DATETIME GROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Not Reported ~Ground Vi suol I-6. 60URCE 0 GrouncfRodor 0 Air-Intercept Radar LENGTH OP OBSERVATION It. NUMilER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSe Considerable tir~ ,0. BRIEfl SUMMARY OF $1GHTINO 11. COMMI:HiS CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon 0 Po ui bl y Balloon Was Aircrah 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronomical Q Prabobl r Astronomical 0 Possibly Astronomical ~ Other ln:;nffic3 cnt. Da t 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation f>'/rpJ. Shape like disc. Color uas silvery. to almf speed. Size not given. No sound. Hover Insufficent data. Positio .. al Data not given. Posoible Balloon. ATIC PORM Ut (RI&V 2t I&P 12) HEADQUARTERS MILITA RY AIR TRANSPOR f SERVICE t,UDJ.t'..C;t: Uncon~ten t i onal Ail-..!\'aft C~r.1nandll .. i l i t;a17 PJ 't" .l'ran:~port S~'r71 CG Andrt)t .J Air .i!'orc) 1~3' Wo~hington 25, D. c. ~'l'L~S!~Iv~-1: Inc1r ctor G~m~r3l l OSI) UirQctor ~ !ei~l Inve~tlg3t1o Headqa3rt~r3, United Ctate3 ~ir Force W:.1shin~-ton 25, D. c. 1. SYNOPSIS: tle.vsp~pa.r jt~m at Honolubl, r . H., r;,port~ eightin3 or ":Jilv .. :~:-y dl!'o" hov~ring i n utr 07tJr viciaity Lihu;, K:luai, T. H., by reputable l'rit:H~ssas on l ll January 1951 o t l8JO hOllt"::J 2. D~i'A!LS: 'fhl tollo~vi:1g itl3m oppear"d on Fu~e 23 o: t u 24 January 1951 Ho~ae Edlf;ion or ths Honolulu f;t3r -Bul1rJti.n, r1pll~ ab1e d.J.ily n~.vspap':tr pu'>11ob et\ ot Honolulu. r . H: KAU.'\ t r'OLKS DiSISl' '.rrr:Y SJ.!E ~'LYT,:'J. DNJG=:.t1S Spa~ial St'lr-Bullatin. Corr~R.POlldeuce Lih'l" Y ... nut. Ja.n. 21. --Poopl~ :u:a still sseing r lyitJg r....:t'.lo~r.J on 1':ma1. It ' n e n a thi 'l.Q \'Jlten a group or' mrnry m rs report :J'3elng liGhts flyins nround in thll sky o:rrly o~ a :p'lrty !tornln3, no ma.t t~r how respon:Jible the onloo'klr:-. b". It 1~ auot~1er uatter \Oihon Kau~i ' a CCtln~::r ot!ic1al3 or>ot u ~ilv~ry di:J'! ut 6: JO p .L1. or. ~ Thur::tday ~ft-3rnoon r ro, ths win~1o.v of' th, clnir- r.tan' G of't"icd. :l.1l'1GC\'SS I FlED [fJ 1'l CD\SSJ FlED' i:,/:-i..r fl Hq P.'iCD l at. Incl t.t:;t :mtion 1.s ind . t oJ t o btal:: C0-'"'ltmjc~.:cion. ~u N CC.l\S.$.l ElEtl 24-24 SPOT JNrJ~LLIGE. :t; ~ RFJ'O: T SUBJECT: Unconvontionnl Air~raft. Cou:1ty Ch.:airman ounty. E'agince~ tho ch;J1rm:m't; office, wore n:no.1s th~ flytue dt~c. , Pol ice , Cl~ri< or t.hoze whl') oo.~; They claim tha t vl~ibility :;:3n exc~llent a nd t hnt the silvery o~ject uppeate d again ... t t bo ~luc o: t h e ~ky. A~ the object hov~r~d 1 n tho sky, J:.r. t into his car a nd r ac.-.,1 hon~";: f o r hin telesco~H~. HovMver, by the tJ r.1.1 h e r~::>.ched h01Tl9 the diSC starte d mr;ving n eain U !lrJ Wa3 ~O~n lo:3t i n a cloud r ow.:tt i or.. The oboervers agreed that the cH s c ::-1s c ontrolled hut ther" ~HH'J.n!d to be n o indic::>.tio:t of' how 1 t was pO"nc retl T~is i s the third r op.1rt of flyi!tg diace oter Kauai si nee Chris trr.:-i!'i C7e. Sof:l~one :J'3 t-r;:r-.~ to bo C::!s i r,z the C.l rd~r1 Ir.l.:!nct. ). ACTimi TAYf:iT: Oftice of th~ J.nt olligcr.c e Of-rice r , ~acifie Divis i on, t:ilitary Air Transport Ser-vice, Hickar:! .Al Pcce, /~0 9.53, adviaod o n 2$' January 1951. ' DISTHI2Ul'IC.! : ln ti=clition t o aclcres qea~, copies o~ t his r~oort 3re furnis hed: Chiof, Ir.tcJli.g~nce DiVi31 0 ;i l,:It'l'S , !\ndr~ws A'.:"' E.:t::Je, 'Ua!lhingto"l 25, V . C lntellie~nce orric9r, P A<.:!J ?.\'1'~, hicl':1m A' B:! . APO 0;53