Project 10073 Record Card and CIRVIS Reports — December 1959

This document collection consists of a Project 10073 record card and several associated military communications regarding unidentified aerial phenomena observed on December 11, 1959, in the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands. The primary incident involved a brilliant flash observed at an altitude of 5,000 to 6,000 feet. Subsequent reports from Military Air Transport Service (MATS) aircraft, specifically T-10180 and T-44062, provided additional details regarding the event. The crews of these aircraft reported observing a falling object in clear weather conditions. One crew described a blue object that broke into three pieces with no tail, while the other observed a very bright object with a long blue tail. The duration of the observation was reported as one to two seconds. The official evaluation, conducted by Major Paul Roberts, concluded that the phenomena were consistent with the entry of a meteor into the Earth's atmosphere, during which the object broke apart. The documentation includes various military routing messages (CIRVIS reports) sent to the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, indicating the high level of military interest in these sightings at the time. The reports were consistently classified as meteor entries by the investigating officers.