PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8612730

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1960

REPORTED LOCATION23S173E Between Nandiand Australia

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
MILITARY
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
29 Dec 60 23S 173E 23S 173E (Between Nandi and (Between Nandi and 0 o Was Balloon Was Balloon
29 Dec 60 Australial 0 0 Probably Balloon Probably Balloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon PossiblyBalloon
3.
Local_ Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
00 ¤ Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 29/1000Z GMT 29/1000z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
DY.s Y.s Civil Airlines 000 00 Probably Astronomical
No Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION OF OBSERVATION 8. 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 00 Other Other
od0 Insufficient Dats for Insufficient Dats for Evaluation
not given one SSE Unknown
TO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object at 35 altitude moving from the NNW Report evaluated in Dec 6l. No check made
to SSE with brightness Venus. Did not vary as to possibility of satellite in area at
in intensity. Disappeared behind cloud deck at specified was re-
15° altitude. Believed at time of sighting to ported as satellite. Reantry of DiscovererⅢ
be satellite. Duration of sighting not stated. this date. Also possible metecr. Without
Observed from air. the duration and additional information,
P no evaluation possible. Case e listed as
insufficient datafor this reason.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
31092 (29 DEC , UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE Page l of 2 Pages
AF IN : 3
INFO : CIN-14, ARMY-30, NAVY-90, CMC-6, JCS-28, OSD-1 5,NSA-7,
CIA-ll, OOP.2, SAFS-3 (208)
SMD B 126
PKA036KAA011
RR RJWFALB RJEZHQ
DE RJHPKA 4
ZNR
R 291230Z ZEX
FM HAW AIR DEF DIV WHEELER AFB OAHU HAWAII FM HAW AIR DEF DIV WHEELER AFB OAHU HAWAII
TO RJHPKM/CINCPACAF HICKAM AFB HAWAII
RBHPQ/COMHAWSEAFRON PEARL HARBOR HAWAII RBHPQ/COMHAWSEAFRON PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
INFO RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASHINGTON DC
RJWFALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLORADO
RBHPA/CINCPAC CAMP H M SMITH HAWAII
RUHPFS/CINCUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HAWAII
RBHPB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
RJAPAZ/COMUSJAPAN FUCHU AS JAPAN
RUAMCR/COMUSKOREA A SEBUL KOREA
AF GRNC
BT
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE /
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE
31092 (29 DEC boV of 2 Pages
AF IN :
OBSERVED AT APPROXIMATELY 35 DEGREES ALTITUDE TRAVELING NNE
TO WSW, SPEED UNDETERMINED, OF MAGNITUDE COMPARABLE TO VENUS.
OBJECT DISAPPEARED AT APPROXIMATELY 15 DEGREES ALTITUDE. INTENSITY OBJECT DISAPPEARED AT APPROXIMATELY EGREES ALTITODE• IHt
DID NOT APPEAR TO VARY AS WOULD A METEORITE BURNING UP AS IT CLOUD CLOUD
TRAVERSED EARTH ATMOSPHERE. IT DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW AS BEYOND A A
DECK. REQUEST DISTRIBUTE TO INTERSTED DECK. REQUEST DISTRIBUTE TO INTERSTED D AUTHORITIES. 29/1142Z AUTHORITIES. 29/1142Z
EVALUAZION BELIEVED TO BE US SATALITE. EVALUAZION BELIEVEI BE US SATALITE.
BT
29/1258Z DEC RJHPKA
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