Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, 16 January 1966
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A commercial pilot reported a high-speed, circular object over Waikiki Beach in 1966. The Air Force officially classified the sighting as a daylight meteor.
This document consists of a Project Blue Book sighting report and a supporting letter from a witness regarding an unidentified aerial object observed over Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, on January 16, 1966. The witness, a commercial airline pilot, reported seeing a pearl-white, circular object at approximately 10:10 A.M. local time. The object was first sighted 85 degrees above the southern horizon, moving at a very high rate of speed, estimated by the witness to be over 2,000 mph. The witness noted that the object was moving against the surface wind and exhibited a climbing maneuver before disappearing after approximately five seconds. The witness explicitly stated that the object produced no sound, no trail, and no exhaust, and he ruled out the possibility of it being a balloon, a bird, or conventional aircraft. The official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 form by the Air Force is that the object was an 'Astro (DAYLIGHT METEOR)'.
It definitely was not a balloon, nor a bird, nor any kind of conventional aircraft. Nor was this "spots before my eyes".
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Official Assessment
Astro (DAYLIGHT METEOR)
The object was identified as a daylight meteor by the investigating agency.
Key Persons
- Hector QuintanillaMajor, United States Air Force