ENE Hawaiian Islands, March 1960March 1960

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Summary

On March 1960, the Air Force's Project Blue Book received reports of an unusual object seen from a ship in the Hawaiian Islands area. According to the initial case summary, the object was described as very bright and moving slower than a meteor. It reportedly lit up the sea for 12 miles and was visible for about 10 seconds.

The Air Force investigated the sighting and concluded that the object appeared to have been a large meteor that penetrated especially deep into the atmosphere. This evaluation appears on the case record card marked as the official determination.

The file also includes reports of several other sightings from March 1960 in various locations across the United States, including Massachusetts, New York, California, and Maryland. Most of these additional sightings are noted as "information only" cases and lack detailed investigative records in the file. The case file runs 13 pages as held by the National Archives.

Reported location

ENE Hawaiian Islands, March 1960

Date of incident

March 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

13 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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LL — PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
1. March 250 SNE Hawaiian [slancs Jes Salton |
K.. RK 3 19560 LINE Hbawalian i1siLands 0 Probebly Balloon
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3. DATE-TIME CROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION i Tovemy Tem
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TET RRR EE GR FA RAR EES OC. U-Ground-Visval DO Ground-Radar QO Probably Aircraft
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emt _1/00127 Apr 60 0 Air Visuol 0 Air-Intercspt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft :
5. PHOTOS &. SOURCE By Wes A=tronomicol Ma Li i :
+ QO Yes 7 Probably Asironomicel
YA No Civil tan : 00 Possibly Astronomical
a a lal ois i isa ibis | ECA 0 KD R25 8 iE
7. LENGTH OF.0353ZRYATICON 8. NUMBEN OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other i |
0 Insufficient Doto for Evolustion |
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1.0 N11 onas Ons De scends ne 0 Unknown
ig, BRIZE SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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a meteor lighted up the sea for 12 miles, large meteor that penetrated especiall ¥
Visible for 10 s=conds. deep into the ~tmosphere.,
ATIC PORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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