PACD FLYOBRPT #2 — Southwest Guam Sighting Report

This document, identified as PACD FLYOBRPT #2, details two separate sightings of a green light observed by US Navy personnel on 5 June 1953 near Guam. The first incident occurred at 1300Z, where Lt JG R. W. Illgen, flying MATS trip P 232/05 at 9,000 feet, observed a green light that appeared to extend over a considerable area. The object was described as moving too slowly to be a meteor but too fast to be a flare. At 1340Z, the same light was observed again, appearing to descend vertically from above 12,000 feet, eventually lighting up the ocean for miles. A second incident occurred at 1430Z, when Lt JG P. A. Tufo, flying MATS trip P-231/04 at 8,000 feet, observed what he described as a green flare at flight level. Major John E. Rhode of the USAF, acting as Chief of the Intelligence Division, evaluated these reports. He concluded that the sightings were likely a single meteor burning out in the atmosphere, noting that numerous meteors had been reported by other MATS personnel in the region recently. The report explicitly states that the sightings were not considered distress signals, as no other aircraft or surface vessels were reported in the area at the time.