Project 10073 Record Card and Associated Correspondence — Honolulu, T.H., February 1964

This document details a UFO sighting reported in Honolulu, Hawaii, on the evening of February 14, 1964. A youth reported seeing a 'space ship' hovering over the area, accompanied by sparks and a loud, unusual sound. The report was initially handled by the Honolulu Police Department and subsequently forwarded to the 326th Air Defense Division and the Pacific Air Forces Base Command. Military investigators, including Captain Jerry M. Mills, conducted an investigation into the incident. They determined that there were no unusual weather phenomena, aircraft, or military activities in the area at the time. The investigation identified that a traffic accident had occurred on Likelike Highway near the location of the sighting, and that the evening coincided with the final night of Chinese New Year celebrations. Major Earl J. Wolf Jr. of the FTD Liaison Office suggested that the reported sound was likely a reverberation of police sirens responding to the accident, potentially amplified by the local terrain and weather conditions. The visual reports were deemed vague, and the official conclusion attributed the event to the combination of the siren noise and fireworks, dismissing the 'space ship' claim as a product of the youth's imagination or a misinterpretation of the fireworks. The document includes the original police offense report, an extract from the 326th Air Defense Division Duty Controllers Log, and internal military correspondence regarding the handling of the report.