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Pacific Hawaiian Islands & area, March 1963

Date of account
1963-03
Location
Pacific Hawaiian Islands & area
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12.CONCLUSIONS 2.LOCATION 口 Was Balloon 口 Probably Balloon 1.DATE Pacific 口 Possibly Balloon Hawaiian Islands & area 口 Wos Aireraft 11 March 1963 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar 口 Probobly Aireraft 3.DATE-TIME GROUP XGround. Visua! 口 Possibly Aircraft 1940 Air-lntorcept Radar Locol 口 Was Astronomical XxAirVisuol 口 Probably Astronomicol GMT 12/0540z 6.SOURCE 口 Possibly Astronomical 5.PHOTOS Yes Civilian & Military KxotherAtlas Missilo. 9.COURSE 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation ONR 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 口 Unknowm 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION SW one 11.COMMENTS 5-6 minutes Missile launched from Vandenberg 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SiGHTING confirmed by contact with Range Object glowing like a giant comet or Officer in telephone conversa- spotlight in flight from Eust to West tion. observed by ANG pilots and thousands in Hawaiian Islands.Also observed from F-102 at 40,000f

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