Hisawa m &a, Japan 10. CONCLUSION v ~ -.. " n BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS ~ ~!ot P.eport.ed ject appeared to resemble a tow target. Observers report that :,-6.-T .... Y-P-e---=o-;:-o-~-s-~-~-V-A-T-IO_N -4he object could not have b e n a Japanese kite due to the speed, j d also that it was not an a/c due to its shape. Observers ; G;.:-ocd-Visual re !'our pilots. Three T-6s and !'ive F-80 s were airoorne at ~7. cou~s;; the .time o!' siejlting. 'lbeae pilots reported no unusual objects. ! Not P.eported ~ 9. PXYS1CAL EVlOc~CE fTD SEP 6J 0-329' (TOE) Prel- ed&U .. I ol th11 f.-.. ,.~ UIMo UNC\.ASS\F\FO t.r r1'Rr.\ "i f Aitl I INl El.l.'Gt: rJCE I~JrORM.~-\ ~!ON u. 5 . vy reportti t'".:\t. t.l1~./ h.1d no activity in tt-<> ;..r~:l .. t UNCLASSIF1ED ' ne cop~ !'llt->d . I ilea 1<1Uart "l s, ~ isa'H;i .i r ror c o T':asc in ac::ord.lncl! vJitt. AL1 :er.tor ldw: 2J Aur,uct 194 9 a . 'Jrour.d ~ isawn ,d r Pore'! 9u.se, Japon ( 1 ) ( 2) front st.-:;>s 41th r'i t:hter ~roup, C:x:.-a:ton:; . 1\.til..lir\!, loc'lt.ed on the rru:IJ ;:.;-r oY.L-... .~l: two tl':i.r1~ in fro:r. t.~l:' W'Cst o~d. in thu area .d. th~ ttr:l'! o :' s:o:ht.1v. ... ne ..,, j~ct. (JeP. ,,. tuch~J skatch . . .:bservlcle c h~t..i.nl ;>her.o."\C:\l, :~oa"". Ak rox.i:r.'\tolv .h!".,e ctUes from obso:-ve r s a Lll t-: r:J l.ly b. An~le o: elc v .t1on fro:, horizon 10 d~:rro:J: ~lcv.t!on o f terr~in 119 feet. b . r.l.: t.~ ncular c . A,. ar.:.,l C">"l!'lruc t.ion ~..r.i<noJI'fn dcrt.h not observ~rl. (.!) .;;:.;eared t.o th~ s.:ll:le e ize ~i~ct.ion of !lif,ht was 10 Jee~Jes d"t' re~s. A;rarent nori1ontnl fli~ht. :!o ex.ha~.:st 0 1 served. JO fee lo"l:-, 12. ::o a"" .a rent effect on scud clouds .-~ich ..-ore :1t. lJ. ~lo lir ht.s ob:Jerved . 14. ;o n ;i;>arP"''t sup~rt. 15. ?ropul31o~ ~ot obeerveJ. 16 . Control an:l stability. Object ~oved on a ste4d.y even course however no fins or stabilizers were 17. :Jo air ducts observed. 18 . Speed-very fast.-e:lt.i.utcd r.t !rcMJ J'l.> to :o !JOUnd liiO.O ~Mrd, hOt'fC'I,r, this C'-3;1 '":.l'IO ~<'!n .:1u~ to .tn ~ _ .,0 wnmi:1g up 'ithin 200 r~et of observl.!r:J. UNCLASSIFlEP OOWNG~ssiFlED AFTER lZ YEAR!. LaF~ e1r,hted h e r e Line o f 1rh t ~ot ~r pt~ br ~l? parked h~ CNCLASS\F\l:.l> AI F ROX I Y.A ':':. DNCLASSif-. .. Headquarter s , Fa r ?Ast .\ir Forces The o bject, di&aJ;')Mred bohinJ a n :1!3-17 wr.ich .va!! ?-lrkoc on tho r~p and \ 6S not otservec nP,ain ~or.~ihly duo t o at 'flo6VOS cuaood by the r -CJO wart!'ti.n u~ o n the r wp. i. i-.! J t e !'l.lil t F-Pf) pilots. t is:lw3 .\1r ~orce fuse . fl.ylnt~ .1~! :-ehteJ scl..ject.!l. hese o!'tic e r.s are Ql.&liti e d r-80 pilo~:; one o!' ..,!~ch MS 1400 f!..;ht~r hour~ o 7hc.StJ of ficers 'lN C1p;\t.l e or cstimti:'ll. s i z e ,n;! s pct.?d wi t h a f<>.JC ..lt:grel! of a.: ru.CJ Cbs~rvcrs J.rc C')l"'.pl c t?ly r'! li..lt le. The <&t :.e nt i or. of - i eu.tc:lD.nt wa~ .irav., . t o t.hf" Ot ject 1tu c olor Lt'lJ .:tot1on. Lieutenant. -.,Ul t.u.:-n C.lll'!d i t to the at~ontion o~ t.l.c o ther t.:-.rde offic~:rs Hho ~roe st.:lnr!inp, nl!a r t:-y. ;)is c u s sion as t o ito iJe ::t!.t.y t.oof: pl1.c e '"hile t.r e ot.jPct wt.s :still in sight . Same as a bo w Obaorvers a p;.oear to be intelll.s-ent ::inC c.'\i.l~le o f rr.lk~; accurat e n nd relia ble observations a.'lJ l'(: 1 o :" i.:tr " n :Juch obs ervations. l. Tnare werw no radar s!.tl3s operotl:lg ! .r'l ;.l':e are<1 a t tt.e t.i...t=-o~ :Jight i (l6 d1.;e to routi:le ::~aim.en~r.c~ ~eathor c o nditions. -a rc-ken , ct;ilin, e::ti:\.'\t e d ~CO feet , wj:,us at 10 knots at l~X> te!"'ees tempeoratu:-e 72. dCGrt>es, dsw point 6~ ueer9~s. l'linds aloft. 1000 f oe t 60 decrees 6 knot s , 5000 feet 260 derrPes a t ~nots, 10 ,000 te~t 26'> de~rees at S knots, ?0, 000 feet 230 der,rees ~t 24 knot3 000 feet 2o0 d~grec s 40 icnota. re were no cocr.ercin l fli ht9 in t he area a t the t.Uie or sitht i O. Thor o were three (J) T..<> a nd five ' 5) f-P.O aircraft airborne n t t he t L'ne of 3ichting. ..ne r -1!0 n~w a cros s t he objects u)~.:lMnt fliht pat h a t ri~ht d.r.glt!s ap;lraxi~'\tely one minute atta r obs ervers s1..!.t.cj objec t ~;o cYide nce could be foWld o !' tr.e possibl e :-ele asi:'lg of t~ s tinc J~vices i n tho vici n i t J ~o t:v i de ncc could be f cund t t t he object con cted tr.e e.1.rth. :o t a ; ;lic.1ble. = ra not. ~v;~U..ttle :u. ti.'"'e of sienting (.:>ee skutch) . ~1hner. 3t~ccent attact~d. ~t Ol t .lL"l."l' 1c . :o ,>r o ".ctio:'l~ or t:xtc:.sion.s ~re ot-se:-vcd. u LASSiflEB Headquarter&, Far i4st .tr forces CERTIFICATE At a pproxi.rrntely 1530 hour:J on 23 Au.gust 19~9, the undersi.~nttd observed a lic,ht or silver-colore~ Nct.n.ngul..lr ob~oct t.ra.velinr. 1t an est~ted speed of ~00 mileD oer hour. This oojeet did net. re- eemble an aeroplane but a~poared id~r.tical to ~ rectangular tow- The object '#j,S traveling in a northerly direction at &J..pro;d .. T."\t.+!l:l 200 feet altit.uc..e or less iL"'ld ~ralloli.nr, the coast li.no. fhis officer ~as a bout three ~iles fro~ the object and obeor ved i t 1uri~ approxl~tbly five o1les of travel. This oftlcor "18:: in t.he COI:lpO.:l,Y of I.Aj. ~af\.. AnO A~t. On ~he front StcJ,:) o f the 49th Fi ghter ';roup OpeNL t.lons when t his s ightL18 was mate. U;xm ~calling attention to this oLJect , ~hose three office~s rllscernbc t he ob et i~lta~ely and all a tted a con:uetnc l~ck of r~co~nltion. The ob~ect disap;eare~ behind an 17 parkP.d on th~ r~. ~hor y there:1f t or, thi:: oftic>r not1cctl a loca l F'-'30 in the sar.\e vicini t:, :tt. u h.l.eher a ltitu je ."\"\d tn tn<: opinion of ~his officM" ttl.!re wne no :lil:.il..1rity i n appeamr.ce or lit.htneos of color t.o th~: object i n C}'lestion lst Lt., U$.\r I certify th.:l.t I have read t.he ~f.atcrcent of Lt. a:ld find the in!'ornntion correct anr.i coople t e to the! best of m;,; knowledr,e. INCOMir.JG MESSAGI UNCLAssJFIEO UNCLASSIF1ED UNCLASSIFIED Ut-l Gl\AU l:D AFTER 1% YEAT\@- DECLASS DOD DlR 5200.1~ Thie coy wil Ito eefoever~ with the er .. tott coro vntil octi-it u t.aotod, at which ti1M it will MCAO ''"' No 221 bo ,roparM for dottrvcti-in occordonce w ith Section IV. Hq. Office lnttrvcti-No. 11-2