North Pacific (Hawaiian I), May 1959May 1959

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Summary

On May 1, 1959, in Plumas County, an unusual white glow was sighted from three ships at sea. The object was first spotted off Port Bow at twenty-five degrees, positioned twenty-four degrees north. It appeared to be heading toward the ships and was seen by three vessels simultaneously: USS St. Clair City, USS Lincoln City, and one other ship. The light glowed dimly, then brightened as if exploding before disappearing. The sighting lasted approximately three seconds. No official Air Force evaluation is provided on the available pages.

Reported location

North Pacific (Hawaiian I), May 1959

Date of incident

May 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: [illegible] 1959

2. LOCATION: [illegible]

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [illegible], GMT [illegible]

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual, Air-Visual, Ground-Radar, Air-Intercept Radar [checkboxes]

5. PHOTOS: Yes [checkbox]

6. SOURCE: [illegible]

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: [illegible]

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

9. COURSE: [illegible]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Unusual white glow, first glowed dimly, then brightened as if exploding, then disappeared. Seen by three ships simultaneously.

11. COMMENTS: Unexpectedly strong picture shown mobility, observed to left of ship. An officer at OPF aboard three [illegible] that the witnesses probably saw a meteor.

12. CONCLUSIONS: [Multiple checkboxes for Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown]

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28983341