2130n15803w Pacific — December 1961

Category: 1961  |  Format: PDF  |  File: 1961-12-8700658-2130N15803W-PACIFIC-.pdf
Keywords: hawaii, 301500z, annex, kunia, pearl, harbor, alrcult, no111icol, jropped, l1crt, magnituce, renorte, cportecj, iclcnt, lentification, rjtrjf, thawseafron, rbept, conuskorea, millagl, apperaance, 2130nl5803w, droppred, 301540z, unidenified
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Po ni bl y Bolloon XD Ground-Yi~Wol 0 Grounci-Roclor Woa Aircraft 0 ProboWy Alrcult GMT 301500Z o Air-Viwal 0 Alrlnterc:ept Raclor Possibly Aira-oft 0 Probably Astrc;no111icol Military 0 Possibly Astr<>nomicol 1. LENGTH Ofl OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 10. BRIEfl SUMMARY 01" SIGHTINOObjt 'dth appearan c e o!' b r jght s to.r i:1 ,i. Obj"; appeared to mov e hor i - zon~ally and v ertically ebout 5 . Jropped to :!.bout 1')0 e lev in 1) nin and 25 1:1in later di ,app~arcd on l1crt zor.. ATJC PORM 329 (R&Y 26 I&P 12) 0 Insufficient Oato fot Evoi~Htion 0 Unlcnown 11. COMMENTS Uoj';; .;lghted .ras pr::>os.o:...~ b riGht ~tar :irius , magnituce - l . ( . ... irection o.ncl elevation renorte:i :'or objt and tho.~ o.;:' star a r c sa::e a-; :.i.":.e o.: hting. Time ~cportecJ ror ~i:;J.:;.;,~o.r""-n..:~ i 'j coin c iclcnt vith ...;et ting t:::..=..e :'c r :~ar c.: v i c .vc::l fr:t locntion oi' \.fit:::e.:s. .;.:.! iu..; i:; o ric;htcst sto.r (apparent) in cur ~-2ave h..; :! lentification .,-a~ probably :::elr.~.:. ~lc.ng ~y distortions du e to atmospheri: rc~r~ct~on :~n1 a n activ e imagin::ltion . NNNN 6 ) I STAFf ~}.E~AGE BRANCH . AF rn : 49453 ( 30 Dec 1 R jhs UNCLASSIAID MESSAGE Page 1 of 2 CIA-11, OOP-2, : CIN-14, ARMY-2, NSA-7i ~M_fl MJ~- ,GosD-14, DIA-2, OOP-CP-1, SAFS-3 (110) ' ' ' ' . 00 RJEZHQ RJtrJF ALB RJ\&/XBRB DE RJHPKH 12 FM HA\&/ AIR DEF DIV KUNIA ANNEX HAWAII TO RJHPKM/CINCPACAF HICKAM AF'B HAWAII RBHPQ/CO~THAWSEAFRON PEARL HARBOR HAWAII INFO RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASHINGTOM DC RBHPD/COMASWFORPAC FORD ISLAND HAWAII RJWXBRB/CINCSAC OFFUTT AF9 NEB RBEPW/CNO WASH DC RBEPt.Y/SECNAV RJWFALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLORADO RBHPA/CINCPAC CAMP SMITH HA\1/AI I RUHPFS/CINCUSARPAC F'T SHAFT:::R RBHPB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII RJA?AZ/COMUSJA?AN FUCHU AS JA? . RUAMCR/CONUSKOREA SEOUL KOREA RUAGFL/COMUSSTDC TAIPEI TAIWAN RBHPHH/CO~lHA'iS:::AFRON KUNIA TUNNEL ANNEX DEP~RTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFf ~- AGE BRANCH UNCI.t.S$1RB> MillAGl UNCLAS/CI~VIS/UNIDENIFIED OBJECT WITH APPERAANCE OF BRIGHT STAR WAS SIGHTED ON A BEARING OF 270 DEGREES FROM A POSITION 2130Nl5803W AT 301500Z OBJECT APPEARED TO MOVE HORIZONTALLY AND THEN VERTICALLY ABOUT 5 DEGREES. OBSERVER, THEN WENT INSIDE AND ABOUT 15 MINUT~S LATER STEEPED OUT AGAIN. THE OBJECT HAD DROPPRED ABOUT 20 TO 25 DEGREES AND AT 301540Z DISAPPEARED. THERE WERE CLOUDS IN SKY BUT NOT IN AREA OF OBJECT. NO EVALUATION. NOTE : Advance copy del to CIN & OOP-CP at 1300~ 30 Dec 61.