PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8700658

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1961

REPORTED LOCATION2130N15803W PACIFIC

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30 Dee 61

, PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION
2130N

158034 (Pac la c)

12. CONCLUSIONS

Wos Balloon

Probably Balloon

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3. DATE-TIME GROUP | © TYPE OF OBSERVATION D Possibly Balloon
~— | X63 Ground- Vi suel DB Greund-Redor o Prebehin hee -
GMT__301500Z_ D Air Viswol O Air-Intercept Redar | 7 Possibly Airereft
5. PHOTOS &. SOURCE (1X Was Astronomico! >/ E1US
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
XB) Ne Military O Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0D Other
0D Insufficient Dato for Eveluction
LO aden i 0 Unknown
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGOD Jt with appearance of |!!- COMMENTS (4+ sighted was prooably
right star in WwW. Objt appeared to move hori- | bright star Sirius, magnitude -1.6.
zontally and vertically about 5°. Dropped to Jirection and elevation reported for
about 20° elev in 15 min and 25 min later oojt and that of star are same at tine of
disappeared on horizon. ignting. Time reported for disenpearance
is coincident with setting time fcr star
2s viewed fm location of witness. Sirius
is sil, star (apparent) in our neavehs
and was misidentified by this witness. ip
| 3aentd fication was probably helped along | |
by distortions due to atmospheric refractfon
and an active imagination,
ienamaneeucae

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| Gosp-14, CIA-11, OOP-2,

AF IN : 49453 (30 Dec 61) R/Jjh8 warsmo mune

INFO : CIN-14, ARMY-2, wsa-7) NGA) Med-l
DIA-2, OOP-CP-1, SAFS-3 (110)

SMB B173

KHB782

AN, 00 RJEZHO RJWFALB RJWXBRB

DE RJHPKH 12

ZNR

0 301793Z

FM HAW AIR DEF DIV KUNIA ANNEX HAWAII
TO RJHPKM/CINCPACAF HICKAM AFB HAWATT
RBHPO/COMNHAWSEAFRON PEARL HARBOR HAWATI
INFO RJEZHO/COFS USAF WASHINGTON DC
RBHPD/COMASWFORPAC FORD ISLAND HAWAII
RJWXBRB/CINCSAC OFFUTT AFS NEB
RBEPW/CNO WASH DC

RBEPW/SECNAV WASH DC

RJWFALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLORADO
RBHPA/CINCPAC CAMP HM SMITH HAWAIT
RUHPFS/CINCUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HAWAII
RBHPB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAIT
RJAPAZ/COMUS.JAPAN FUCHU AS JAPAN. . ¢ ees
RUAMCR/COMUSKOREA SEOUL KOREA
RUAGFL/COMUSSTDC TAIPEI TAIWAN

RBHPHH/COMNHAWSEAFRON KUNIA TUNNEL ANNEX
AF GRNC

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE

STAFF SAESSZAGE BRANCH ; |
UNCLASSIAED MESSAGE

INCOMING

AF IN : 49453 (30 Dec 61) Page 2 of 2

BT

UNCLAS/CIRVIS/UNIDENIFIED OBJECT WITH APPERAANCE
OF BRIGHT STAR WAS SIGHTED ON A BEARING OF 270

DEGREES FROM A POSITION 2130N15803W AT 3915992
OBJECT APPEARED TO MOVE HORIZONTALLY AND THEN

| VERTICALLY ABOUT 5 DEGREES. OBSERVER, qs

— ERR peEEee 2128 vent Inside AND ABOUT
15 MINUTES LATER STEEPED OUT AGAIN. THE OBJECT
HAD DROPPRED ABOUT 29 TO 25 DEGREES AND AT 3915402
DISAPPEARED. THERE WERE CLOUDS IN SKY BUT NOT

IN AREA OF OBJECT. NO EVALUATION.
BT NOTE : Advance copy del to CIN & OOP-CP at 1300, 30 Dec 61.

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