Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — United Airlines Flight Sighting, 20 June 1961
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AI-Generated Summary
A United Airlines flight crew reported a brightly burning object over the Pacific on 20 June 1961. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as a bolide associated with known space debris.
This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated incoming staff message from the Department of the Air Force, dated 20 June 1961. The report details a sighting by the crew of United Airlines flight 84, which observed a brightly burning object in the Pacific region at coordinates 26-00N, 158-00W. The observation occurred at 201047Z and lasted between 10 and 15 seconds. The object was reported to have appeared at a bearing of 300 degrees and disappeared at 120 degrees, leaving a trail of flaming fragments. The military authorities, specifically the Hawaii Air Defense Division, processed the report through standard communication channels. The official evaluation concluded that the object was a bolide. Further technical analysis noted that the object decayed shortly prior to 1 July 1961 and was associated with the space objects 59 Delta 2, 61 Delta 4, and 1961 Kappa 1. The incident was formally evaluated as posing no threat.
OBJECT WAS LEAVING A TRAIL OF FLAMING FRAGMENTS. EVALUATED AS NO THREAT.
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Official Assessment
This was observation of bolide and case evaluated as no threat.
The object was identified as a bolide that decayed shortly prior to 1 July 1961, specifically associated with 59 Delta 2, 61 Delta 4, and 1961 Kappa 1.
Witnesses
- United Airlines flight crewUnited Airlines