Indonesia unidentified aerial event — October 1960

On or during October 1960, at or near Indonesia, the source reports the following sequence: HYNEK, DIRECTOR, PROJECT BLUE BOOK WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO SUBJECT: UNKNOWN OBJECT OBSERVED OVER INDONESIA REFERENCE: OUR RADIO MESSAGE NR. THE OBJECT OBSERVED WAS A CIRCULAR, METALLIC APPEARING VEHICLE. IT APPEARED TO HOVER FOR ABOUT 40 MINUTES AND THEN ACCELERATED TO A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW. THE OBJECT WAS OBSERVED BY PERSONNEL OF THE U.S. DETAILS OF OBSERVATION ARE AS FOLLOWS: THE OBJECT FIRST CAME INTO VIEW AT ABOUT 0945 LOCAL TIME AND WAS OBSERVED FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 MINUTES. AFTER HOVERING FOR APPROXIMATELY 40 MINUTES, THE OBJECT ACCELERATED RAPIDLY TO A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION. HE STATES THAT OFFICIAL STATISTICS INDICATE OVER 200 UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED OVER INDONESIA IN RECENT MONTHS. HOWEVER, HE STATES THAT TWO ACTUAL OBJECTS WERE THEN OBSERVED FROM EVERY ANGLE BUT WERE LOST FROM VIEW VERY RAPIDLY.