Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record — Sighting Report, 15 February 1967
AI-Generated Summary
A report of a white, tall object with vertical smoke sighted near Wake Island on February 15, 1967. The object was later identified as a rocket firing.
This document is a military message from the 326th Air Division at Kunia Facility, Hawaii, reporting a UFO sighting near Wake Island on February 15, 1967. Four individuals reported seeing a white, tall object approximately four to five miles south of Wake Island. The object was associated with vertical smoke and was observed at an altitude of 500 to 1000 feet above the horizon. The sighting lasted for three minutes before the object disappeared. Following the report, several aircraft circled the area, but they reported nothing. The message notes that a call was placed to the IGMF.S.S. Wake Island regarding the incident. A subsequent message (AF IN 21546) indicates that the sighting was later associated with a rocket firing, appearing as a flare that turned orange and climbed vertically to 12,000 feet.
OBJECT APPEARING WHITE AND TALL SIGHTED BY FOUR PERSONS ABOUT FOUR TO FIVE MILES SOUTH OF WAKE.
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Official Assessment
Object appeared white and tall, associated with vertical smoke, sighted by four persons south of Wake Island. Disappeared three minutes after sighting.