Pacific (30-30N 139-05W), January 1960January 1960

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Summary

On January 10 to 11, 1960, a crew member aboard a U.S. Navy transport plane saw an unusual light over the Pacific Ocean, near 30 degrees North and 139 degrees West. The plane was flying from Hawaii to California. The sighting happened during the early morning hours.

A Navy chief first saw the object. It looked like a very bright white light with an irregular, roughly round edge. He said it was about half the size of a full moon. A second crew member, an ensign, also watched it. The object moved in a straight line and grew smaller until it vanished. Both men watched it for about 12 to 15 seconds. The plane's radar was off, so the sighting could not be checked on radar.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the object was a slow meteor of the fireball type. The card noted its speed was about one third that of a falling star.

Reported location

Pacific (30-30N 139-05W), January 1960

Date of incident

January 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

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: PROJELT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 2
10-11 January. 1960 Pacific (30=30N 139-05) 1 Was Balloon
] Jy L7 : eddie 15 Foe, 1 Probably Bdlloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP A. TYPE OF OBSERVATION EEE ankiuty BRleon
; } § 0 Was Aircraft
Le TA a Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft
omt!! OL574 RE “0 Air Visuol 0 Air-Intercapt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTPS 6. SOURCE tf. Was Astronomical Heteor
0 Yos 00 Probably Astronomical
&'No Military 01 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Ea OR ert iabe iibaiaties Sibi inl)
: 0 In=ufficient Data for Evaluation
LR BIR Pg - i 0 Unknown
12 seconds one 5.50 Ng -
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENYS
Very bright light with irregular edges. Daseriotion conforms to that of a
Roughly round in shaps about half the size slow meteor of the "fireball" type,
of a full mocne Speed about 1/3 that of a
falling star.
ATIC FORM 32% (REV 25 8EP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28985672