PROJF.CT 10073' RECORD f 1. f'A~f T t.,..: ~:~uP 2. LOCATION \I wlt.n~ss) ll'liE R OF 10. CONCLUSION ENGTH 0~ ,.., 5ERVATION 11. BRIEF ~UMMARY AND ANALYSIS O ct!VATION I " C:OU~Sc I,,_ itt(JTOS 1 9. PHYSICAl EV J)c'lCE o,.Jj'.h l,ot5 h1l: hQO!''~ nhcv,. l. e ll:;hl.~1 :in horizontal fi'ilhicm. ) ~i i"ct di:-.. ,;p :>t'"d ill:ti'IIII.H1""0U~ly C\:1 if ;t - ,i tell h"'d b ... - n Lurn,..rl off r TD s c p ~ J 03.:?~ (TOE} Prnloua di:IC)t\t ol thh t otm my b uud, Rt.;.t -Y TO !iUfJJLC -:-. DEPARTMENT OF THE Ali~ FORCE H EADQUARTERS 6-186h AIR BASE WltlGXX:XXX R X:Y.!"RX A P O SAN FRANC ISCO 96553 U.? . O. Report F~J -Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio for TDETR r.~ USAF -OSAF for SAF-01 n~ USAF -CASF for AFR-DC V versity of Colorado for Dr. E.U. Condon 1. Following is from par. 11, AFR 80-17: a . Descript i on: weather observer (Comments in parenthesis at the same location) Shape: Illuminated cross. Cross pieces appeared to be medium thin, of equal lenght. Row of lights on a cross or plus) Size: Smaller than a hand at arms len~. (Ten t i me s bigger than pibol light as seen through a theodolite) Color: Clear Hhite l ight. (Orange) Number: One (One arm of the cross) object t.Jith 5 ligh t s on (5) For~atio n: None (None) 6) Discernible featur e s : Top appeared to be of p arachu t e ~aterial, orange and white stripe d with light locc?.ted below. Lights appeared stable but t op appe ed to be unstable and wobbled from side co side. (Top appeared to be transpa r ent with 4 or 5 hula hoops above the lights i n horizonta l fa sh.lon. ) (7) Tail: None ( None) (8) Sound: None (None ) (9) Other : None (None) escription of Course: ~n1at first called attention: Mr. & Mrs. , Hilo, Ha\<Jaii reported the object to police who in turn called Hilo Tower. Tower operator saw it immedi a tely. operator notified weather observer) ( 2) Angle of elevation \vhen first observed: 30 above horizon, South Southtvest of Hilo Tmver. Angle of elevati on when west of tower. Appeared tmvn of Hilo. disappeared: 80 and to be directly over (4) Flight path: Smooth and straight from first to last sighting . ( 5 ) How rl~d object disappear: Instantaneously as if a switch had been turned off. (Ditto) (6) Time cbj ect tvas visible: 7 minutes c . filanne r oi Observation: (2) Opc~cal Aids: Binocula r s 7 x 50. (Standard weather =eau theodolite) and '9a:c: e . Locntion of Observers: Gen Lyman Fi eld, 1943N 15503\~ ( .._.live 2 miles south of the f . Information on Observer: (1) Civilian - Hilo, Hawaii. Tower op controller; reliability, good. (2) Civilian - Hawaii, weathe n ; reliability, good. and flight (1) 2,000 scattered, 4,500 scattered, Temp. 72, Dew Point 66, Wind 24 0 5 kts. , Altimeter 3 00. 5 . (5) Scattered (7) Not a vailable j . At Hilo (Gen Lyman Field) k . Director of Intelligence, 6486th Air Base Wing (1) Poss~oly a plastic bag balloon. It could be possible chat the object was a bigger plastic bag than i s ordinarily used, with at least 20 candles instead of the usual one. However, it i s interest- ing to note that the lights went ou t instantly and simutaneously, something that would be hard to achieve with candles. Wind direction, while not exactly in the same direction as the flight of the object, was in the same general direction and indeed may have been in the same direction at some altitude below 10,000'. possibility: An ordinary weather type battery powered light devices s~tspend The hula hoop effect may have been suspension lines cutting into the (2) Another balloon tvith ed under it. caused by the (3) Third possibility: A plasma of ionized air. The orange color is about the same as a lmv energy plasma. The manner in 'tvhich the lights 't7ent out migh t indicate the plasma suddenly lost its electrical charge. Ho.;ever, the cross effect might not be equated with a plasma phenomena. (4) These ideas are pure speculation and at the moment cannot be supported by evidence. Similar lights, although not cross shaped, have been report- ed over t:.-te i slands of Havzaii, Haui and Oahu during the last 3 years. In all instances they have been listed as u nknown since we could not find a reason for them. Indeed, in most cases we ruled them insignifica~t according to the criteria of AFR 80- 17. Hmvever, t hey are being seen by the public and 'tve cannot find a reasonable explanation. Some of them hoa~es, but not all, because the locations of some o= the sightings, such as the remote sides of volcan~es and over water areas between some of the islancs are not logical launching points for pranksters . .:ust rece:."ed is another man' s opinion. llilo has CAB approva l for direct flights from ~R~'!. :V~. H~LLS , Major, USAF \Di::::-ec;:_.:: of Intelligence Cl:Lpping from Honolulu Advertise r