PROJECT 1C073 RECO~O CARD ATff,.,f J!i..!i NC.TM 0, O&U~:.VATt'N I. Jlaa.:.,UE!t O" ~IUfq:~ ) , : u: pW..~.Witl. ill--.:la ~ l/J+ (looal u.). '.a. .u-.... -their ~ to tile to tbl ~. tJalt o'bJeo'\ -. cla1W to tbe ~ .. NlaMel--1ille ~ . A At 00'21 1:M ~ "broa ilato threap.eo. .-...1 obJ11t vitlda 10 atatiaa. wa dtrect.4 Ollto the ~. I 1 N(;t~n:N'f NO. I-Short1l' befon: ~nidni~ht on A~ s. . n~t. t.ni altmcn were w:t kin~ toWard tbe tower at'JiincCla .. : Aflrlii" Ja~l\. to ~ thci\" 1\&ift wbm tlr' ,potuxl a l&rRe . , hh~'C't bclrlnK a llpt la the sky. Hut. J to the to\\'er, : &Jq it out to the odW:r wwer operators. and they toa\ . : "'"" the nb~ &hrouah 7d0 binM'IIarJ. Under the a leu Upt could be .ecn arnuncl the cdp o1 The ..,.er ~lc ralkd aadar and pw theiD a . . ~""the ahlna. aftcl radar pk:Ud up a aaraet Ia the liD- .. area. l'y owtc&atl.._ mocment nf the nclar uAU and . ..: the ,.u.u:al uro. they cstablliW &hat &hey were both obmtlnl ' the ume ubjcct. "l'he ndar tnckccl the nbject at ,pec:cta r.~.-ltn,-crin~ tn son \nc.u. An F-94 wu ecramblc:d and tor~ , .. .,. the t.,r~t. It IC" a nclar loc;k-on and started to on . . the ulapt. At t\,000 yanls. the )c!. lnet radar contact the : .... ~ tunf' the to"-er anclarouiMI ,radar loll lt. cno. At eacl ulthc: r.i,;hti~. the ob~ .een nn the ~ernuncl radar f ua lntn three pla~c:s which fteW fnnn:.dnn at .CNIDliC: in ttr\'il''-.. J')urins; the: incident. a weather ballot"' waa releued . . at the: h.a\C, ancl tiM: witnCUC' re~ that iu UKht was much . 4ha~tltet' than that etf d.c UFO. ol tbc puulinR aspedl ol the inc i&lmt wa that nc:ithet the JetJailnt nnr the: radar crew . . w:t ~blc tn KCt a wiwal aiKhdns on te objc:ct. a1thouP ~c:h . ""a clfl'('r ''' it than the air haliC toWel' A-, FOIM 111-PAIT ft APPRCMIM 1M ,.. \AtE SJ -.... INFORMAnON REPORT sa.,Mr te laMlll_.. AF .... 11t~ PAin II AIR INIEIIIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ~AAW allwalt. _,~at-.. A~ the U.. ot uhat. beliewd to M tbe oDj.a 1Zl radar tao\. the rader "sh the oDJeo\ to be dl&a sOI'ltb .ol thla atat.1m tl'#_. B&7 app~ aiab\ (8) northeu\ ol s..ta. 'the t&rp'--. iD a rishtt Ol'bi\ ._.. at. ~ apeeda. It. iapo .. ihle to eat.iat. ~ em. t. t..'le short <!13teaa an4 t~a !zrNJ.Yed. AI FOIM 11) PAIT II INFORMATION REPORT /a/ Au-on M. /t~ AABOH H l ~t, Lli.., IF FOllM 112 PART H APNOVID t JUNI , .. AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ATIL Ottice D/I PUP , .. S!'ATBJfiWT the tlrat tl .. I noticed the inten1e bright light over th~ Bay, w~s while eroeelq the raJ1P on our 1:1 \o the tower. At tlrt we thought it an air- craft wlUlllftdinl 1ipt on, but u kept watching we noticed it wam' t IIOY- lnl Wh we were about balt acroaa the rimp 1 t diaappeared tor the tirat U. and ......_. to the -epot. about 15 1eoond1 later. .. p\ ln the I etarted loo1dna at it wl.th binoculars, Which -.de the object ~meh clearer. Arotmd the brlsht white light in the m1.1dle, there wu \ a darker object which etood out qain1t the k7, havin1 11 ttl a wht te liaht. alona tbe outer edp, and a glare around the whole thina. I watched 1 t d11appear twice through the glasses. It to travel to the laat and 1inin1 altitude at a rr taat speed, auch taster than any jet. IYerT t1 lt di1appeand lt retumed again, except tor the laat tiM when the jeta .. re It to know the7 were there A8 tor an eat.lte on the eise or the object---I couldn't even pe I know lt wun't a 1tar, weather balloou or Venua, becau1e I COIIP&red lt witb all 11h., ... tir1t aaw it, we eatlMted it to be at about 5,000 teet. couldn't eatiute the distance because or the angle we were looldng at lt aad the brl1htneaa. . It wae to the NHB ot the n.eld. I watched it from ll:'O to 12:30, lt YeJ7 clear tmtU . the. the briaht light c1i1appeared. again at about 12: t eight ot 1 t due to tbe brok., cloud that IIIOYed 1n at that tl. We lcept lookina tor lt wb~er the cloada brolce, b~t .. neYel" it again. t.t.nm liST A/3C, USAP AF FORM 112-PART B APPROvED t JUNl ... .\TIL Ottlce, AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ., ..... IJ.o7d West aDd J./lC Walter Outcwski, 1956-1 ramp on their way to work at the Ha."leda .Air Foree Due control tower, 33' 'B), sighted an exceptionall:r brl'iht light. 1n the- to the II otlaneda Air fOrce Upon reporting tor duty, the7 brought the to t.be att.tion of A/2C Walter Jackson and A/3C Geora LaQuee, who had not preioua~ l\ becauae the operatiDI_load had been keeplnl their attention . a. the ope.-aton qreed em the appearance ot the object and watched l' ~ 1. ... ~.-,q tor a total ot abou~ .. j _Q .ldg.9!ta...t~ _1_ hour.. '!he lijht wu u olrcular 1D abape, w1 tb brilliance appearing to be contant . U. taae. tbe'"'!ljfit-"appeared to be a portlcm or a large round dark shaps which . W&l abCN1t toar \111M the diaMter ot the light. 1rhen the obj.ct W &I close eousb tor to be ... ; . a a.U.ler, lue brilliant light could be aeen at the lower lett eclce, with two or .tbrM or dia ll1hts running in a eunecl llns along the rest ot lower edge -or 'the dark ehape. Onl7 the lower portion or the darker ahaps eoulcl be determined, due to.~ liahter k.J which was beliefed to have blended with the .uoper . a1cle ot the object. lo rotation wu noticed. lo aoand waa heard. b. tlie'"Ol)ject. faded twice to the East, U)en returned. ObaerYer~ wen un- . oertatn whether e wu due to a na ot the liaht, rotation or object, : . J or to the obj.Ot awat.at t.errtn.c peed, ll"'=e at ti or lading, the object : u d1tft.cult to tollcnr clo.al.7, except u a 11 li1bt. (J)senera did agree that.. . . "" when cloae, tlae ol:t~\ .did appear to IIIOYe horlsontallr, Y&J7lna apparent position and .... , ' c .. ihree ot ~ operators indicated the eise or the light, when cloaet to the tor, wa.~ teq the ... the ceil inc balloon (.~0 grame, appear- 1q 24 1nchea .ill ter) when launched trora the weather etation, located at about 20QO f"t. fro. tbe tower. !hla would k the ala of the central llgbt about 50 t .. t 1n a-ter, whaa at \be 10 piles d1atance td"acked b7 OCI. At tba greatest diateace, : the aiM ot tbe liabt. apperecl 1liptl7 larcer then Vcua, tel)" due Jaa~ ot . Baneda and altptq brl&bter. A lighted weather ballooa wu laUDched at 2400 hove. ~ J b balloon' llcbt -a _axtr-17 md ,wllow, wbeD COIIPU'ed to tM ~ J te li1bt. of the object. Obawwere atated tbat their 7 would taU,. rapicfl7 when tbe7 at to concentrate Yi1lOD on the object. . d. Stt~ OCI -contacted, ('5~9'1-14002'!), and alter Y11ual Yector~ . . were liYen, were able to track the object. AD P-94 waa in tum aeriJIIbled tor an at-., ... _ . "'ba control tower at Taehikawa Air Force Base called Haneda toweT at ap-' : proximatftl7 2'50/I to bring thelr a en on o a r an white light oYer Tokyo Bay; "'; The tower repliad that it. had b'Jsn 1ri view for some tioe and thAt 1 t was bsir.g ch"cked. r. A C-54 entering Haneda traftie was re~uested to check the object. The . pilot replied that it looked like a brilliant star and dismissed the sighting as such. g. The F~ appeared over HrutBda just betore the C-54 landed. At"ter the :'-94 ~'tt-r.31 Uorth, th~ to;t'!r c~ll~d Sh~ro!. ~., dtr.1ct t!-\1 ~-9~ t o t~1m :-i~ht. ~o vi3~lal oontaee was mad~ b3 t ho ?-~4 . h. !he r~ waa Yector~ to the radar contact ~tnta1necl b7 ths Shiroi OCI; ndar contact ~u liMe b7 the r~, but was lost atter 90 sscande. Soon atter loee ot radar contact b7 1ro1 and ~e r~. th tower loat viaual contact aa the obJect either tad eel 1 &WQ', or wu obstructed by clouds. . AF FORM 112-PART II APPROVED I JUNE 1141 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT !'l'IL Ottlce D/I rBAr 52Sth !lrcratt Control and Warning Grottl), located at Shiroi Air Porce Base~ was notified or the location or the unidentified object soon after the tint rtaual: contact b7 Haneda towrer. h CPs-1 radar is no'MD&ll:r operated at maximum r-.., .ad. cailtact wu atieiiPted on both hiah and lcnr beua by Lt. Rawlins, the con- tl"''ller tbea dD ctutt. !hree or tour blips were noted at a position 050 bearlftl troa llulda, as reported b7 the t.ower, but no definite .OYe could ba ucertained, and no lei1bt~ could be ode wlth the CPS-4 dae to azound clutter. Lt; Alben tor clut1 at 2345/I, mel wu s able to make radar OD tbe 50 bMII. An r-94 wu acrubled to lnYestiaate. '!be object at thl tl lett the ax.,.,d clatter d could be ~aeked at &rJina apeeda in a rlp\ ml\. n~oap alble to accuratl est1Mte speed, Lt. Albert gaYe a . , roup , .. ot. 1oo-150 knots, atopplq end hcwerina occaa1onall.7, and a .. ~ I P dviDI the orbit (jut before r-94 ... Yectored in) or possiblJ 250..,00 i lmota. !t 0012/I tba object reportedl7 broke into three smaller . .A.II. teJDinj an interaL ot a~out 1/4 aile, with one ntact somewhat brighter , Tbe r~ .. wai 'yectored OD this object, report ina "ale contact at and loss or. con-.. tact at 0018/%. lltMn a tn econds, both the F-94 and the object entered tbe ground b. !be bl1P8 on the CPs-1 were described u and relatiYel.Y wek, but aharpl.7 de~: !he brl1htneas Yaried so.what, tn4 at one ti a,pearedveey bri1ht. .. ... ~; u the . objec{ ~ppeared to be in a fairl7 sharp tw 11. hl1her speed than preYioual7 .. , ...... : noted. loth recorded orbit were ln aoproxillatel7 the se poaltion, w1 th the object. .Yiac and oecuiCift&l.l.7 bcwerlDI ln one poet tlon tor eeTeral (4 RPII) SurY.U-. . . lanoe ot area 'iru ad tor an extended period or time and no further contact was . : c. ' '!he .ADCC Controller at John1on Air Fozce Baee was kept intoned or the , ~ ~ incident at ~r took .Place. Peraonnel at Site A ttempted unaucceaatull7 to mke ~ .. :. :: nnal con~&~t~'th -~1-object, wt-.lcb at timea ... less than ten ld.lea distance tro :. ~ . . ~ S\lroi Air Pd'fee "SUe. Rad~r functioning no1'1!all7 betore and atter the incldante : . ~ 3. '1he ~.wl-;18t Lt. Wesle7 R. Holder pilot and 1st Lt. Aaron Jonee at~-.;~ ~ operator~ wu aen.bl.ect at telr 2'5;/I. !here a a alight delq ln be ' airborne ~'to tuel .,.tn trouble during nm-up. Aircraft beca= .airborne at ; and w&'l-direoted to ll&ke a aearch tro Raneda Air Force Bue northeut oYer . ~ . a. 1her-9tl crew reported exceptional Yisibili t7 in the air, with a very thin , ~ cloud lllr at ~.090:~o 16,0QO teet and one or two isolated patches ot thi~ clouds lo ~: er. Dle c-?l('ln .the pattem at B1neda Air Force Base. err clearl7 seen. !he onl7 " a tara aeea af"' low eleYat1on were the lorth Star and Venus. As the F-94 headed Borth, ' .... : the Control To~er asked C.CI to vsctor the P'-94 to-:orard the east. Looldng ott their righ !orward quadrant and tumin1 in tbe direction requested, the F-94 was still UDable to . see an7thing unuaual. b. i the P-94 orbited to the right at approximatelr ,,O. knots !.A.S.~ tho tGCI radar re-8.tablished ~ontact with 'the object and vectored ths F-94 on 4 course ot' GCI cltl.ied .the object st 11 o'clock to tha F-9f~ at h ~11 ~3. At thi g ~i:n~t!'l~ c. 'lh radar contact at approximate17 35'7'11-13956'1, wu deacribecl aa weak and r.uU but. titlnct. ancl detiDable trora the cz-ound clutter '!he radAr i . I oi)erator, Lt,.. wu ftiT buq, wdntd.ning th week COfttact 'b7 manual control. .&a "'" t.'le obJ..:t awed acne the ecope tr011 the oort to aterboard, 1 t appeared to increa" -...... Lt . JonM called tor a hard right tum. .b the aircraft tumed, th object . - to accelerate and disapp~ared ra~idl7 frOM th ICODe on a course or . AF FORM 112-PART II