1. OA Tr TINE GROUP 2. LOCATION l. SOURCE 10. COHCL.USION CiVilian & Milita17 Astronomical (1-ETPJR) 1-----------~eck \rlth SPADA'lS L~cated that there we~ no decays tor thio 4. NUIER OF OIJ!CTS tine JSriai. E"l'aluate<l aa a at.ero ob .. rvation. S. LENGTH OF OISIRVATION Not Re :xu-ted '6. TYPe OF 03SEJIVATION Gro'llld & A!:'-Viaral 9. PHYSICAL EVIO!NC! 11. Bltl!~ SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Blue white cbject heading South. Obsf)rted by United Airlin , Honolulu Contro1 Taror.,Personnel, Missi.la Range Person.-1~1 ~.),~ r.n:3r.Y civilians. Ap}:8aradto be Sattelite xoeent~. FTO SEP63 0-329 (TOE) U ClASSIFJED DIPART:AlHT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFf MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE Pag e 1 of 2 INF'O: NIN-7, XOP-1, XOPX-8, SAFOS-3., JCS/OSD-1, NSA-7, (28) DE RUHLKH 4 2160844 z R uuuuu fM 326 AIR DIV KUNIA FCLTY HAWAII IO RUr."t.,KM/PACAF HICKA~1 AFB HAWAII RUHKEICOMHA~SEAFRON PEARL HARBOR HAWAII INFO RUEAHQ/CSAF RUWGA~B/CINCNORAD Rt.!rtLHQ/CINCPAC RUHLHS/CINCUSARPAC RUHLHL/CINCPACFLT RUAUAZ/CO~USJAPAN RlJAMC/COMUSKOREA R LA GF :. 1 C Cf,ll; ST DC PU~!KH/HA~SEAFRON KIJNIARU UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE (4 AUG 65) A/jat Page 2 of 2 UNCL/C IRVI S/UN ITED AIRLINE PILOT, HONOLULU CONTP.OI.. TOWER PERSONELL, PERSONELL OF THF. PACIFIC MISSILE RANG~, AND NUMEROUS COVILIAN PERSONELL REPORTED SIGHTING WHAT A??EARED !0 BE A SATALLITE RE-ENTRY 30 NAUTICAL MILES SOUTHWEST OF HONOLULU AT 04/0643Z AUGUST, 1965. OBJECT WAS ~HITE AND BLUE HFADING SOUTH. NOTE: Rec:.ddressed to CIA (INFO: Immediate) per Form 1392 #61 Advanced copies to XOPX, NIN, JCS/DIA P \f'tlU: \f,\ F;,Hcr It\::: C(jk lr .~JIJ .. Ai >t) "''l Frar.ci'st''-' 9ti;j:i~ .1n r.i: PACAF Base Cormnand (BDI) 9 August 1965 U.F.O.'s in Hawaii-2 August to 5 August 1965 TO: AFSC (FTD) Wrig~:-Patterson AFB, Ohio. . 1. F .. 1llowing is a su[mnary of UFO activity in th~ Hawai- ian area, 2 August to 5 A~gust 1965. Five UFO's were re- ported. One of them (part b) received widespread head- lines in Hawaii resulting in increased reporting and pub- licity regarding UFO's. a. On 3 August, 0600Z (3/2000 local) a family living in Waikiki beach reported bright lights moving across the sky at high altitudes and on various headings. The lights appeared to change colors from red to blue. During the telephone conversation with the family, I was able to ob- se~ve the sky from a position approximately 7 miles from Waik~ki. I saw nothing except some bright stars. Since no one else reported the lights, even though they reportedly were flying over a heavily populated area, I cortsider the report to be non-significant. b. On 4 August, 0644Z (3/2044 local) numerous sight- ings were made of an object which fell from th~ sky south- est of Oahu. The reports differed on the colors but all agreed that it was a very bright light. Two pilots who were flying at 31,000' on the 2080 radial 180 NM out o f Honolulu VORTAC said it t'las bright enough to illuminate the cockpit as it fell to the north of them. Both pilots believed that it burned out before hitting the water. Observers from the Pacific missile range said it appeare d to them to look like a re-entry vehicle. The two pilots said ic finally broke into three pieces before it bu=ned out. Our investigation revealed that it could not have been from U.S. space operations -and it is unlikely that it was Russian. Tentative analysis is t hat it 'tvas a met-=or or less li!<ely, a decaying space vehicle , which fell approx- i ntately 100 to 150 NM southwesr: of Oahu at position c. On 4 August at 12302 (approx5.mately) the crew of a TAC C-130 enroute from Travis AFB to Hickan1 AFB \lh3i~rv(d a high altit~de, high speed UFO pass directly overhead on heading 2290. Location of the aircraft was 123W to 123W- 35N, altitude 20,000'. Object \vas a bright light . (1) Ocean station November sighted the same ject and reported that it lit up the whole sky as it (2) Investigation revealed that it was probably an Atlas missile fired from Vandenburg AFB. The bright light over ocean station November. resulted fro;:a a flash fire from fuel still left in the booster on separation. Time of the missile firing was 1243Z. This was 13 minutes late~ than the sighting reported by the aircraft. How- ever, the aircrew was not exactly sure of the time. There- fore, I believe the sighting and the missile flight were in fact one and the same. d. on 5 August, at 1311Z, several aircraft at 28-33N/ 14SW, reported a rocket firing from the surface of the ocea~. The object ~limbed rapidly and flew into the clJu~s on heading ~9. One aircraft also reporte d a group of five ships within the area of the lau~c~. (1) A query to CINCPACFLT OPS P.LOT r ev ealed tnat the sighting was probably a navy operation b eing conducted in that area at that time. e. Also on 5 August at OSOOZ, a teenager reported a bright light in the sky. Since no other details were available, and no other reports made, the sighting was ruled non-significant and no investigation was made. 2. This information is forwarded as backgroung information FOR THE COMMANDER ( Cn~tai \USAF Directot:---bf Intelligence PACAFBASECOM & 326 ADD . J(Ht-J ., M E$!iAGEFORM :i ~ C U ~I T 'f C L A SSI F I C A Tl 0 tot }'t-l~CI~.L INSTRUCT!ONS .F'I'D J w p AFB I OHIO P.:'\C.AP HICLU. AF'B, 1IA U11CI AS F)l .o..ua"' OJIO , -'-L -- 7.ROIII 326 Ala DIVISIOB KU!fiA F,\CILITr, llA, c.ri~ 'I7 OBJEC'tS OBSEHVLS!I COORDDA'fiOJI: ~:I ;~ 1.~IC T ~e JC~1C'G:~'R!, Colcnel, us.:o.I? lit:CUfltt rY Wrt fC:H WILl tJ,,,rED TAT::S AIR FORC~ sucJe:cT~ Copy, DOD Press Desk Transcript on Hawaii UFOs 1. Reference is made t o c onversations,S August b e tween Lt Neel and Maj Gregory, this office, regarding a desired check i n the Washington a r eas f or any press rel~ascs or information on alleged UFOs i n the Ha\-lai i area, inasnuch a s FTD had r eceived n o official r e port s on the sight i ngs. 2. A: t:ached is a copy transcript o f a conversation be t \veen a CI NCPAC staff member and the DOD press section, p asse d on by t e l e phon e in para p hrased form to Lt Ne~l, afternoon 5 August. FOR TEE COHMANDER OEMELT E . \~TALKER Colonel, USAF Direc t Jr, Foreign Activitie s DCS/Foreign Technology Cy transcript