Hickamafb Hawaii — May 1949

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Keywords: objfct, signtfd, orangf, altitudf, hickam, tapering, lmeors, appeagance, softbal, jnute, llten, commandinr, loitio, comoandin6, c01il1d8, jciais, sfrber, rhiot, jullllysia, u8part1aent, reqtn, 1itren, tgenpacairco, relligtajci, handuu
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD DATE TIME GROUP S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5 1-tl.nut cs 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Hickam AFB, Hawaii 10. CONCLUSION Aatro (lmEORS) 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object circular tapering no tail, tall two or three times as long as diameter. Size by visual appeagance about the siDe ot softbal J tapering to tail. Top from light orange top back l'Jhite bottom fron and back orange. Haneuverability good to sighted in tl..o different positions at different altitude witJl'. n the. five m:Jnute t)me int.erval. No sCA.ll'i or exhaust trail. Q,ject traveling in horizontal path llten first sighted. el thle ,,.,_ - hA nAA. -f I to -f Commandinr, Oln.ral ~Loitio Air CommaDd Hickam A.F Baae Cahu '1'. He Comoandin6 Genaral Pac 1 t io ~\ 1r C01il1D8.nd Hickam AF Base Oahu. T. H. lJNCLASSIFIED H. \ie Smith Special An"lf&is Section aia Div~aion 6-639a :JCIAIS A. .J. m;~.!SfRBEr JR. Lt Colonel. USJJ' Actg rhiot JUllllysia Uiv. Intellit;t~nce U8part1aent REQtn T Yi'1ITrEN REPO:\f C!.:A R~'UHAD Zt;:\0 Oli~ !W1 l>J.SH CHARLI DAS!J Otf~ !l!IR1'Y r;IGH'r CUA TO CO'-tGENPACAIRCO~J FRO!t~ CC~it.:I...NAHC C.UA :'&R AlR IN'rELLIGtaJCI:; I$!&)HANDUU FOUR CJ.!A DATED Fin'EBIT Je"I:.;.BRG.ARY NINbTE~; FORTY NII:E B.& FOHrlA.lWED UNCLASSIFIED XFM JNA 317/COMGF.NPA~IRCO.M .1921562 TO JPC/CS USAF WASH DC JFDC/COtlGrN WRIGHT PAT AFE OJfJO ACTION ATTN DI R OF 1~.,-FLLIC:~c:r CS USAF AND ATTN MCIAX0-3 WPAFB. UNIDFNTIFIFD OEJFCTS SIGNTFD AT APPROXIMATFLY 2 1 DFGRFFS 5 MINUTES NORT~ LATJTUDF 157 DFGR~FS 30 MlNUTFS ~FST LONGITUDF. VIFWFD FROM GROUND, ~ICK 1 FORCF BAS F. .AT 150855Z AGAIN AT 150 90 0 2 MAY 1 S.Li9e r.r: ATHFR SCATTFRFD CLOUDS tJITH TBRFF. TFNT~rs ALT0STRAT\i3 9 030 FFFT, ONF TFi~tTp CUMULUS EASE 3 SURFACF VISIBILITY 15 ~jJLFS. OBJFCT OB~rRVF.D BY MAJOR USAF RATFD PILOT AND MRS t fJGUSf\J.J-N.-NO.-Pl-'-OTOC-11A.PFS ODTAI~FD. --t1~f OEJFC'r 3IGHTTD OORrCT CIRCIL LINF ABOVF.> TWICE:. OBJFCT CIRCULAR TAPF.RINC tJO TAIL, TAIL T\6'0 Q J.I-t.Pff;.l.li1FS PAGF. TWO J~A 317 a~ OF SOFTBALL TAPF.R!NG TO TAIL. TOP FRONT LIGHT ORANGF. TOP BACK WHJT[ BOTTOM FRONT AND BACK ORANGF. SPFFD IN FXCFSS OF 500 MILES PER HOUR NFADINC NORTNFRLY DIRFCTION FIRST SlGNTING, 25 DGRFF. D!V[ SECOND S2CNTING. MANF.UVFRABILITY GOOD TO BF SIGNTFD IN TWO DIFFRF~T POgJTlONS AT DIFFiRFNT ALTITUDF WITNIN INDICATFD TIMF lNTF~VAL. ALTITUDF. FIRST SIG~TING 6 OR 7 00~ FFFT SFCOND SIGHTING DlVF. BEGINNING 9 OR 1~ e0z FFF.T DISAPPFARING BF.HIND CLOUD. NO SOUND OR F.XHAUST TRAIL. OBJFCT TRAVniNG IN HORIZONTAL PATN WlfFN SIGNTF.D THF FIRST TIMF CCC PAGE ONi LAST LINF. OF TFST RPT TFXT GRP 5 SND RFAD TO RPT TO