20 50N176 00E Pacific unidentified aerial event — September 1961

On or during September 1961, at or near 20 50N176 00E Pacific, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Bright, white, hazy light object blue, modulated red, flashed 5-10 seconds at 10 deg elevation. Moved horizon to horizon. PAGE TWO RJWZKD 144 FROM TWO THREE ZERO DEG TRUE TO THREE ZERO FIVE DEG TRUE SEVEN X THRU SIX ZERO X UNKNOWN X REMAINS CAN ALSO X OBJECT CHANGES FROM HOT BLUE TO DULL RED X BRAVO X APPEARED TO EXPLODE AT END OF SIGHTING X CHARLIE X AIRCRAFT HEADING TWO SIX ZERO DEG TRUE BODY WAS OBSERVED MOVING THROUGH FRINGING OFF FROM ISW TO FOUR FWD TPT AFT BEAM X DELTA X BODY HIGH ABOVE OBSERVING AIRCRAFT X ECHO X SIZE FOUR TIMES LARGER THAN VENUS AT PLANET BRIGHTEST X FOXTR0 X AIRCRAFT NO X SEVEN ZERO SIX X KKK FLIGHT HR X SEVEN FOUR SEVEN X SEP DASH THREE 15/0245Z SEP RJWZKD UNNNN Classification Cancelled To Auth. It was observed for about five minutes at approximately 10:00 p.m. on the night of 2 September 1961. Harold, the object was hovering about 25 feet above the ground and then suddenly accelerated and disappeared from view in about ten seconds. It was visible for nearly 3 hours and was observed by a number of aircraft in the area. The object remained stationary in the sky for over an hour, then split into two parts and moved off rapidly in opposite directions. No sound was heard and no trail was left behind. The object was observed by several aircraft crews and they will be evaluated more thoroughly. Italian astronomers report Galileo Galilei noticed its great brightness centuries ago. Other (UFO) 28 Las Vegas, Nevada Military 30 Cape May, New Jersey Military ADDITIONAL REPORTED SIGHTINGS (NOT CASES) DATE LOCATION EVALUATION 16 Universe, Chicago, Ft Wayne Science News Letter 24 Bloomfield, New Jersey Newsclipping 27 Essex, Connecticut Newsclipping 29 Warrentown, Virginia Newsclipping