PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7812324

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONEof Hawaiian Islands

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MILITARY AIR PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 7
E of Hawaiian Islands Was Balloon
1 May 60 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION D. Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visuel Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aireraft
GMT. 020903Z May 60 KAin Visual Air-Intercept Rader Possibly Aireraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE Was Astronomical
aY.s 000 Probably Astronomical
No Military PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS . COURSE cK Other. Green flare
ascending then Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Not given o Unknown
one descending
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Green flare arose through over cast up to Due to limited information, only conclu-
8000 feet l00 yards in front of a/c. Flare sion to be drawn is that it was a flare.
went out upon descent. de out apon aescelt. Origin of flare not determined. Aigia or llde aoc de
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SRP 52)

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CF AIRCRA
EVALUATED AS (REAT".
NOOTS
BT
02/10382 MAY RJHPKA U
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DEPARTMENT OP THE AIR FORCE
32862 (2 May .) STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
AF IN: B/NN@ASSIFIED MESSAGE 3
ACTION: CIN. INCOMING
INFO : OOP, OOP-CP, SAFS, ARMY, JCS, OS SD, NSA, CIA, CMC
SMD C 027
ZCZCHQC55 4Z CBJA 047
RJEZ HO
DE RBHPH 035
Y 021049Z
FM COMHAWSEAFRON OCC KUNIA HAWAII
TO RJ!PKW/COMHAWAIRDEFDIV WHEELER AFB
INFO RBHPQ/COMHAWSEAFRON
RBHPB/CINCPACFLT
RJWFALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLO RJWFALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLO
RJEZHO/COFSUSAF WASH DC.
RBEPW/CNO RBEPW/CNO
RBEPW/SECNAV
RUHPB/CINCUSARPAC RUHPB/CINCUSARPAC ENTERAY EMEMTY
RBHPA/CINCPAC
RBHPJ/CCGD FOURTEEN
NAVY GRNC
BT
CIRVIS X FOL RECD BY TELCON FROM ARTC HONO X QUOTE X
MARINE 508550 REHPORTS SIGHTING GREEN FLARE AT 02093OZ POSIT 24-32UN
143-0OW X AR0SE THROUGH OVEPCAST UP T0 8000 FEET 100 YARDS
AHEAD X WENT OUT ON DESCENT X WITNESSED BY TWO PERSONS X
AIRCRAFT
CUS 245 INQUOTE
BT
CFN 50855 020930Z 24-32N 143-00W 8000 100 8 8000 245 R5D
02/1105Z NOTE : Advance copy delivered to OoP-CP and CIN