Kauai, HawaiiOctober 1950

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Summary

On October 7, 1950, about 7:25 p.m. local time, a civilian on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, reported a glowing object. The report is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness saw a luminous object cross the sky from south to north. It started about 20 degrees above the horizon and was last seen about 30 degrees above it. At first the object looked about one quarter the diameter of the moon, then grew to about six tenths the moon's diameter before shrinking as it moved away. It disappeared into or above high cumulus clouds. The object was circular with indefinite edges and glowed with a soft white light. The witness first thought it was a shooting star but ruled that out because it kept level flight at an even speed, and its soft light was unlike a falling star's brightness.

The Air Force listed its conclusion as a meteor observation.

Reported location

Kauai, Hawaii

Date of incident

October 1950

State / country

HI / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 7

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD id
). DATE - TIME GROUP 2. ' A"CATION O ‘
7 October 50 08/05253 Keuai, Hawaii
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
; Civilian Astro (METER) :
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS ;
One : Evaluated as a meteor observation,
s. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Second s " Object was observed as a luninous objectm cross the sy in a
South to North direction, starting about 20 deg above the horiz
bh TYPE OF Sun— and when last seen was about 30 deg above the horizon.ix Whe
Ground=Visuval first observed the diameter of the object appeared to be one-
7. COURSE quarter the diameter of the moon. When in its course it was
- about six-tenths the diameter of the moon, decreasing in size
North as it moved toward where it disappeared into or above high
e. PHOTOS cumilus clouds. The object was circular in shape, with indefin
; edges, and glowed with a soft luminous white light. At first|i
0 Yes was thought to be a shooting star-but this was discounted by
.XKNeo the factk that is seemed to maintain a level flight at an eve
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE rate of speed. Too, the softeness of the light was unlike the
Pa : bri 1liancy of a falling star.
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FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used, :
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