHOTOS 1
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PHYSICAL EVIDENCE :
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DATE REC'D DATE REC'D WPAFB ITE TE DAIE
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CS USAF AND ATTN MCIAXO-3 WPAFB. L UNIDENTIFIFD OEJFCTS
SIGHTED AT APPROXIMATELY 21 DEGREFS 5 MINUTES NORTH LATITUDF 157
DEGREFS 30 MINUTES WEST LONGITUDE. VIFWED FROM GROUND, HICKAM AIF
FORCE BASE AT 150855Z AGAIN AT 150900Z MAY 1949. W WEATHER L.
SCATTERED CLOUDS WITH THREE TENTHS ALTOSTRATES 9,002 FFFT, ONF TFNTH
. CUMULUS BASE 3,000 FFFT, SURFACF VISIBILITY 15 MILFS. OBJFCT
OBSERVED BY MAJOR A  M USAF RATFD PILOT AND MRS (
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