lJNCLASSIFI ED Af fORM 112-PART II AIR TELLIGENCE INFO!~MA TION REPO!~T (Cont.\. n uat. ion of Paragrn? h h, Pago h) e. Co:r_'T!et'\ t -no ftnther infor.:ntton hnq b '1en f orth co:dng . No axplano.U (In o r t.ho :J.i r;htln! ~ c rm ut> propos~d oth Jr thln th<' posn.i.blo rofl c c t i t.n and refr ;\ction o f li.~ht. t.hroU~h ha , exhaust r;ases, a :ir rurc\:t.t.!l, or the car op y of th'.! ob~orv~r's ah- ('iN ALrA TI Cll : C-6 ) I tf)'.'''7CR:\DF.D A'r 3 YP.AR TN'l"~OV 'T .. 'J; Dl~CLASBU'IED Al'TEH 12 Y ~!,\~t:3. UNCLASSIFIED von Dm o2oo.lo Misava AFD, Japan AT lL..'> hours, 29 J.tsrch l952,on unidentified obJ~t ~33 observed approx1Datel7 20 miles north or l.fioaWR,, this sighting '\fa a natle by an Air PoiK:e Pilot flping a T-6 t)p(S aircraft. This T--6 ~traveling Bltitude, ona headins or 0 degrees, nt 130 knoto. AT the time of sighting, t~to F-81. t)'lxs A/C vere making pDaetica rtms on the T--f}lt:W 'l'hi~ ohject -va a first noticed by the pilot or the T-6 aircraft when it pulled nbre~st of h~ end reflected tha sunlight. The object that had r eflecte d the am~light vaa n cw.all, shiny dioc-abaped obJect., ~Cl~; a ppeared tb r..ABlte a P 3S'J at the P-8~ at an estited 40 to 50 6,.\f.'(. in excess of the F-86s airspeed. It closed r3pidly and jUGt before flying into his fu3elage 1t deceler~ted *''' to his air~peed alooat instantaneously. In dotng ao, it flipped on its edg~ at npprox-lm&tely a 90 degree ba."l!<. It !ih~n fluttelled Y1 thin 20 feet of hia fuse luge for t 1.ro or thre9 eacontla, c.ntl pulled o:wa:y Ed around his starbord wing 'Where it wruJ caught in the slipstream b ehind the aircraft and rlipped once . ~1en it p~s3ed hi~; crossed in front ot him nucl pulled away vbruptly nppearing to accelera.ta nnd ohot out of u1ght 1n a steep, nlrnost verticle cl~b. ~e pilo~ of the F-84 diunt observe the object. no rurthur intor.aation has been forthcoming. rro expla.na.tion for thio sighting C3n b e proposed other than tb~ posalbl0 reflection ~Ad r efraction of light through the canap;y or the observer3 a.ircratt. CONCLUSION: UJISOLVliD A YOUNG AlR FORCE PILOT FROM ROCKFORD, , 01 lEO THE FOLLOWING REPORT 0 2 *AT lle20 HOURSt MARCH E9t 1952, t WAS FLYING A T-6 NORTH 0~ MISAWAe GCI 03 WAS RUNNING AN INTERCEPT ON ME WfTH A FLIGHT OF TWO F-84-Se ONE OF TH~M 04 OVERTOOK MEt PASSING STARBOARD AT APPROXIMATELY 100 FEET, AND TEN FEET OELOW OS OB~ECT WHICH HAD REFLECTED THE SUNSHINE WAS A $MALL, SHINY DISC-SHAPED o7 THING. W.~tCH_WAS MAKI_NG A PASS ON THE F -84e 0 8 *IT FLEW A PURSUIT CURVE AND CLOSED RAPIDLY. JUST AS IT WOULD HAVE F~OWN 0 9 lNTO_HIS fUSELAGE,_ lt DECEL~RATED TO HIS AIR SPEEDt ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY. 10 IN DOING SOt IT FLIPPED UP ON ITS EDGE AT AN APPROXIMATE 90-DEG~EE BANK. IT 11 FLVJTEREO_W,I TH lN :T:WO FEET OF H I"S FUSELAGE FOR PERHAPS TWO OR THREE SECOND: , 12 THEN IT PULLED AWAY AROUND HIS STARBOARD WINGt APPEAR ING TO FLIP ONCE AS IT 1 3 HIT THE_..SLIEST.REA~ E\E_HIND_HIS_WJNG-TIP FU~L TANK. 14 *THEN IT PASSED HIM CROSSED IN FRONT, AND PULLED UP ABRUPTLY, APP EARING TOl~ AC:CE~ERAJ"Et_AND_-St:iO'! _OUT _OF_ SIG~T _tN_A_STEE~t-ALt-10_S T _\t.EBIJCAL_ CLU'1f}. I T IJJAS 16 AAOUT EIGHT INCHES IN DIAMETER. VERY THIN, ROUNDt .AND AS SliiNY AS POLlSHCD 17 _CHROr1lJ..!.M..-.. j I HP...Q NO APPARE..t-I.I. .. .PB.9.~E;C_Jj_O_t-JS .L~T_ NO EX 5 T OR VAPQ.~. TR~J L c; 1 P. AN UNUSUAL FLIGHT CHARACTERISTIC WAS A SLOWt FLUTTERING MOTION. IT ROCKED 19 _AACK_A~D FORTH IN 4Q~Qg_i;REE;_B_A_NK:S. _A _I O~J qt"~:-S~.f9 9_I NTEf3_VA.!-~ THROU~HOUT ?0 ITS COURSE* 2 1 tUNCt:..ASSJf1fJ) lJNCLASSlFlLD ll\ITGHVAT.S ; t!ttf. O~JECTS :JFf.I CIA t SICHTI CS ALSO rERrETI:D OUT Ii!iOr~AtLY As roLto~-; ct~; auon or CITICI:".L Irl t!?TOIT I CI ,'1. T... .vLA~mFJCD f .lt'TElt 12 Y~-":,.,,