PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8666540

DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1963

REPORTED LOCATIONOahu Hawaii

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
17 June 1963 Oahu, Hawaii 000 Prabably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar C Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT 18/06412 AlrVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical METEOR
00 Probably Astronamical
military and civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS . COURSE 0 Other
one NE in descent. 00 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Large fireball with long firey tail. Yellow Duration and description conform
tint. Much larger than star. Initial obser- with that expected of a fireball
vation at 6o deg elevation burning out at 15 deg sighting. Case evaluated las a
elevation. Heading O5l deg. Speed very fast. meteor observation.
total observation 2-3 seconds.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ATiC form 329 (rEv 26 SEp 52)
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SMB B199
CZCHQA937ZCQJA416
00 RUEAHQ
DE RUHLKH 61S
ZNR
UNCLAS ZUI RUEAHQ 59S ZII2 181347Z CITING MY RUHLKH 5 0 180758Z
ZI12 180806Z UBJ MSG BEARS NBR AS
FOLLOWS:
00 RUHLKM 00 Ruhlkm RuEahQ RuEcW RuHphH RUHpB RUHpa Ruauaz RuWGalB Ruhafs M RUEahQ RuecW RUHphH RuhpB RUhpa RUaUaz RuwgalB RUHafs
DE RUHLKH 5 DE RUHLKH 5
ZNR ZNR
0 180758Z
RUHPHH/COMHAWSEAFRON PEARL RUHPHH/CC MHAWSEAFRON PEARL HARBOR
INFO RUEAHQ/CSAF USAF WASH DC
RUECW/CNO WASH DC
RUECW/SECNAV WASH DC
RuWGALB/CIncNOraD ENT AFB COLO
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
UNCLASSIRED MESSAGI
INC N G
AF IN : 4047 (18 Jun 63) Pg 2 of
RUHAFS/CINCUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HAWAII
ZNR
RUHPB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
RUAUAZ/COMUSJAPAN FUCHU AS JAPAN
RUAMC/CIMUSKOREA SEOUL KOREA
RUAGFL/COMUSTDC TAIPEI I TAIWAN
RUCSBRB/CINCSAC C OFFUTT AFB NEBR
AF GRNC
BT
UNCLAS / CIRVIS
I. CIRVIS REPORT
2. MAJOR ARMAND PARKER 41416A WAS PRIMARY 03SERVER. OBJECT 2. MAJOR ARMAND PARKER 41416A WAS PRIMARY OBSERVER. OBJECT
WAS ALSO SEEN BY HIS WIFE AND ANOTHER MILITARY OFFICER
3. ONE LARGE FIREBALL WITH LONG FIREY TAIL. FIREBALL HAD A HAD A
YELLOW TINT. WAS MUCH LARGER THAN STAR YELLOW TINT. WAS MUCH LARGER THAN STAR
4. 4. (D OAHU HAWAII
5.1 18 JUNE 63 AT 0641A
6. F FROM 60 DEGREES ABOVE THE OBSERVER'S HORIZON DOWN TO 15
DEGREES AT WHICH TIME THE BURN OUT
7. 051 DEGREES TRUE
8. VERY FAST - TOTAL TIME ABOUT
SECONDS
9. NO EVALUATION delivered to XOPX, DIA, NIN. Correction of
NOTE: Advance copy is correction.
BT