21.26N 158.20W (Pacific), February 1963February 1963

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Summary

On February 24, 1963 (local time February 25 by Greenwich time), two airline crews over the Pacific Ocean reported a brilliant white object entering the atmosphere. The first report came from an Aloha Airlines aircraft. The object was seen at about 45 degrees above the horizon, more than 200 miles away.

The object moved northward at high speed. It burned out at about 30 degrees above the horizon. A second Aloha Airlines aircraft confirmed the sighting.

The Air Force, in its Project 10073 record, concluded the report was a probable meteor sighting.

Reported location

21.26N 158.20W (Pacific), February 1963

Date of incident

February 1963

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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5 :
3 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
4 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 fine O Wos Balloon |
E 24 February 1963 21.26N 158,20W (Pacific) O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP % TYPE OF OBSERVATION 3, Restitny nelioon |
: SE bs 2 5 O Was Aircroft
4 Rocaliibine batons oe Ln ll eal 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft |
§ GMT 25/05167Z XaXAir Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircralt
: 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor
; O Yes O Probably Astronomical
X¥No Aloha Airlines O Possibly Astronomical
3 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE TT TE RAC CO A SA :
: entering O Insufficient Data for Evaluation |
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BE not reported one atmosphere/n HHsPYY
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
Report from 2 a/c of object entering Probable meteor sighting.
8 | atmosphere, Viewed at 45 dgr elevation | A» Dec Tie DATE,
heading north burning out at 30 dgr

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000294