Hawthorne, NevadaApril 1963

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Summary

In late April 1963, a civilian resident of Port Allen on the island of Kauai, Hawaii reported seeing a bright, star-like object moving slowly across the sky from west-southwest to east-southeast. The sighting occurred on April 24, 1963 at 1867 hours (approximately 6:47 p.m. local time). The object was observed at high altitude and appeared to move at a slow speed across the observer's line of sight.

The Air Force noted that jet aircraft were conducting high-speed test runs in the area at the time of the sighting. The evaluation suggested the object could have been an aircraft, though investigators acknowledged that the slow speed and star-like appearance presented some questions. The file notes that an "ECHO" radar contact was visible to the southwest and southeast of the observer's position at the reported time, which investigators considered when attempting to identify the object.

The case was evaluated as "Possibly Aircraft," though the file does not provide a definitive conclusion about the object's identity. The full case file is reproduced below as held by the National Archives across 8 pages.

Reported location

Hawthorne, Nevada

Date of incident

April 1963

State / country

NV / US

Page count

8 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
i 1. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

4 O Was Balloon

: - 23 Aoril 1963 : O Probably Balloon

a 3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION : mailed dos

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| 5 | Rm Ee Ces ES CSE BGround- Vi sual O Ground-Rodor = Probably Aircraft

i i GM 24/ 07002 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft )
4 Ss. n= §. SOURCE XX Was Astronomicafiieteor

i O Yes O Probably Astronomical

E a iviid an O Possibly Astronomical
! 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Bs ONS riociitt oe ble iiine fan 0
: O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
pg s O Unknown |
5 3-5 seconds one west
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
: Round light green object with sound Meteor sighting,
4 of buzzing or humming observed at
5 + 30 dgr elevation descending to 10 dgr
E elevation in arc from E to W, Lighted
3 up area, Burned out or disappeared
behind mountains, Ian sight for 3-5
2 seconds,
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000691