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CASE REFERENCE9738432

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1963

REPORTED LOCATION31 20N170WPacific

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
21 Dec 1963 31.20N 170 W Pacific Was Balloon
000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local_ D Ground-Visual Ground-Radar EX Was Aircreft
0 Probobly Aircraft
GMT 21/1021Z AirVisual Air-Intarcept Rodar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yos 00 Probubly Astronomical
XO No military Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other
000 D Insufficient Data for Evaluation Insutficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
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O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMA SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS COMMENTS
No obj sighted rader No obj sighted radar pickup only. Report pickup only. Report Probable Probable e/c.
indicates obj making passes on receiving
a/e. No lights. Obj seemed t be using oe using
radar. A/C at 20,o00 ft. Speed of obj radar. A/C at 20,O00 ft. Speed of obj
380 kts.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52)
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AF IN : 9676 (21 Dec 63) Page l of 2
INFO 1 (106)
JCS-35, DIA-2 OSD-15, NSA-7
SM3 3125
LKA139KHA429
.….… ZZ RURUEAHQ RUECW
DE RUHLKH 6 21/1126Z
ZNR
QZ 211117Z
0'
FM 326 AIRDIV KUNIA FAKILITY HA FM 326 AIRDIV KUNIA FAKILITY HA
TO RUHLKN/PAKAF HICKAN AFB HA TO RUHLKN/PAKAF HICKAM AFB HA
RUNPHH/COMHAWSEAFRON PEARL RUNPHH/COMHAWSEAFRON PEARL HARBOR HA HARBOR HA
INFO RUEAHO/CSAC USAF INFO RUEAHQ/CSAC USAF ZNR WASH D C
RUECW/ONO WASH D C
RJECW/SECNA VASH D C RUECW/SECNA WASH D C
RUWGALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLO
RUHLHO/CINCPAC CAMP H M SMITH HA
RUHLHS/CONCUSARPAC FT SHAFTER HA
RUHLHL/CINCPAKFLT PEARL HARBOR HA
RUAUAZ/COMUSJAPAN FUCHU AS JAPAN
RUAMC/COMUKOREA SEOUL KOREA
RUAGFL/COMUSTDC TAIPEI TAIVAN
RUCSBR/CINCSAC OFFUTT AFB NEBR
AF GRNC
ST
TTTT000UNCLAS/326 D0-C0 1990

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DRANCH
UNULASGIFIED MESSAGE
INCO NG
AF IN :: 9676 (21 Dec 63) Page 2 of 2
1. CIRVIS REPORT
2 MATS 21837
3. OBJECT MAKING PASSES ON MATS 21337 (RADAR PICKUP ONLY)
OBJECT USING NO LIGTHS AND SEEMS TO BE US ING RADAR; OBJECTS
SPEED 380. ONE O3JECT.
4. 31.20 N; 170W - FIRST PASS
5.$kkap
6.20,000 FEET
7. 330 DEGREES 7. 330 DEGREES IN FRONT IN FRONT OF METS A/C OF METS A/C
380 KTS
9. NA.
BT NOTE: Message retransmitted to CIA. Message retransmitted to CIA. ADV CY TO DIA, NIN and
XOPX.