PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8691037

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1961

REPORTED LOCATION2602N14810W PACIFIC

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
17 Jun 61 2602N UA81OW (PACIFIC) D Was Balioon
a Prabably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
4.
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probubly Aireraft
GMT_17/11522 Juh 61 Ai-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rodar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 5. SOURCE 0 Wa> Astronomical
Yos Military 00 Probably Astronomical
XI No Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 0. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other
000 Insufficiant Dota for Evaluation
10 seconds One NIE Unknown
10. BRIEFS SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bright object in sight for l0 seconds. Duration indicates meteor observation,
Spotted NW of a/c heading NNE. Object changed however the changes in brightness in
brightness in four r stages. stages. Flat trajectory; Flat trajectory; stages is inconsistant therefore the stages is inconsistant therefore the
CIRVIS report CIRVIS report evaluated no threat. threat. case is listed as insufficient data case is listed as insufficient data
due to the briefness of the report. due to the briefness of the report.
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ATIC FORM ATIC FORA 26 SEP 32) 26 SEP 32)

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SAPS-3 (98)
DE RJHPKA 13
ZNR
0 171230Z
FM HAW AIR DEF DIV KUNIA ANNEX HAWAII
TO RJHPYM/CINCPACAF HICKam 1 AFB HAAAII
RBHPQ/CCMHAWSEAFRON PEARL HarBOR HAWAII
INFO RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASHINGTON DC
RBEPW/CNO WASH DC
RBEPW/SECNAV WASH DC
RJWFALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLORADO
RBHPA/CINCPAC CamP SMITH HAWAII
SHAFTER HAWAII
HAWAII
RJAPAZ/CO AS JAPAN
RUAMCR/COM SEBUL KOREA
RUAGFL/COMUSSTDC AIPEI TAIWAN
RBHPHH/CCMHAWSEAFRON RBHPHH/COMHAWSEAFRON ccc CCC KUNIA
AF GRNC
BT
UNCLAS CIRVIS AT 17/1152Z AT POS 26:02 N 143:10W SIGHTED BRIGHT
OBJECTFOR 10 SCONDS NW OF FLT TRACK WAS GETTING BRIGHTER TO OBJECIFOR 10 SCONDS NW OF FLT TRACK WAS GETTING BRIGHTER TO
-DIMER IN FOUR STAGES TRAJECTORY WAS FLAT HEADING O00 DEGREES TO -DIMER IN FOUR STAGES TRAJECTORY WAS FLAT HEADING OO0 DEGREES TO
020 DEGREES UNCONFIRMED DUE TO SHORT 020 DEGREES UNCONFIRMED DUE TO SHORT CLIMPSE OF OBJECT. FRCM CLIMPSE OBJECT. FRCM M MATS
10110 EVALUATED 10110 E EVALUATED THREAT. THREAT.
BT
NOTE .. Advance copy delivered to CIN and OOP-CP