PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION A. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Ground-Radar 3. OATETIME GROUP ~round Vi sua\ 1flXIt. i ,. Vi ,_, at 0 Alrlntrcept Radar Civilian & MilitarY 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon 0 Was ~ircroh 0 Probably ~ircroh 0 Possibl y ~lrcroh 0 Was ~stronomi col 0 Probably ~stronomical 0 Possibly ~stronomical tlXOtnerAt) as ~iiili ilia 0 lnsuflicient Ocrto for Evaluation aYes 1. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. COMMENTS Missile launche d from vandenberg 8. NUMBER Of OBJECTS 9. COURSE -6 minute s \0. BRIEF SUMMARY Of SIGHTING Objec t g l owing like a giant c o met o r spotlig h t in flight from E~st t o west observed by A~G pilots and thousands in Ha wa i i a n Islands. Also observed f rom F - 102 ~t ~o,oOOft. Object in si~ht for 5-6 minutes. Left v a por Lzail. Ubsarv~d h y WX observer . Tr a i l li~hter than th~t from jet. onfirmed b y contact with Bang e Officer in t elephone conversa- l'tjc:u;t.o-:z:::.- Jt;JYSTERIOUS FLYING OBJECT Z001l1S OVER HA JVAIIAN ISLES HONOLULU. Mar. 12 -(UP!) -An uniden tified flying object. traveling west at a very high e.ltltude and a high rate ot speed, was s ighted by hundreds of persons in the Hawaiian islands. last night. Two kawaU Air National Guard pilots said they saw the object north of the island of Kauai d uring a routine training mission in jet lighters at an alntude of 40.000 Ieet. Honolulu newspl'lpers and radio stations were flooded with calls. Capt. Jon Parish said he thought the object was possibly a rocket or some sprt of space object flying a predetermined coutse. LL _George Joy said he thought it was the Milky ay at first, but then noticed that it left a visible vapor trail. I-~arch 11, 196J The sighti o~ a fa3t.-L10V:i..~ t..TFO wi1ich baffled jei:.-pi- lots, FAA ccntr:>l-tc,.er operator::;, and l thc.lse :1ds of re side!1ts, stil). ha s no t I Oee!1 eX?lained . The p~lo t.s of !a ti.o; :.:.il Gucrd j e t s TI'3:'e fl .-i."lf,: at 40 ;00C.L' t . Capt, Farish: "It was ;;ossibly a rock~?t c.c sr1 .~ so::t. of space object. " Lt Joy rc.pcrtE:ct seeing a vapor trail lighter than a j~t's. "It wc:s no said the .? . .;.4 s~:ckesii'.an) "and I ~:.1ow no one t-1ho kno~.s v:::at j,t ~;as. 11 s~w-:-~..:.'0 .2l.y.i.ns at hi~h ~ltit-ude and.hig h s'Je e..:. - ,)in; ;:est. 'I\ro iJat.Lor.a 1 Guard pilot~ ~ a t.rdinL"'lg .r.issi on, sp~'".teci the object rhil~ fl:,ing at 40,1C0 .'it.1csses ~a:i.dthe, ob.ject at:pearec~ tc be a ~.i..t;!:rli 0rescd. sha_Fe. The radio report did not specify whether thel . UFQ o r the Nat '1 Guard aircraft -.-.-ere at 40/X/J_ 111e se--reports came tO us . !'rom ~..Ut'or Jun-1 :ichi- 'i'akauash.i of Ji.5.F.A.-Japaa I.-.tl UFJ Or ganization.. On K&Z'Ch 12th, a 010 tnnl1nc v.a hicb rat. of Pd vaa ichtcl b,J bund:rd. of p Tvo Bavaii .tir IAtionl Gurd pllota aaid tbe7 ; land or l.au&i du.ri.ng & ~Qt.1 n training ., 101 t:lde ot ~.ooo teet. iloaolwl.u Dawspapera Dd 1'1 o olio, ' Crescent Over Hawaii On the night of March 11, 1963, :t crescent moonshaped object passed over the area north of the Island of Kauai in the Hawaiian Islands. It was traveling the west, at a very high altitude and a high rate of speed. The UFO was bright and some observers said it appeared to be on fire and appeared to fall into the sea. Two Hawaii Air National Guard pilots, while flying at 40,000 feet, saw the ob- ject. Capt Jon Parish said he felt the object was some type of rocket or space object flying a pre-determined course. second pilot, Lt. George Joy com that the UFO left a visible vapor 1&-;lil. Hundreds of other people saw the object and military olfic:ials would pro- vide no explanatio~ .