PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8692599

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1961

REPORTED LOCATION26N150W PACIFIC

FRAMES2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
(PAUFIC) Was Balloon
20 June 1961 261 A50N 0 Probobly Balloon
0 Possibly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
0 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar o Was Aircralt
Local Probably Aircrolt
20/1047Z AirVisual Air-Intarcept Rador n Possibly Aircroft
GMT Was Asironomical
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0
DYes Probably Astronomical
Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
O No
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS ?. COURSE 0 Other
0 Insulficient Data for Eveluation
Unknow
10-15 dee 1 SE
10. SRIEP SUMMARY OF SICHTINGUNITd SRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTINGUnIT Te iined Clight 11. COMMENTs No daay 2OnJAns l9o). NoVWeT COMMENTS eav 2OnJune 19ol. Hovwer
84 rvatien of brightly burning objt leav- mation of brightly burning objt J Leav- objta deeayel shortly grtor to I July. objta deeagel shortly prior to I July.
ing truil of fragnents. Initial obrervation at Ing truil o Igments. Initial observation at 59 Dolta 2,59 2P51 L, 1961 Dolta 4 ani
300° 300 dfsuppeared 120. disuppeared 120.
however duration rather short, more likly however duration rather short, more likls
this vad obgarvatton of bolide dnd cage this vad obgervution of bolide dnd cage
ovalwated as sueh. Evaluated no thrent. ovalwited as sueh. Evaluited no thrent.
26 327 32)

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DERARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
( STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
UNCLASSIFIED MESSACE
INCOMING
SNB BPW
AF IN : 3 30030 (20 Jun 61) B/gf
CZCHD070ZC0JB812
INFO : CIN-14, ARMY-2, CMG-8, JCS-35,
00 RJEZHQ
DE RJHPKA 29 OSD-15, NSA-7, CIA-1L, OOP-2,
OOP-CP-1, SAFS-3 (99)
ZNR
0 201121Z
FM HAW AIR R DEF DIV KUNIA ANNEX HAWAII
TO RJHPKM/CINCPACAF HICKAM AFB HAWAII
RBHPQ/COMHAWSEAFRON PEARL L Harbor HawaII
INFO RJEZHO/COFS USAF WASHINGTON DC
RBEPW/CNO WASH DC
RBEPW/SECNAV WASH DC
RJUFALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLORADO
RBHPA/CINCPAC CAMP H M SMITH HAWAII
RUHPFS/CINCUS RPAC FT SHAFTER HAWAII RUHPFS/CINCUS RPAC FT SHAFTER HAWAII
RBHPB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
RJAPAZ/cOMUSJAPaN FUChU AS JaPAN RJAPAZ/COMUSJAPAN n Fuchu as Japan
RUAMCR/COMUSKOREA SEOUL KOREA RUAMCR/COMUSKOREA SEOUL KCREA
RUAGFL/COMUSSTDC TAIPEI TAIWAN
RBHPHH/COMHAVSE RBHPHH/CCM) SEAFRON EAFRON I KUNIA KUNIA TUNNEL ANNEX TUNNEL ANNEX
AF GRNC
BT
UNCLAS/CIRVIS
UNITED AIRLINES 84 S SIGHTED A BRIGHTLY BURNING
OBJECT AT 201047Z . P0SITION 26-00N, 150-0OV. OBJECT
APPEARED AT 3OODEG AND ARED AT 120DEG, WAS
OBSERVED FOR 10 TO 15 SEO , 0BJECT T WAS LEAVING A TRAIL
OF FLAMING FRAGMENTS. EVALUATED AS NO THRRAT,
BT