Project 10073 Record — Oahu, Hawaii, 4 October 1964

This document details the investigation of a UFO report originating from a military member at the Naval Dental Clinic, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On 4 October 1964, photographs were taken at Kaiona Beach Park on the island of Oahu. The reporting party stated they were unaware of any unusual visual or sound phenomena at the time the pictures were taken and only noticed the 'objects' after the film was returned from the local Technicolor processor. The Pacific Air Forces Base Command forwarded two Kodacolor prints and negatives to the Foreign Technology Division (FTD) at Wright-Patterson AFB for evaluation. The FTD conducted a formal photo analysis, concluding that the images identified as potential UFOs were actually physical gouges in the film emulsion, estimated to be 6 to 7 microns deep, which occurred during the film processing stage. This finding was consistent with a preliminary assessment conducted by Captain J. M. Mills of the PACAFBASECOM. The report includes technical details regarding the camera used (a Kodak Brownie 127), weather conditions at the time, and the specific orientation of the photographs. The final determination was that the images were not of an unidentified aerial phenomenon.