PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8696609

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1961

REPORTED LOCATION28 34N163 42W PACIFIC

FRAMES3

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FRAME 001 / 003POOR LEGIBILITY — PENDING RE-EXAMINATION

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE

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~ 12 LOCATION

12. CONCLUSIONS

'0 Wes Bolloon
Probably Bolloon

Local

25.34 163.42 ( su ae)
| 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
| D Ground-Vi suol

DO Air Visual

0 Ground-Rador
O Air-Intercept Rodor

Possibly Balloon

Wos Aircraft
Probobly Aircroft
Possibly Aircroft

000 OO

> =e wee aS

| 6. SOURCE

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we dt he

'O Was Astronomical

OD Probably Astronomicel
D Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE

=D. Other Echo I
QO Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
2D Unknown

>. BES ies

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10, SRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | round woo =e Soje Neci-|. COMMENTS 2c Sm oe Sea “aQuacor Neaging
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ones = os 0 2n naze on horiz: ae Gee az” » bch. 234 deus ay Vy Qe , LONI eG ana would
- : a mawhrawmh 4 he west} we AKo a ave nf #*had
sexe tion. Track straight. Uss extent and] be vasib.c 1 2 observers of their
SLES. SNS. time and loceti-n. Case evaluated as

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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FRAME 002 / 003tesseract-200dpi

( PARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
AF IN : Sa6ae fas Nov 61) smaprteesact BRANCH

UNCLASSIAID MESSAGE

‘INFO : CIN-14, CMC-7, JPN36; rer NSA-T,
CIA-11, OOP-2, OOP-CP-1,CSAFS-3 )(96)

H
SMB B O11
PKA®27KHBOSS

00 RJEZHQ RBEPW RJWFALB RJWXBRB
DE RJHPKH9

ZNR
O 120934Z

FM HAW AIR DEF DIV KUNIA ANNEX HAWAII
TO RJHPKM/CINCPACAF HICKAM AFB HAWAII
RBHPQ/COMHAWSEAFRON PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
INFO RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASHINGTON DC
RJWXBRB/CINCSAC OFFUTT AFB NEB
RBEPW/CNO WASH DC

RBEPW/SECNAV WASH DC

RJWFALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLORADO
RBHPA/CINCPAC CAMP HM SMITH HAWAII
RUHPFS/CINCUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HAWAII
RBHPB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
RJAPAZ/COMUSJAPAN FUCHU AS JAPAN
RUAMCR/COMUSKOREA SEOUL KOREA
RUAGFL/COMUSSTDC TAIPEI TAIWAN
RBHPHH/COMHAWSEAFRON KUNIA TUNNEL ANNEX
RBHPD/COMASWFORPAC FORD ISLAND HAWAII

FRAME 003 / 003tesseract-200dpi

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( DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MISSAGE BRANCH
UNCLASSIAED MESSAGE
INCOMING
‘
AZ IN : 59689 (12 Nov 61) Page 2@ of @

AF GzNC

BT

UNCLAS/CIRVIS MERINT FM USS DURANTE
1. ROUND,PIN HEAD, WHITE, ONE

2. CSTAINING CELESTIAL NAVIGATIONAL FIX. INIT POSIT

ANGLE 27 DEG T. LAST POSIT ANGLE @5 DEG 21.5 MIN BRG

$55 D=G T. TRACKING STRAIGHT CSE APPROX 070 DEG T.
— ee

OBJECT LOST IN HAZE ON HORIZON. HELD VISUALLY 9 MIN

5. GROUND VISUAL. NAVIGATORS SEXTANT AND BINOCULARS

4. 12/2451Z NOV AT DUSK

De 2E=S4N 163-42W

6, ieeeme. cbr usn @BR most RELIABLE. Sim?

w@B. 5G, USNR OOD, HIGHLY RELIABLE. qqggeaepaimin
QMI USN ASST NAV, HIGHLY RELIABLE. |

7. 2223 FT, 18MI, 6/10 WIND 156/74 KTS
8- NO PHOTOGRAPHS OBTAINED.
BT

12/2557Z NOV RJHPKH

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