PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8615279

DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1961

REPORTED LOCATIONTarawa Island Pacific

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
8 Jan 61 Tarawa 0 Was Balloon
Island (Pacific) 000 Probably Bolloon ProbablyBalloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon Possibly Balloon
Local 1841 Local 1841 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
000 100 Prabably Aircraft
GMT_ GMT. 0906412 0906412 Jan 61 AirVisuol Air-Intercep! Radar Possibly Aireraft PossiblyAircraft
5. PHOTO3 5. PHOTOS o. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical METEaR METER
Ys Ys Q0 D Probably Astronomicol Probably Astronomicol
No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE COURSE 00 Other.
000 Insulficient Dota for Evaluation Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
5 sec 1 SW Unknown
0. BRieF sUMMARY oF siGHTING Very bright green firey I. comMENrsThere were no satellites re-
object with red tail. Very high speed below entering at this time. Description and
jcumulus clouds. Burned out. Appros altitude duration is characteristic of a meteor.
30°. There have been many reports of individtals
sighting objects very similar to this ore,
and they invariably turn out to be metecrs
connected with one of the many meteor
showers that occur this time of year.
Although the info reported is limited, i
appears that the witnesses observed a
meteor of the fireball class.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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16 JN61 99 UNGLAES 0
HQAE93 ATIC
RR RJEDSO 2015 20 15
DE RJEZHQ 385 DE RJEZHQ 385 2
R 130445Z, R 1304452.
FM HEDUSAF WASH DC FM HEDUSAF WASH DC
TO RJEDSQ/ PAFB OHIO OHIO
ET . .
1E PAREN USAF PASSES PER REQUEST OF AFCIN
TO ATIC FOR INFO X QUOTE FM USA IRA CANBERRA
AUSTRALIA TO PACAF HICKAM AFB HAWAII X CSAF WASH I DC X
CHARLIE DASH FOUR
X PACAF FOR PFICO RPT PFICO X USAF FOR AFCIN DASH ONE X REF YOUR
PFICO DASH ONE EIGHT EIGHT SIX AND ARMY WELLINGTON CHARLIE X RAY
DASH TWO AND NY CHARLIE DASH TWO BOTH INFO USAF AND PACAF X ADDITIONAL
INFO FROM ARMA WELLINGTON QUOTE FOLLOWING INFO RELAYED BY
REGARDING SIGHTII REGARDING 8
F 6 SIGHTING BY NATIVES ON TARAWA EIGHT BY NATIVES ON TARAWA EIGHT JANUARY X EVALUATION FANUARY X EVALUATION
FOXTROT FOXTROT T SIX BUT MAY HAVE SOME CONNECTION SUDJECT MY CHARLIF T SIX BUT MAY HAVE S SOME CONNECTION SUDJECT MY CHARLIE XRAY

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PAGE TWO RJEZHQ 386
FIREY DBYECT WITH RED TAIL CROSSED OVER ISLAND EAST TO WEST AT
HIGH SPEED BELOW CUNULUS CLOUDS BURNING OUT TO SOUTHWEST X APFROX
5 SECONDS IN DAYLIGHT
ALTITUDE THREE XERO DEGREES X VISIELE FIVE
AND UNLIKE A METEORITE AND UNLIKE A METEORITE UNGUOTE UNGUOTE
BT 3T
14/1982Z 14/1988Z JAN RJEZHQ
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Classification Cancelled
(or chenged toeacc) COMNGRADY
AuthPiiiclI DP
By Chusiaailal
AFR 2057a247a
350n68
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