,RoJF.CT 1Ct:J ReCORD CARD fOliO, l"AM ,_ n'~P. Cl' ~&ISiitVATION J. OATcTUif C''"::jf' "' t l)rtb l y fJol o'lotft PrnbeW,. Aalr,,._.,lc...f Appear.d diraotq under . BCH ClOSJ or.np-coloNd t the lAa t mot~ent, orange- colored ball ca.'fte orr elovJ.y rraa the oricinel flying obJec~ and both cliaappeand at the a .. e t~e i~diatelf after their .. paration. Ai FORM 11Z_,AIT II #.FFM:\'lD I JUfl( fiMt INTEWGENCE ltt=ORMATION REPORT ~th Air lntell~nce cv Sq (6) Weather and "linda !a.loft at Tllle or Sif,"htinr,a 'ftle weather vae lair, w1 th a !ev cloud and aodorate vinda ca.iftg froa South-wcet to Uorth-eAet (7) Ot.her Conditione The moon vas ahinlnr. hri.r,hfJT and vas shaped liko the one 11luatrated in the attachad aketch. ( ~) fto'a1c al F.vic!r nee t !: 1"nf' (9) Interception or lndentifiction Action Takena Uono (10) Locat.ion ot artt Air Trattic 1 '111o source did not know it' t.ht're 11aa ai'\T air traffic in the area. l.t ts the opinion of the 'Jariou:J G~opt1,7ical and Solar ~icntiat.o or Japan, that t.nts c,l;JrJct nbaet d b.f. rnarv ind1 vidual& in the Toqo Area vau not aan-Mdo, u,Jt a nat.uru phtsncmcma, euch a llleteor, etc. Aflf'IDftiG TMIS IIOCUMtMfCC>fAI~' IMt=ION AftlA.IINlo rttt: IMTICMAliJLt'f:f61: Uf' ltt&: UNIT&:U ~I AU~ WoiHI~flll[ MI'ANING f)t I H( l:>I"IOttAGl AU,~ 11 'i ~ II II IMfNOIO. I rl T OR THl rtVrU1 ~ Ot ll!t CON JrMT'.i IN ANY MANNU< 10 AN liNAUlteORilfn PlRSON 1!11 fiROHIIt I 0 IY lA.V. IT IIAY IDT K IIUAQOUCID .. WIIIK.k OM IN PMr. IY OTIIU UW. Uflllt:O llAlt'> AIM fOMCl AG:..NCO. lXCIII'l IY PUMI5510N 01" THf" DUU.C.,OR Of AF FOlM ni-IAIT I It-FORMATION REPORT f .. (J..,.~ th Air Intelligence 8 &PO 92S mean c-10S3 2 ln ordance V1 Ul Air Farce Letter No. 2'>0-S aubjectt UnidentitiK Fly inc ,Objects Reporting (Short Title 1 PLYO!Jilr), dated 29 ,t.pril 1952, 7, 8Ub-pan.craph c, t.he tollovl.QR intorM&tion 1a aubmittt!clJ (1) Deacription -A IIMiped object with a light tail el:fti.lar to that ot a larp lhooting 1t.ar. -'lbe object's lise vas as large u a standard base-ball. The eistt ot t.he taU appttared longer than that ot thft asual. shooting star and waa Vide aa the c!ia-:aeter or the ball-like object. -'-'hen riret oba~1Ye<!, the color vae lir.ht oranr,e and yellow, but ch~d into white with a blue rirl \~tile flylnr,, and at the lut z:\CIIIent changed t.o oranc-just prior to i t sepero.ting into two (2) balla lh.rnbel or Objecte -One. However, at the last I'DO='Ient during Obti&rY&tion, it aeperated into tvo (2) round objects. ~ed -n1e speed of the object waa cunsiO.red much more than ~hat or the adverace peed cr a jet a.lrcratt Sound There wae no .ound. .._uver The o~ject new t].r1oat in a atraii:ht line but had a oliPit curve rraa Wttst to~t, horiaontelly. Manner or Oio~Appttare:.ce -At. the last IIIO.llent of obs~rvat.ion, the object Mper:ated ln+..o 1-WO \2) bella of al."'lOSt t.he ._ s ie .lB 1-he or~.~nal oLjec.. 8oth oujecta ~n new .in t.he aame direction (2) ''" o Sl;;htinc -9tlS P.li. (2la1Sa 1us), Tokyo Time, 1 ALl~"UGt 19$2. Length ot tiM obM"ech 2 or l aaconda ()) &nner ot Obeel"at1ona Visual, tram the earth's aur!ace. (4) Location ot Ob~ervttr Ihrin::; Si,htint;a In the l-fttr~t8rn !uburb of Tokyo, Japan Location o! Objeet1 The obJect fiew !rcn Weet to Eeat horizcnta~ a alight curYe, and had an elnation angle ot 2r:P to )00, !rom horizontal. The ancle or obecrvat.ion uas !rom an azi:l'luth or .JSO to 50. Ciatar.ce to the object could not be detennined ldentit.Yi.De lntol'l'lation ot Observers Mr a Japanese Wationtl vho ie veey vell known to .-hera ot thia ottlce, ia a tUn vi th 1$ ot civU enginaerinc experience. This lt&te:Mnt b7 ;u-. 1a conaidered b.Y the under otficer to be Yer:f reliable, not onJ.y on ~e into I'll& tion aubrfti t ted tv hba, but. that o\her people in t.he Tolo'o Area &leo obserYed the object on the -eYening, at the time .. TN. PCICUUOr COftiAIN$1.-0..MAliON ArtCCTINr.lHL: NAT~ OCfLH' ol OF' lllf.IJNirl:U SrArtS Wilt liN TUC Ml Alit IN<.; Of uta i.".,.IONAGt' Al.'r Ill U s II MD a Alllt.Nt~o. ns TRAWill~'iiON ON Tltt REVELATIOft Of ns awnn.rs IN ANY MANNlM roAN liUUlHORtl11 f'ERSON t:, "''iu tr'.:o IY l.~w IT MAY NOT. ROAODUCID.. OA 1ft PART. IY ltiAN UNITCU STATU Alfl fOUCl A<itNCIB. r.JCCL'T IY l'tRMt~IONor THE DtR&:ClORof NORMATION REPORT itlllt.,...,-~ .. THtl oo:ullll~l (t .. fAIIIS I ... OMMAfk* AtHLlP._ TN( IIATIOIIAL 01 TIC UNIYEDSTAT1 WITHIN TH MEANING Of Tt4E ES,.orAGE N..T 10 II I C. - II AN" a ~I M Ill lit;-. II'\ I hft, .. .',6( N ,,a 1 ttf N[VQATION 0# ITS CC*JPTI IN ANY MANNU TO AN UNAUTHOAillD Pw..oN IS foMOUIIIII t.O IV LAW. IT Ut It' 1l tsC '!r ... ~ ~LO th MUi. 011 IN IAII'I, If 01N1t THAN UtNYIO ITATIJ AlA fOIICI DCUT IY PUMISIION Of THl DIM:C:l'OR fW rw.Nil"'-L ~'If.