PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9733248

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1963

REPORTED LOCATION44 45N170 20W PACIFIC

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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2, LOCATION 12 CONCLUSIONS ~—~*&
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bids. LON 179.2cOW \ eevee yc } QO Was Balloon
‘ : | / 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIMe GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION vi aed \ Possibly Balloon
’ - ‘ 1 Was Aircroft
Local —_____ -——— | 0 Ground: Vi sual G Ground-Radar OQ Probobly Aircraft
pe — sor b Air Vi sual oO Aiz-Intercept Radar 1o Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Wes Astronomical
O Yes OG Probably Astronomical
Ne military | 3) Possibly Astronomico! 2b 20r
7. LENGTH OF O3SSERYVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other. ——
flash, & sec smoke one ad ownward - deg Data for Evaluation

1). BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Y@llow green flash followed by yellow-green
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enone trail which persisted for about Oo sec

rail vertically downward. OoJece burst at

be ame wievati
Speed

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)

on 320 deg azimuth from ps eldeee
as 1/3 that of

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11. COMMENTS

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Possible meteor

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OO RUALKM RUEAHQ RUECW RUHPHH RUHPB RUHPA RUAUAZ RUWGALB RUHAFS
DE RUKLKH 8

PM S28 AIR DIV KUNIA FACILITY HAWAII

RUHLKM/PACAF HICKAM AFB HAWAII
RUXPHH/C OMHAWSEAFRON PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
INFO RUZEAHYCSAF USAF WASH DC
RUECW/CNO WASH DC

RUECW/ SECNAV WASH DC

RUWGAL2/C INCNORAD ENT AFB COLO
RUHPA/CINCPAC CAMP H:-M SMITH HAWALL
RUHAF YCINCUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HAWAII
RUMPBYC INCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII
RWAUAZ/C OMUSJAPAN FUCHU AS JAPAN
RYAMC/C OMUSKOREA SEOUL KOREA
RUAGFL/C OMUSTDC TAIPEI TAIWAN

,UC SBRB/C INCSAC OFFUTT AFB NEBR
RUHPD/COMASFORPAC FORD ISLAND HAWALL

AF GRNC

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DEP AR TAAENT Gr THE dR FORCE
STASE MESSAGE CRANCH

UNCLASSGHO MES3AGE

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SMOKE TRAIL WHICH REMAINED FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX SECONDS

5, OBJECT APPEARED AT APPROX 320 DEGREES RELATIVE AND
45 QEGRELS TQ HORIZON

}, VERTICALLY DOWNWARD

8. ESTIMATED ONE THIRD SPD OF A METEOR

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>. EVALUATION UNKNOWN POSSIBLY METEOR

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