PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
2. LOCATION

29.40 N 178.0CE
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
D Ground- Vi sual D Ground-Roder
ML Air Vi suol O Air-Intercept Rader

12. CONCLUSIONS

DATE

13 (Merch 64

3. DATE-TIME GROUP

Wos Bolloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Was Aiicroft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft

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Local

GMT_13/1640Z

o00q0 900 9000

5. PHOTOS Was Astronomical
0 Yes Probably Astronomicol
XG No Militery Civilian Aircraft Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Other_Missile .
Insufficient Dota for Evaluction
: . Unknown
15 Minutes one SSW

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Peculiar flashing tumbling object in arching Missile Launched from Viundenberg at
flight from NNE to SSW. Appeared out of 4 m 16CC2Z. Confirmed with Col Fredricks,
mushroom shaped cloud trailing a rainbow sheyed Base operations officer at Vandenberg

cloud of smoke. Observed from two a/c in by telecon with bajor \&.
flight over the Pacific. Highest arc 50 deg

elevation

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STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH

UNGLASSIFND MESSAGE
INCOMING
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AF IN : 880 (13 Mar 64) C/mo Po, 1 of 2

INFO 3: NIN-7, XOP-l, XOPX-4, SAF-O0S-3, ARMY-2, CMC-8, etl
DIA-25, OSD-15, NSA-7 (108) .

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INCOMING

AF IN : 880 (13 Mar 64) FE. 2: Of ‘2

RUHLHQ/CINCPAC
RUHLHL/CINCPACFLT

RUHLHS/CINCUSARPAC
RUHLKSA/PACAFBASECOM COMMAND CENTER HICKAM AFB

RUECW/ SECNAV
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UNCLAS

A. JANAP 146D

1. CIRVIS REPORT
Ze PA=2 AND BA-912
S+ 1 PECULIAR FLASHING, TUMBLING OBJECT

4. 29-40N 178-005

5. 1316482

S. UNKNOWN

7. ARCING NNE TO ssw

8. UNKNOWN |

Ye APPEARED OUT OF MUSHROOM SHAPED CLOUD, TRAILING

RAINBOW SHAPED SMOKE OR CLOUD

BT NOTE: Advance copies delivered to XOPX, NIN & DIA
Retransmitted to CIA Form # 311

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AF IN: 2036 (14 Mar 6x) Page 1 of 2

INFO : NIN-7,XOP-1, XOPX-4, sAB-08-3, DIA-25, JCS-35, ARMY-2, CMC-8
SMB C147 OSD-15, NSA-7

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RUWGALB/C INCNORAD

INFO RUEAHQ/CSAF USAF
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RUHLHL/C INCPACFLT

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1. POST LANDING REPORT (CIRVIS) ON CONBARFORPAC GIRVIS REPORT
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2. PAA CLIPPER 2 FROM TOKYO TO HONOLULU.

3. ONE PECULIAR FLASHING TUMBLING OBJECT.

4. 29 40N -178 QE.

5.0 13/1640Z.

6. OBJECT CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 52 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON aT

ITS HIGHEST POINT.

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7. ARCING NNE TO SSW.

S. SPEED WAS COMPARABLE TO AN EXHO SATELLITE.

9. PILOT REQUESTED DEBRIEFING UPON LANDING.

REMARKS: PILOT REPORTED SEEING A WHITE DOMED SHAPED CLOUD APPEAR
ON THE HORIZON AHEAD OF HIM AND TO HIS LEFT (TO THE NORTHEAST).
THE CLOUD APPEARED TO BE ABOUT 15 DEGREES WIDE AND ROSE TO 10
DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON. THE CLOUD WAS WHITE AND APPEARED TO BE
GLOWING. IT ROSE RAPIDLY IN THE AIR. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 2
MINUTES THE TOP ARC OF THE CLOUD BROKE FREE OF THE HORIZON AND
BECAME A WHITE ARC LIKE A RAINBOW RISING IN THE SKY FOLLOWED BY
A THIN TAIL. BELOW THE TAIL WAS A WHITE GLOWING BALL WITH A
FLASHING LIGHT IN THE CENTER. THE ARC, TAIL AND LIGHT ROSE TO
ABOUT 50 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON AND ABOUT 2 O'CLOCK FROM THE
PILOTS POSITION. AT THIS TIME THE ARC AND TAIL DISAPPEARED

BUT THE FLASHING LIGHT CONTINUED TO THE SOUTWEST UNTIL IT
PASSED BELOW THE HORIZON. PILOT STATED THAT DURATION OF

SIGHTING WAS 15 MINUTES. PILOT STATED HE HAS SEEN THREE

NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS AND THE DOMES’ FIRST APPEARANCE GREATLY RESEMBLED
THE FIRST MUSHROOM CLOUD OF SUCH EXPLOSIONS.

OBJECT COULD NOT BE EVALUATED LOCALLY. OBJECT DID NOT

CORRELATE WITH KNOWN MISSILE TESTING BEING CONDUCTED IN THE

AREA.

BT

NOTE : Adv cy del to XOPX, NIN & DIA
Readdressed to CIA