Kauai, HawaiiApril 1963

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Summary

On April 22, 1963, a civilian resident of Port Allen on the island of Kauai, Hawaii reported seeing a reddish light in the night sky. The object was about the same size and color as a star and appeared roughly 80 degrees above the horizon (nearly straight overhead). It moved from the northwest toward the southeast or east over the course of about four minutes.

At the time of the sighting, jet aircraft were conducting a high altitude test run in the area with their afterburners engaged. The Air Force noted that the object's description and behavior matched what an afterburner-equipped jet would look like at high altitude under those conditions. Based on this information, the Air Force evaluated the case as an aircraft.

This case file consists of 8 pages held by the National Archives.

Reported location

Kauai, Hawaii

Date of incident

April 1963

State / country

HI / US

Page count

8 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 47

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS feic]
; O Wos Balloon | i
22 April 1963 Kauai, Hawaii 0 Probably Balloon |
_— = 10 Possi bly Balloon | i
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Fo]
i O Was Ai f H |
LoGalaantan nape Si XXxGround- Visual O Ground-Radar XP robobly Aircraft | |
GMT 23/06087 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft i
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE } O Was Astronomical bai)
a Yes O Probably Astronomical | {
4 Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATICN 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 fe 0] 1 1 per a Om |
0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
: O Unknown ! i
Co CE RE ee A BERS 0 HE SE SE CSE,
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS {
Reddish light same size as star in Jet a/c reported in area at
flight to SE or E observed at 80 dgr high altitude at this time f
elevation in NW. w/afterburner, Object con- |
| forms with this description and
| case evaluated as a/c. Cie
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ATIC FORM 329 (RKV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29000677