Project 10073 Record Card and Air Intelligence Information Report — Misawa Air Base, Japan, 8 May 1952

On May 8, 1952, between 2200 and 2230 hours, two guards from the 753rd AAA Battalion 'A' Battery at Misawa Air Base, Japan, reported observing three distinct flashes of light. The witnesses, stationed at their guard positions, described the events as appearing approximately one mile north of their location at an estimated altitude of 150 to 200 feet. The first flash was described as blue, bursting and fanning out into a spray before fading. A second flash occurred 20 minutes later, described as similar to the first, though it did not appear to reach the same height. A third flash was described as reddish in color with a long, arcing tail that eventually faded. The weather conditions were reported as a clear night with no clouds. The report, filed by Intelligence Officer James O. Shealy, includes statements from the guards and notes that the sighting coincided with another unidentified aerial phenomenon reported by airborne observers, as documented in a separate report, 116th F-B Wg IR-2-52. The document is classified as unclassified and was subject to standard downgrading procedures under DOD Directive 5200.10.