PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7006816

DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1951

REPORTED LOCATION21deg32N&157deg06W Pacific

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1. DATE

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
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( 2. LOCATION
x 23 Fob SL ti“‘(‘C*C‘*d AAC: 332 N & 157dog O6"W( Pacific)
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

Local adie F} Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Rodear

GMT 24/02 a ™ =e 0) Air- Vi suai D Air-intercept Roaoar
S. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE —

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7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE

Not given 1 ESE

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1 ooo 900 oo

12. CONC LU SIONS

}o Woes Bailoon

Probobly Balloon
Possi by Batioon

Was Aircrofi
Probably Aircraft
Passibly Aircraft

Was Astronomical
Probobly Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical

Orher-

CX Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
O Unknown

™ nate SUMMA Y OF SIGHTING

was dark and cylindrical with’ short
re. edad sh tail,"in a posithon approx 1 deg to

1). COMMENTS

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Insufficient data for evaluation in that
duration not reported,

Probably a meteor,

2 deg above and to the north of Vega. Travelin;
at a vory slow speed compared to the speed

of a meteor or falling star. It appeared to
be a rocket in controlled flight. Disappeared
about 4 deg elevation.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

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le S2iPSIS: Second Mate aboard $. Se UAL LI LOGE reported
nishting waldsabiried airborne oviess d ssoribed ay dark and aylindzical
with ehort and reddish tail, sisilas to rooxet da controlled flicht;
Ov served a& OF44 4, Bs “obruary i 751; from veaswl at poaition 2292294
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2. YY DAILS: District Intalligeice Offtear, LAbh Naval Distrist,
unter date of 23 vebruary 1951, forvarded to this office one (1) copy
of commualication to “Leet Intbelliscsanece goiter: Ciaurasilt, Suogasss
"aldeotified celestial object; reported cighting of," herein reported
in mivabaace:

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hovanant Neport Senter, Uawailana Sea Troagler, advised :
3040 VW oan 24 Zovrusry 1951 that we. 2k Sata ae
BS. Se NAVALIAN LoSOgs, had xveoorged sighttag unidentified aire
toras object appearing to bo a rocset in goxtrollad Cliant.
U3 Yossel was enrouta to Monolulu from the Poeltis Jortavast
on conrsea 226? I at poaition 21932° ond 157906" at 0244 %.
PROYLADD was on watch, standing ia ¢ asbonrd wing oa top bridge,
voan ha firet nobod the airsornes odjaat.

Interviewed by 14th N.D. CWT rovrsseantative at Yior 2,
Honolulu, on 24 abroare L951, Lc. NOMA scribed the object
as dark ond cylindrical with a short reddish tall, “in a position

soproximetely 1° to 29 above and to the north of Vora. 1% wus

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Mad od Dd fot DECLASSIFIED AFTER 42 YEARS.

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trevelling a& a very slow apeed as carpsrad to the apead of a i
meteor or Pulling vtare It Orossed She eastern aky oa a CoOwa~

ward track aad 4ivappeared at an altitude of about 4° behind a

Gloud bank in the Sf. “he objecsS appeared to be above the cloud

layor, travelling in an BSN ads setion. ‘hs woathier was clear

end the NS quadrant of sky vas devoid of cloude. Puvrisg the

porilod of observation, the observer moved Trou the ntarboerd |
vridge wing to the pors WANS» | uncoveamd the Cyro lansaGer, and
xagn about to take a bourtng vwhea he odjes5 disappeared.”

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Tha roport noted thay has sailed wita tis “ateon
Navisatioa Conpaay a5 a licansed officer since 19/41, and , eat |
thao majority of his life at cea; adding that azeuecy’s opision
ohas QA nay bo concidersed a conmpeteaS observer,

beter esead Yennrs of 14<a beue * ‘ta

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62 12 YMarekh 1951.

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Chief, Intellicence Division, WTS, ‘andrew? fc,
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IntolLlizeace Officer, FACD HATS, Uloksm .73, APO 993-

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