Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — 24 February 1963
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Two Aloha Airlines aircraft reported a brilliant white object entering the atmosphere over the Pacific on 24 February 1963. The Air Force concluded the event was a probable meteor.
On 24 February 1963, at 0516Z, two Aloha Airlines aircraft reported observing a brilliant white object entering the atmosphere. The sighting occurred at coordinates 21.26N 158.20W in the Pacific region near Hawaii. The object was described as traveling at high speed on a northerly trajectory. It was initially observed at an elevation of 45 degrees and was noted to burn out at an elevation of 30 degrees. The sighting was confirmed by two separate Aloha Airlines aircraft, specifically identified in the message as aircraft 731 and aircraft 131. The incident was reported via a CIRVIS (Communication Instructions for Reporting Vital Intelligence Sightings) message. The official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 record card is that the event was a probable meteor sighting.
Aloha Airlines aircraft 731 reports brilliant white object entering atmosphere
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Official Assessment
Probable meteor sighting.
The object was identified as a probable meteor based on the reports from two Aloha Airlines aircraft.