Honolulu, Hawaii, T.H., January 1953January 1953

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Summary

On January 16, 1953, at about 6:30 a.m., a U.S. Navy yeoman saw an object while driving on a highway near Honolulu, Hawaii. The witness was a Yeoman Third Class assigned to Pearl Harbor.

The object was bright and highly illuminated, and appeared round. It moved at a high rate of speed over the Pearl Harbor area for about three minutes. It traveled in a north-south direction in a straight line, then made a 45-degree turn and moved out of sight to the west.

The witness could not determine the object's size, speed, or altitude. Aside from the bright light, the object had no unusual or aerodynamic features. There were no sounds, trails, or smoke. The observation was made with the naked eye from a moving car.

A check found no weather balloons were released at the time. Base operations reported a C-47 had departed nearby at about 5:20 a.m. and a B-34 had landed about 6:40 a.m. The record card lists the conclusion as probably aircraft.

Reported location

Honolulu, Hawaii, T.H., January 1953

Date of incident

January 1953

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 17

1 1. DATE - TINE GROUP - | 2 “CATION | 16 Jan 53 Honolulu, Hawaii, T.l. | 1 3, SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION G | Yoon Third Class FEOBABLY AIRCILFT 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS fe EL : 4 a 3 No data presented conflicting with a/c analisis, : Cae : 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 3 lin, Source observed a bright highly illuninabed object from : 1 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION moving auto, Aside fiom bri 3 ib lirht s ob je ct hand no visil Ly : umisual or aerodynamic features, iE Ground Visual A ] 7. COURSE S turned 3. PHOTOS 1 0 Yos - tl No 1 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 0D Yes : - X Ne E FORM 3 FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used,