Oahu, HawaiiJune 1963

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On June 18, 1963, at about 6:41 a.m. local time, an object was reported over Oahu, Hawaii. The main witness was Major Armand Parker, a military officer. His wife and another military officer also saw it. The report came in as a CIRVIS message and was recorded in Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The witnesses described one large fireball with a long fiery tail and a yellow tint. It was much larger than a star. It was first seen at about 60 degrees elevation and burned out near 15 degrees. It headed about 051 degrees true and moved very fast. The whole sighting lasted about 2.5 to 3 seconds.

The Air Force said the short duration and the description matched a fireball. The case was evaluated as a meteor.

Reported location

Oahu, Hawaii

Date of incident

June 1963

State / country

HI / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 48

Original case file scans

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Bh PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Vi RAT Ev AR
' [. oate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
| 0 Was Ball |
| |_17 June 1963 Ozhu, Hawaii O Probably Bolleon
. |3 DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION  Reaslby Belipen
g Locol ET ER XX Ground-Visual OD Ground-Radar (S Aa ai ult |
i GMT 15) 06417 0 Air Visueal O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
| | 5. PHOTOS . RCE Was Astronomical METEOR
1 O Yes O Probably Astronomicol
£o Neo military and civilian O Possibly Astronomicol
| * | 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BORE
| 21 to 3 seconds one NE in descent. = thaoilielent Data for Evaluation |
| lo. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING © © 11. COMMENTS :
| | Large fireball with long firey tail. Yellow Duration and description conform |
* | tint. Much larger than star. Initial obser- with that expected of a fireball
' | vation at 60 deg elevation burning out at 15 deg sighting. Case evaluated as a
. | elevation. Heading O51 deg. Speed very fast. meteor observation.
¢ | total observation 2-3 seconds.
1 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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