PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLUSIONS Wu Balloon Probably Balloon Po oui bl y Boll oon 'Ito Aircraft robool y Aucroft Posstbly A~rcrtJh Ito~ Attronomcol Probooly Atrononticol rosbly Astrono,.,.c:ol ; ~ lnJufti"ent o.,,o For Evoluoton Cl lf~P'Iown Bol1ove4 b,y pilot to be cloud ATIC PORM l29 (lt~V 21 SaP 12) 260 MOK~ tM) . Z84 CHEJUQ~ 7b2 SHIMOI\IO~EKI t5t, 803 ASHIVA 842 MESHIM~ 827 KAGOStiiMA 0 .. -- I : 927 MIYAKO J. ~ UNCLASSIFIED 412 SAPPOF 421 SUT TSU "' 430 HAKOQATE ll6'_ 9"~ KANA4AWA_ 610 NAGANO l372' ~! TS\.!NyA MIN~MIQAGARI JIMA UNCL.".: sitifD.-, 777 WAKAYAMA I \ 778 Stt.ONOMI~: .. , 887 ~ATSUYAMA 142 YOKOTA f62 lgi(YQ t --9 T AC~AWA 171 AilUUit 76 NH~f!lA t e---963 ruRISHtMA 27,6' HOURLY USAF REPORTS Q HOURLY INDIGENOUS REPORTS (JAPAN AND ISLAND STATIONS ON..Y) 3 HOURLY REPORTS (JAR4N AND ISLAND STATIONS ONLY) PIBAL OR RAWIN MOST REPORT 4 TIMES OAIL'r ;4 FEW REPORTS 2 TIMES DAILY RAOKJSONDE REPORTS STATION ELEVATION IN FEET FOLL,OWS STATION NAME. ELE~TION IS OMITTED IF LESS Jr,HAN 100 FEET. (M)Si(7NIFIES ELEVATION DATA MJT AVAILABLE. ( ) A.f S NUMBER I AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Un1dent1tied F1J1ng Object Osbtma area, Honahu, Japan 6lst T1~op Carrier Group, Hesvy, APO 704 The co-pilot am enpnHr, obaeJ'viftl object. trOfll tive to seven minutes, agree that objeot. diaappeancl rapid~ t.o the west, that no exhaust were viaable, no meana ot propulaioD anertainable and that object wu untmi liar and dissimilar to ar17 \ aircraft known to th Tbe three observers agree object vas at a pprax 10 000 to 20,000 teet altitude. Co-pilot and enatneer agree that object. was not a cloud, nor a balloon; Agree on all polata except_ that tbe ensineer believes obJect had a It tail". . Pilot 'minim sea entire incident, stating that. in hia opinion object was merel7 an umaav.l-appearing, dark, round and towering cloud, detached frc:a other cloud r t,1o1n: in area and that* therefore, no identification action waa t~en. Pilo~, lat Lt Arblaater, ia 29 JlS of age, has 1,929 tlying bra, states ha frequently -e!,. oddt- appe~ng cloudt nuc! t:l.onat, betlit ehns moat unid enbtil tided aeriarl ~ ~ighrttinga arema~n&' ", ..., apparen 4J oes no a ac An7 apprec a e eg1 ee o ~po ance to reporta conceming unidentified tl.71ng objecta. (Intel. Otticer'e opinion that pilot anJ1oua to excuse himself tor not having taken identitication action by noti ~ f GCI, Dd tor not hanna taken proapt reportins acti~n upon retumins to base. Pilot aide hie report aenn d&78 alter incident. Howenr, ;::ilot probabl.T sincere in hie efthtatioD ot incident since be onl.T glanced at object., whereas other aUibeJ'!I witness objecttro. :iye to wdmat) (~ .. inclaeem nta.) Co-Pilot, Leat. ia )6 ~are of age, haa 2,328 !17in& boars, atatea be, too, trequeatq observes odd-appearing cloud tonutions; inaiats subject object. not cloud. Capti D I eet appareD~ ia a coucientiCNa 1nct1 Y.ldual. , T/Sgt Roe, is 30 11 ot aae, has 231 tl7ing hrs, conscientious to an average des Acre pr1maril.7 with co-pUote report. . Intel Otticer belieYea report aigniticant since the two crew 1111aben wbo obeer.-ad objeet'appreciable length ot time convinced object not cloud nor balloon. AfPROVEDa /s/ John J ~ingerll /t/ JOHN J ZINGSRI.l CAptain, US!F . (absence or Intel 0.) W.pu~7 ~or in~4lli6nc 1 C1 Jl,tb !D IOTI1 TlttS OOCU"'ENT COIHAihi INJOit._Ar,QN -UfCTirtG THE H4TI",NM r.&n: ... _ ... i.'wA~.-~ .Uf.S lfiTUI-. Tr1E MF..\NING 0,. n.IE f SJZIIO-.AG ACT.,., U. S C.- ::-wcc-TO A~ IJNAUTHO~IZED PERSOflt IS ,AOHIIITtO IY LAW. ,_. C..IIFC) latelll Otttoew 61d ClroaJt, AIO \o A ~latlYelrat_.l ooa41,loa axi''el aDd DO Villi lldfta were aotei. A...._, of Pilote .-epona Sa ~ area were reoe1Ya4, . au fd wld.oll s.u ..... nd wtlllae 2. Wea.U. of tbe 2143M Mr w .. tw VI .. an of tlae. oplaloa ,._, We tlllatlq Ia to iHla, .. ola.l '*lola 4rk 4M to 'he ~aok 11pt- Utr ~ tt .. a ~llooa -41 u tlaealNnft ......._tate n.. It.aMa14 1te ,._,a bar of - tiel a.~ at~-Ia need vaaa han h wttb th8 apput o'~-'"' . ." ftae follow! .. latonatloa haa 1aea roetrct tr the 214)4 .Ur Weather Wtac, ... Gn14 )lro of ftl la ftatve ou of reptl'ta of vM4eet1f1e4 ol.jeota ta tlae Japaa-Kona . .,..., la4 or ~laolr lndte, or ..,, 1ndt-or 1M)() tt lliaaW. 990 tt per 1te UOO ft. par ldte . h-. "lftJP ... - :..,.. Nlftit~tual hove of ... 'taelll ~ l of a~ bualq 1a the air baa S. ftae at Eo~ ane. -.p ci9ee locattoa aD4 \jpe of veathel' e\atloae lD the J~ C1t.Jt:n T. 3.a.Dt!.L 5)t) f~ot, a:u-r1uto to . shill& ~anze, 01l a ;~eacU.n;:: of 1?0 de :;roas, at 3 7 ~roxl":lately 192; ~our;J, .t.;e co- 1ilot ot ::lY uruw re:1ar:ced that he aaw an o~r! sha,, in t :1c a~':Y at o~ut 1., o'clock. . "I t~"inri the lroratt. &:".d raised up out o t :1e lett 3~c.t to .~t a look at vr:ta&t t~1e oopllot reterted to.-'l'o me, it looked llko nothin'! mre than a d).r'k oloud, round and tonerinJ&. Tt ?1:13 ap-,roxSmate'q 60 to 70 :1ilae ua reachin~: to about 15 :1 inoe I waa not deem it nG satiatied t.h~t t,...., to oontaot is \TI'l3 only another cloud .tor.nation, I did a QCI station an~ ~JUs~od myseU' with f}11.ng I he~ enolo30d a s!cetcll ot phono:no~a observed." "! hereby certify that I he1ve ~t:l the o.~-,ve state!'tont, w:-1c:1 I h~ve re l"ead or acou.raey, in the 6lat Troop Cnrrlor (}roup IntelliJence C"'tice, APO 704 this 7t~ rlny ot .rune 1952. ~.\ Cml !~'!ED ~'Rt!E COPY 1 l3t.. Lt., USJ.F /3/ F.o bert 1. ~rblas ter /t/ '!tOiBFa' .T. ARSIJ.SA'Ea Ai rcrart Co:oantler IUaPOAT !'tO. 6ut Trp Car ap H .. . "Aboud -724'5}.! on 30 ~t~ at approxl'latecy 1930 hours on a .OOV. ot .lSO deg~e our altitude .!fa~ G,soo taot, and ;-:e were approach"' n.J the . . 81fb8 ~not., teet, t"'.rst sighted, l'n~ called t.o tho attO'!'ltion ot t~ pilot 1ft Lt OUbluter, and ~n.;ineer, T/~-.t =toe, an objeot at three o' olook, a a lit.tle !dlb,. 10,000 teet to be confirmed. ~ ob aeliiWledpd tbat 1t ... en untozn111ar objeot, and ,.,. estimated th!t it was :-.,. t)o'lt. :J0 o~ 4JJ away. It' e poaition mu~ b the center of a saddle-back ::. .~ eloul that to 20 000 teet, as re';)Orted b7 Base . .: s. to obsexuie the object tor about seven a1mltes which was .. . hoNriq. Upon reaold:tg Ocsh'-ma we ch3I1Ged our course to 270 de-:- , ~, D4 at.~tbat tiM t.n. ob.tect beean to llOVe at a rut rate of ~oed oo~le.tel.1' 1n les then a n1 nute . !' "l~ .ppeanct to u u a rowd der'~ shape. vith a short t ail a~ the only . r . OQ~'" ~ioh "-&1 clear-in def'inition.~ --I, 't/Sgt tnctrew J. Roe, J.F 14056905, hereby atf'iftl that I J:li..-le the abow tate=ient, 111b1cb I haw reread tor accurae17 ot !aots in the Inte ,_llge.ace Ott!~ ot the 6lst Troop Carrier Group, Hea'7, ~ 704, on this .4th d~q ot ..t.:m:rrtu :'Rl:"B cona a. srDIBrOB lat Lt, USl7 Andrew .r. Roe A:lDN!:J J ROB T/Sgt, tWJP u U.O;btoS .' 14th 'l'~p Carrier Sqdn ( :t) "At 1SS5t 30 -.:.:! 1952, t1~ took ott fro~ Taohil~ot:m llr Snoe on J1 Troo_? Co.rrier trip in 054 H24S2. I wae oo-pilot on t!le oNw. ;7e cliclbed on conroe to Oshl..io to s,soo teet, on a :nagnetic he3ding ot about 100 de3recs and at a rate or aoo.tt 5')0 {oet per !l:inute. Our 1n.i1~ted airs::>eed Tra3 150 -160 :i?H. rrom t1me to tinie atter take-orr and atter cli.":lbin3 n tn :ninuto:J I glar..ced tofttd. the Wd Ob8e"'-n1 thtt etrect or the Stut!3et behind tho cloud for.lations. I notioea what at tir8t aooeared to be a ro~d black cloud detached rrca the re.t of the formation and in a eort or trougb 1n the contour ol the tops or the olouda. Uter watching th~a tor about one minute, I noted that mr watch read 1908 boun1 u I 4eo1ded b7 th tine tbat the object -mt a cloud nor did it . aP. to be ~ tiP ot aircraft or helicopter. I oal\ed tbe attention ot the aircraft ~ander, the en~er and nawiga tor, who 1fU mt on the ere but was 1n tho nnvi!I8tor a COilpartllent, to ~he ob.1eot. ':he airoraft O<n.Mnder, lat Lt Arblaster, was occu,ied p1lotint! the plane and~.alanoed Olll.7 once at the ob.!ect. The engineer looked at the object tor a Minute or two and reaarked that it waa not an sirara!'t !lor a cloud in his opinion. i.' he ~crator told me later 1rhe:1 I questioned h-'m, that he rnerely SlaDCed .t object and thoulbt it laS a cloud ~' o the ob1eot \L~til it rli:sa.;>peerod r~ .Ji~t at 1914. It appoared darker; the clouds and ot alaost circular shape J?ut some1ftu1.t nattened on top-and . tom. At so."le i':lO:'lente it seeaed to _,bbla slightcy. It hovered perfect] motionleae :trow t;,e ti."'le I first sa" it at 19C/1 h:lur3 until 1/13 ... "'' ted to the JM&t on a heading I esticlo.ted to be about 28S deg:e~:s. . It _.;oted VGf7 ral)idl.y and wna out of sight at 1914. . > ~ "~t -med to :aon on a tree!<. &'#8;3 tro~ our position and horizontally. I watched it lin til it bece.,e a aere s:>eo~ .._,d dls&:>!--enred tro!'l viett "I not~ced another C-54 duri.'1J the ~i::e I was MitM1nl the object. It was a~ a higher 41.\itude than ours, about 10,~ ~eet and 111ls to the nortmrest or o'.U" pesi~ion headed in .. ., ~st.Jr~ direoticn. . . 11'1' he aq to t~ west -p 'nk anJ tba sun wu ::10t ~larin ~. I &n7 :emauat, flame or va~r trails a~und the ob ~'9et at any ti:'le. that t~ object waa 120t an aireT&tt ot :rv t!? I :1eve ner did not obser.e I 8Cl positiYe It was not a . bllooD and 1t- aot a cloud. . lf I. ooulcl oa'q cueas at the altitude and c!!.:JtDnce ot t!le o~ject. I estbate AS\ about 20 2' ailas west ot '.:'13' !'f'Sition car.! at 10,'-:'ll-lS,:x>O teet. alt!.t.ude. Sketcb b7 lat Lt IcOBERT J AfiBLAST"t.!R, AO 1906891, re: unidentified object )0 ~ 52, reported per IR.4-S2: /2bert J, Arblaster, 1/Lt, . (Signature of observer) Sketch by Captain WII~I.IAM D. I EET, AO 427590, re: unidentified ,object, )0 Kq 52, . ~ & reported per IR-4-52. /s/ Willie D. Leet (signature or obeelverj