32.48 N 118.45W (Pacific) NE Hawaiian Islands, March 1962March 1962

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Summary

On March 17, 1962, military personnel aboard the USS Estes in the Pacific northeast of Hawaii reported one object during nautical twilight. The witnesses included the commanding officer and executive officer. The object was a light blue ball of flame, about the size of a dime at arm's length, with a blazing trail about five times its length. It was seen on a southerly bearing moving west to east through about 20 degrees of arc at about 30 degrees elevation. The sighting lasted about 2 seconds, and the flame burned out about 25 degrees above the horizon. No sound was heard. The witnesses noted the almost horizontal path, the brightness of the flame, and the nearness of the object. The Air Force record card concluded the sighting was a meteor.

Reported location

32.48 N 118.45W (Pacific) NE Hawaiian Islands, March 1962

Date of incident

March 1962

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 45

Original case file scans

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4 ey ‘ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ;
: I. DATE 2 pag 8.1 ; \ 12. CONCLUSIONS

32.408 JA45W (Pacific

17 Ma= AD . : Rs a ( " 4 0 Was Bolloon !
a NE Hawaiion Islands 0 Probably Balloon
A JE Ay TY og pr To = Te a amas ff © Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

1 . 0 Was Aircraft

3 Local RR TR tf Ground-VYisual 0 Ground-Rador a Probably Alsaahs

CMT tT 0 AirVisuol 0 Air-Intarcapt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft

: 5. PHOTOS | 6. SOURCE tL Was Astronomical Meteor

0 Yeas Kak dab 0 Probably Astronomical

BN Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CER ERE ER A
= 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
3 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING SH 11. COMMENTS ERE Tr ee
|g Light blue ball with trail about 5 times Object has all characteristics of meteor

4 length. Chsarved from a ship ty military sighting, brightness being attributed

: personnel. Object sighted to S moving W-E. to nearness of the meteor. Horizontal

3 Covered azrox 20° of arc at zn elevation of trajectory does not rule out a meteor.

30° in 2 sec. Flame burned out about 25°
above horizon on heading of 150°. No sound.

4 Differed from normal meteor sighting in

almost horizontal trajectory, brilliance of

3 flame, and nearness of cbject.
1 ATIC FORM 329 (RXV 25 32ZP 52)

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