Local residents, Wewak

1985-01-24 / Papua New Guinea / unresolved

On January 28, 1985, the U.S. Embassy in Port Moresby cabled USCINCPAC in Honolulu reporting that Papua New Guinea's National Intelligence Organization had inquired about sightings of high-altitude, high-speed aircraft over PNG on the evening of January 24. The PNG NIO described "various reports of UAP," including fast-moving objects with lights, contrails, and noise, and placed particular credence in an Air Niugini pilot whose radar picked up aircraft flying south to north at high altitude and high speed over Angoram.

High-altitude, high-speed aircraft