CaseCircle1977

Kekaha, HI, USA

the circular object entered U.S. airspace and refused to achnowledge communications. was then forced into the water at the order of the

Report quality: Moderate55/100

This score reflects report-quality signals on file — how complete, corroborated, and precisely located the report is — not a claim about whether the sighting was a real craft.

  • Duration parsed: 600s, a plausible sighting length
  • Detailed witness text (135 characters)
  • Location geocoded exactly
  • No other reports from this city within 3 days
When
1977-07-05
Where
Kekaha, HI, USA
Shape
Circle
Duration
10 minutes
Geo
21.967, -159.712 · exact
Slug
circle-over-kekaha-hi-1977-f3810d
Wave

Part of a wave

  • Historical wave1977–1978

    Colares & Operação Prato

    Ilha de Colares and the Baixo Amazonas, Pará, Brazil

    The most physically aggressive wave on record. Luminous objects — locals called them 'chupa-chupa' (sucker-sucker) — descended nightly over fishing villages, projecting beams that left burns, puncture marks, anemia and…

In context

  • This is one of 3 reports logged in Kekaha, HI.
  • This case is one of 2 Hawaii reports filed in 1977.
  • Circle craft made up 10.5% of 1970s reports, vs 10.6% across the whole archive.

Report

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