PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9317257

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1963

REPORTED LOCATION58 15N169120W PACIFIC

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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» 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
= _ . ; Q Was Balloon
8 May 1963 98.15N 169]20wW G, AL E7 ) 0 Erobobly Balloon |

| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ‘ of, PeRSIRy EOISon
Wos Aircroft

Local 0 Ground- Vi suel 0 Ground-Rodar Kk Probably Aircroft
| GMT 09/0016Z MX&AIr Vi suol QMir-Intercept Radar |F Possibly Aircraft
| 5 PHOTOS 6. SOURCE QO Was Astronomicel
| 0 Yes O Probably Astronomical

xo No Military QO Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
} OQ Insufficient Data for Evaluation
| O Unknown
oe minutes One West
| 10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
ry Radar contact followe? QV visual Crew debrief indicated that the
) Contact with silver object with sun object was an unidentified joOmber
reriecting from fuselage, Obj heading Cype avc, silver in color » foue
west at 60,900 feet. contrails blending into ons.
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AF IN : 10057 (9 May 93) L/pms
INFO : NIN-9, XOP-1, XOPX-4, SAF-OS-3
ao tee DIA-25, DIA-CIIC-2 (45)
FM 326 AIR DIV KUNIA FACILITY HAWAII
TO RUHLKM/PACAF HICKAM AFB HAWAII
RUHP@/ COMHAWSEAFRON PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
INFO RUEAHQ/COFS USAF WASHINGTON DC
RUWGALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLO

RUHPQ/CINCPAC CAMP H M SMITH HAWAII

RUHAFS/CINCUSARPAC FI SHAFTER HAWAII
RUHPB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
RUAUAZ/COMUSJAPAF FUCHU AS JAPAN
’ RUANCR/COMUSKOREA SEOUL KOREA
RUAGFL/COMUSTDC TAIPEI TAIWAF
RUCSBR/CINCSAC OFFUTT AFB NEB
RUECW/CNO WASHINGTON DC
RUECW/SECNAV WASHINGTON DC
AF GRNC
BI
UNCLAS/CIRVIS
SP2H HAD VISUAL AND RADAR CONTACT WITH AN UNIDENTFIED FLYING
OBJECT, POSITION OF SIGHTING 58 DEG 15 MIN NORTH,1695 DEG
20 MIN WEST AT @9/9016Z. BOMBER, SILVER IN COLOR, CONTRAILS
4 BLENDING INTO ONE. RADAR CONTACT AND VISUAL FOR THREE (5)

MINUTES BY SIX (6) CREWMEMBERS. HEADING WEST ESTAMITED ALTITUDE
60,000 FEET.

BI NOTE: Advance copies delivered. to DIA-CIIC and NIN.