Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Nandi, Fiji to Honolulu, May 1962
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AI-Generated Summary
A Quantas flight observed an unidentified aircraft that extinguished its lights upon being approached. Canton Radio confirmed no other known traffic in the area.
On May 8, 1962, at 1407Z, the crew of Quantas flight 586, while en route from Nandi, Fiji, to Honolulu, observed an unidentified aircraft approximately 35 minutes southwest of Canton Island. The unidentified aircraft was flying at an altitude of approximately 35,000 feet, while the Quantas flight was at 37,000 feet. The unidentified aircraft was observed moving in an easterly direction. When the crew of the Quantas flight turned on their landing lights, the unidentified aircraft extinguished all of its lights. The crew of Quantas 586 subsequently checked with Canton Radio, which reported that there was no other traffic in the area besides flight 58. The weather conditions were reported as clear. The incident was documented on a Project 10073 record card and reported via a Department of the Air Force staff message. The official conclusion recorded on the project card is that the event was a report of an unidentified aircraft rather than a UFO.
WHEN THE QUANTS TURNED THEIR LANDING LIGHTS ON THE OTHER AIRCRAFT EXTINGUISHED ALL THEIR LIGHTS.
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Official Assessment
Rpt of unidentified a/c rather than UFO.
The sighting involved an unidentified aircraft that extinguished its lights upon being approached by Quantas 586. Canton Radio confirmed no other traffic was in the area.
Witnesses
- Quantas 586Civil Airlines