Project 10073 Record Card — Camp Kinser, Okinawa, 10 September 1959

On September 10, 1959, at approximately 1110Z, several military personnel stationed at Camp Kinser, Okinawa, observed a group of six to eight unidentified objects. The witnesses, including 2nd Lieutenant J. Bowles and several non-commissioned officers from the 3rd Marine Regiment, reported seeing point-like sources of white and yellow light. The objects were described as moving horizontally in a straight line at 'jet-like' speeds, exhibiting behaviors such as oscillating, rolling, and darting. The sighting lasted between 35 and 40 seconds, with the objects eventually disappearing while rapidly ascending in a west-southwest direction. The observers were located at coordinates 2624N/12748E. The weather conditions at the time were reported as a bright moonlight night with scattered low clouds. While the official conclusion noted that the observers likely witnessed meteors from the Piscids shower, the report also acknowledged that a weather balloon with a potential light source was released from Kadena Air Base at approximately the same time. The report, prepared by Captain Chester A. Barchiesi of the 313th Air Division, explicitly states that no physical evidence was available and that the reliability of the observers could not be definitively judged, though they appeared sincere in their reporting.