WSW of Hawaiian Islands, May 1960May 1960

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Summary

On May 10, 1960, observers saw a bright object in the sky west-southwest of the Hawaiian Islands. The card lists one object moving in a descending path.

The object looked like a meteor. It had a red head and a bluish-white tail. The tail was about the same width as the head. The object's brightness faded until it disappeared.

This report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded the description and duration were typical of a meteor.

Reported location

WSW of Hawaiian Islands, May 1960

Date of incident

May 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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USN ! PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; 0 Was Balloon
10 May 60 WSW of Hawaiian Islands S Fakaite’ Baliown
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION BE oot loss tral
nr toe 0 Probobly Alverstt
GMT 1107062 0 Air Visval O Air-Intercept Rodar | 0 Possibly Aircraft
S. PHOTOS » SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OYe X Probably AstronomicollMeteor
§ No Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE DO sl in
5 OQ Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
5 sec one 8 O Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
Meteor-like object, had red head and bluish- Description and duration is typical of a
white tail, tail width same size as head, © | meteor.
diminished in brilliance until it disappeared. |
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