PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION -( L Jnpan 0 Was Balloon 12. CONCLUSIONS !C a rs:s 1 0 Probably Balloon -i~-o-A_T_E TIM"E CR-ol!r- ----------:-~-,-TYPE OF oo"5Eivi"TION _ o Possibly Balloon Loo;ol _ ' ---- ----n Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Radar M pi:t..,t ~; radar observer c v 7. LENGTH OF OBSfRVATIOH I. NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE 3-5 seconds 1 . \1 to E 0 Wos Aircraft 0 Probably Au croft 0 Ponibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronomical 0 Probably Astronomical r., Possibly Astronomical_.-'' Insufficient Data for Evaluation 10. IRIE, WMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Varied color. Ball shape. Disintegrated 4TJC POIIM J29 (REV 21 au 52) AF JORM l1Z-PART I AP,HOYfO 1 JUNl 1MI CIOUNTR1 ~UORT rtO. (Ll-:A \o-' t ' TJLA.NK) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT "~ ' ~ , Report ot Untclentitied Object ARIA IUPOitTID ON ltiaan Air B~ae Honahu J ~ EVALUATIOft l'ltUo\RIO l't I tJ/!fctr) JAr:.~ 0. SII&\LY, Intelligenc Otticer MIIIIIEifCtS (C~IIi,olafi~,-: 4~t~tf.ri,P,rrf~ ri,-( :-: U ep~kii#i) --- SUMMARY: (.fo:"'n ~ ,.,. ... ,, fl(tt/HWf. OfH ,.f~c.,.tr ill /tllfllQtttttl&et 1-'"~'''' Unideatitied ObJect waa sighted b7a 339tb Squ~n (Pilot ot F94 Type Aircraft) Fighter Interceptor ~Qu. (Radar Observer ot F-94 Type Airora!t) one Streak or lleht, bull shape, size unkno iii~ r~ o'-5S'arvidJ-orot'.:;.~:.~ ... ~-=-...,. .r. appeared green changing to 1llow tb4n to orange-red betore disintegratine. Fl.&ab ot lisht had a alight at~a:ner tndling, speed unknown, no sound. L1aht appeared and followed an aro pattern to tnding position b. Sighted on a 1'147 1952, at 2200 boure Itom tima. Duration 35 seconds c.. Visual observation. Aircraft altitude 7,000 feet, 250 knota, heading )OCJ F-94 type aircratt. d. Approx1ute aircro..rt position (1.040' 14127.'E). Aircratt heading 360 Object observed. at 1 o clock poslti.ln. (Pilot reports light traveling trom West to &aat,) (Radar Obs~rver reporta U~ht traveling llom East to Vleat at 2~00 ). Light at eye lovel with airerart altituds 7,000 teet. e. Sighted b7 both pilot and radar obse~'ir. Intormatioa. is bell$ved to b3 t. Ni~t cle&r with ~ cloud tor~tioaa, alight haze, Wim 280 Pilot obaerved tlaahing llghta nhicb s~eroed at cround lewl about 2 uiwtes previows to observed straal' aod called it to the attention or t ha r:1dar .1 lf ~9.to ~.JC,t, lp ,.. ASSIFlED r:_IC, ~ .. P.. 4F8 Sketch b.1 ~L.I"\ rF N: II r/lf.4-;z.c:- OlantfiUJIOII t u.IGIMATOII Into. to CO, JAJJr Al'O 710, A!'TNa Dep1t:1 tor Intellignc (4 copiea) CG, 39th Air D1via1on (UA), il.IQ 919, A'rrNa Deputy tor Intel ~1gence {1 cr) Diatriot Co..nder, OSI D13trl.ot, i/7, APO 919 IOl., THIS DOCUMINT CONTAIN411NJO""'ATIO"t AFFECTING rHE NA'fiON~ DEfENSE 0 ' TH;. UNITeD S1 ATF.S WITHIN TilE MFANING Of TilE 'iPIONAGf. 114. T. r(l U. ~ C::- J1 AND )2, A.'i AMtNDID ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE R\ELATION Of IT!O COUEh T'i IPt AN 'I' MANNC.R TO A fit UNAUTI10HILEO Pi.Ar.ON I'; PHO~IItl fro l\'1' I.AW. :* U~OA)IW PARI, 81' ~.,._ TIIAN IJP.IItu.CiTA1C.S AIH FOW:E AGt.tK.Ik-3. EXCEYr BY PlHMIS'iiON OF Ttlt: UIRECTO,. Of IF FOIM 111 PAIT II . ( ,tJCLASSIFJ~ . AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT J lketob a\ k. ltatelieote b7 1 ... ndar U.oa D/I, JAPAR AIR DEPDISI POBC&a JAW!a o. SP.FJJ.Y Captl n, USAl' Iat.lttc ott1oer 2h Depat.7 tor lntell'ano ewluat th1a report aa C-6 rather than C-2. G&lRGB a. IWJlPJWI L\. Colonel, USAF Deput7 tor Intllianc DED AT 9 YEAR lNTT!:RVAt~\. IFIED AFtER 12 nlAR&. UNCLASSIFIED lOR: THlS DOCUMINf CONTAINS INfORMATION AFFICTING TMI NATIONAL DUEHSI OF THI UNITED STATES WITHIN THi N4NING OF THE EVIOHAGE ACT, SOU. S.C.- 31 AND .. ~S AMIW>ID" m TRAHSIII$SION 011 THl REYILATION 01 ITS comuns IN NtY NAH .. iR TO AN UNAUTHOitllfD PRSON IS PAOHIIITED IY LAW. IT NAY NOT IE "DMXM.IC' .. W"'I' I OR IIC PARr, fORt.' AGOICID. DCII'f IY PERMISSION Of THI DlltiCTOIIOP INTELLIGENCI. ~ -:J..-I f, ' J 7 , IF FOIM i12_,AIT II ( ONCLASSJFJEO . M I "CM'D I JUNI AIR INTELUGENCE INFORMAnON REPORT 1. A oheok with Japan observator1oa has shown no increase in te aotivlt7 and no a1ght1ngs ot umtaual phenomena in recent months. 2. Air Weather Service norMll.y launches lighted ather balloons at night. Erzatlo behavior of a lighted weather balloon, together with phya1o- 1og1oa1 11m1tat1ona or night Y1s1on might account tor such reports. UNClASSIFIED lOll: llttt DQC.Urr C:OrffAifiS IWOIIIIATIOII Aff'1I:TIIICI 1 .. NATIJGMM. DUIJnl OF THI UHtRD STATD Wln41N THE MfNIING 01 THi. EWtON.\Cil ACT, '50 U. S. c.- J1 MD ll. AS liS TIUIISiillt!IIOI 011 ntlltl'WLATION OF rn CONRMTS IN M't TO M UHAUTHOitiZ0 PlRSOH IS PAOMIIIT!O IY LAW . p MAY tiOT RURDGUCIO aa WHCI' I 011 aa ltUII'. IY Alit FOACI DlCJrr IY Pt:R .. ISSION Of THI DIAICT'Oit 01 * U&.~fiii ....... OIJIUr ... ~'9ttUI IHTIU IGIMCC. AF, FORM \12 PART II UNCLASSIFIE A .. MWID I JUM 1141 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT l.t!IIH!!! A\ 2lQO hCNn on 8 Ha7 1952 wbUe due nort.b to Kiaawa Air Base, I vitJa a broad areenieh-bl.ue etreak arxl endin& in a puf't ot orange- 0.300 to rq starboard and JIOnd dOWDNUd nrr eligbt.q t:roa rq port to at&rboard to thb tlaeb of Jigbt I had beaD obsenina (tor approx 2 min.) a white l :t1b\ whiob appear~el to be on tbe horizon and in the saae direction dNoribeli abo.n . Att.er obsel'"Yin& this light. I flew nortb of Mieawa Air Baa oa. the ooaetli- to a point. approx. )0 mile north o! the baae lookin& tor &ft7 ~ ot the tallin& light prniouaq aeen. While doing this I waa in contao" wit.b tbe GCI conUoller aDd upon of wba\ l bad obaerd.. I made a Yerbal report to hila oonoRADEn AT s nAn imitV.".!.?= DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS ltfl: rtot.: t 'Cil'\1'~ r rQtt I 111!11" '"'r .)fCfo'ATrN AF' .. LC fiNr. Ttl[ NA fiO'f~l NJ t-PISf. OF' Ttlt. UN f(O ST \ f l J V.lllol '4 TC \If I ~G..>~ fr t b~O-.AGI: ACT. 'lU U S C.- 1t. 141 YI"UTIOtl Cf I T'i <Xlt i LN rs IH ""' y ... AU \t ~ I ) ''" : 'r.A.J Ill' I! I It i:> I tH3 m IS tl(.IHBifll) bY lAw. l! ,.,._y M;T ~f. :'li:Pi'C:'JC tl'l IN \\t 0Lt. OH ltl rAf.T. BY OTt 1:.S Alk rcWC(. ,AF.dl.,.ll':'i. LXC.I t'l t!V l'r.R-.1 .:.ION UF hiF [tlllf Ctn:ll)~ AF FOAM 1u.:...-n lt A~Af;WfD I ,tUNa IMI AIR I~LLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ..tAil!! ill . At 2200 houra Oil 8 Ma7 1952 we w.n tlJina north alona the coast line about a ld.le 8CNtb -~--Air Baae. Tbe . called rq attention~ a t1aabiD& li&bt whiob lfU on the aurtaoe out at the one o'clock position. I was watobina this, t.l71na to e it it bad any code sequence when I saw this streak ot bright. liJbt. in the air aiXI at. our altitude (7000 tt) which was out at the same that I hacl bHn looJd.fll (1 o'clock). It waa traYel.in& in a path ot a falling aro, alight.q toward ua, movinc in an eaaterq to a westward~ direction. When tint eigbtacl it had a bright green color which changec:l to 7ellow then to a.n orangtt r3d and clied out of eight as though it had disintegrated in a motionless position. It just topped, got real bright and died out. Its color eeerued to linger rather tban have a tail ltke a hootina star. It waa fast movina, bright and ot short duration. Aa tor ita duration which I coul4 hardl t.e, 1 t did last long enough for me to &7 "Look, Look, Look" to the pUot over our live interphone and tor to anwer. I could not see aJ17thin& I could recognise aa a eolid maae, only CERT.IPIED Captain, USAP .rJNGRADED AT ~-\ ' ~-: DECLASSIFI~!, . . .. .'TT'~TlV AISj !C'fl: I all~ C.C:t.UYI\Nr CONTAlJieSIPtJORNo\TION Alre:o"TtNG THf NATIOft". DF.fE~ Oi Tl-4 U"'ITf'O STA':ES "'I THIN ~ It: IAF.MfiHG IJF' TH~ f';;>tt}tl,,,;~ ,,r.... ~ \.' r, ~ - ~I A'6J l.". AS AM&HDID. ns TR4NSM~ OR TMI: RMlAT 10~ OF' IT!> CC''Ht:NTS IH AN1 M.\!'INEA T J AN t rNA' fi 1r '-lAY tluT ~ HIJIRODUtiD 1M WHO' I OR IN PMT, 8t C. rm.n I.I~ITED STATU AIR FORt.:E ,\Gc-.CIE':i. EAtYPT llY i'fH4l~SIOH 0 ' 1 Hfo" DtH!.:'.Iul' c)f llflliU.Ilit~ USM . UNCLASSIFIED -. ..... INFORMA TIC4 REPORT 8ket,ob bJI 11011: THtS OCCU .. fltr CONTAN*IIMICMIIIATIION AJif&IING T .. MATIOQI. DUIJt!ll 0P THI UNfTlO Sf ATO WITHIN THl MUHING 0, THE *""OHAGI ACT, !0 U S. C- 31 AltO 3Z, AS ~tlNOIO. iTS TRA'dii15110N OR 1HI RlVfLATION 01 ITS COHTF.HTIIN AMY MAHhfR TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PRSON IS PROI'tliliTEO IY I.AW. IT MA't HOf Ill'~ .. WIUlU C?" lit Miff, av OlltU 0 .. 11''10 =;JAJD AI~ POM:I AliUK:IIiS, EXCt,.,. 8Y l'iiUIIIIION M THI DtMfCT'OII OF UO'WJGIIIICI. U~cl).SS\f\EO