Vicinity Midway Island, May 1960May 1960

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Summary

On May 27, 1960, an object was reported in the sky near Midway Island. The card lists one object.

The object was sighted about 10 miles from Midway, bearing between about 300 and 330 degrees. It appeared to be a large green flare at an altitude of about 20,000 feet. It was visible for a short time.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force requested more information on June 2, 1960, but as of January 16, 1961, the requested information had not been received.

Reported location

Vicinity Midway Island, May 1960

Date of incident

May 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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HAWAITAN AIR DEF DIV - -- PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD SC
I. DATE | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| O Was Ball
27 May 60 Vicinity Midvay Island 8 Frobctly Satioon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION TT an
OA TRIE io icin O Ground-Visval 0 Ground-Redor a Sry Averelt
GMT 28) 08222 May 60 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar W Yummy tereven
5. PHOTOS . E : - od Nes lg St ‘aid
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ing | Military 0 Possibly Astenemiedl
‘ 9. COURSE CHE RC NR SN
3 i Fors CECE TT hon | [» ¢ insufficient Dota for Evaluation
249 not given two Hedi zo KTAL cst ah i
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS /
Object sighted 10 miles fm Midway, bearing More information was requested 2 Jun 60,
between 300 to 330°. Appeared to be large green but as of 16 Jan 61 requested information
flare at an altitude of 20,000'., Visible about | has not been received. It is possible the
30 sec. 60 sec later another object was sighted| the objects observed were meteors, but thf
| |on the same base course. Appeared to be on a information reported is limited in nature
| horizontal plane, and the speed estimated to be| precluding a valid conclusion.
at 1200-1500 mph. Weather was clear. No air :
traffic at this time. |
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