Project 10073 Record Card and Incident Report — Hickam AFB, Hawaii, 19 August 1952

On August 19, 1952, at 1715 hours, a sighting of an unidentified aerial object occurred at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. The report, filed by the 1500th Air Base Wing, describes a single, shiny, metallic-appearing round object observed by a witness and three others. The object was reported to have hovered overhead momentarily before moving through an estimated 20 to 25 degrees of arc over a 10-minute period in a west-southwest direction. It then hovered again before disappearing behind clouds. The total duration of the observation was recorded as two minutes. The report notes that the object was observed from the ground without the aid of binoculars or telescopes. No radar contact was made, and no aircraft were scrambled to intercept. Weather conditions at the time included scattered cloud layers at 3,000, 5,500, and 2,500 feet, with winds aloft from the east-northeast at 128 knots. The official evaluation concluded that the object was likely a meteorological balloon, noting that such balloons had been released from Pearl Harbor and Barbers Point Naval Air Station at 1700 hours, approximately 15 minutes before the sighting. The documentation includes a Project 10073 record card, a formal teletype report, and a weather data sheet. A supplementary remark indicates that a statement was prepared by Captain Mervin M. Taylor of the 94th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at George AFB, California, on August 22, 1952, to support the flight report.