UFO Report — 8 August 1966, Pacific

This document is a Project 10073 record concerning a UFO sighting reported on 8 August 1966 at 0845Z. A civilian observer reported a bright, multi-colored light traveling in a straight line from the Northwest to the Southeast at a position of 31.15 N 170.20E in the Pacific. The object was described as being brighter than a full moon until it ended in a brilliant white flash. The duration of the event was estimated to be a few seconds. The report includes details from a Pan American Jet Clipper 204, which was at 33,000 feet altitude at the time. Official inquiries were made to SPADATS and Vandenburg AFB, which confirmed there were no satellite decays or missile activities that could explain the event. The official conclusion reached was that the object was an 'Astro (METEOR)'. The document also contains a memorandum from the Headquarters 6486th Air Base Wing to the Air Force Systems Command (FTD) at Wright Patterson AFB, noting that the report was received too late for a thorough investigation. The Director of Intelligence for 326 ADD provided additional commentary, suggesting the event might have been a satellite or orbital debris reentry, noting it was the second such incident in the area within six weeks. Furthermore, the document mentions an informal report of a separate incident on 7 August, where a pilot on a MAC C-124 aircraft observed an object on radar traveling at approximately 3,600 N.M. with no corresponding visual sighting.