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Hickam AFB, Hawaii, October 1960

Date of account
1960-10
Location
Hickam AFB, Hawaii
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wes Bolloon 270ot60 Hickam AFB, Hawaii 口 ProbablyBolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION G Was Aiicrolt Loca! D Ground-Visval O Ground-Rodar 口 Probobly Airerafr 28/061 D AiViswel D Air-lntercept Rador Possibly Aircroft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Wos Astronomico DYes Probably Astronomical Military ONo 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OSSERVATION 8.NUMSEROF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othsr 口 Insufficiont Deto for Evqluation 5sec one SSE 口 Unknowm 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [11.COMMENTS Bluish-vhite ball vith tail,1/3 size of moon. Description is typical of a meteor. Appeared first as a comet and then inereased sharply in size. Intensity of glov inereased from initial sighting to end. Appeared to give almost a flash effect after first sighting and appeared to burn out. ATICFORM329(REV26SEP52)

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