Project 10073 Record Card: Sighting Report - Oahu, Hawaii, 21 September 1961

On September 21, 1961, at 1508Z, a Corporal Bayley of the Marine Detachment at the Navy Radio Station in Wahiawa, Oahu, Hawaii, reported a CIRVIS sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The witness described a round, spinning object positioned to the right of the North Star. The object was reported to be very bright, situated at an elevation of 45 degrees above the horizon, and displayed changing colors, specifically red, white, blue, and green. Additionally, the witness noted the presence of a second, black object that appeared to be associated with the primary object. The sighting lasted for at least one hour and twelve minutes. The report was transmitted via the Department of the Air Force Staff Message Branch to various military commands, including CINCPACAF and CINCNORAD. The official evaluation by ATIC concluded that there was insufficient data to identify the object. Investigators suggested that the object might have been an astronomical body, noting that its perceived stationary nature could be explained by its constant relation to the North Star, which also moves. The report explicitly states that no photographs were taken and no radar contact was made. A small, undated press clipping included in the document mentions that a civil engineer and manufacturer's representative also observed a bright-lighted UFO over Honolulu on the same day, which was described as disc-shaped and moving east to west.