lll'l, Or:'' l)t o b:; crod t, i.J'.i.'i tt: d into~d. t tc:.ly UNCLASSIFIED 1L Dec~er 19S2 I. Deaerip~io~ or In~tdent Fro"' 03$$% t.o Olalr: an obJect vas observed 'tro~a an AFB in Southem Jap3n. ObJec~ e Yer7 ainllar to an evening star, was first yellow in color, but then 1nt.e:-:-J.tt.ent.17 tu=~ed orange. It was located low on thP. hori"Zon :At, a 200 uimuth !ro.~ t.he point ot observat.ion and appeared to be sinking slowly to tho south. u~.~ ., .... when it finally disappeared below the horizon, it. acaln assumed 200 bearin& Weather in tbe loeali t7 vas excellent. Rad:ar at.t to pick the object up, but. vi th no aucces!. IJ. Discc:sion or Inc!dent Several ract.ors ir. this sighting are Dignifican~. Primarily, the object was described by t.h& obseraers themselves as starlike". Secondly, the initial obser- vation as well as the final observation placed the unknown at. a 200 azimuth. This indicates that. the obj~ct probably W3s a atar setting in a straight downward line in the S'W. The changiq colt>r is a well-known phenomena caused b7 seeing at great clistancu. III. Conc1U31on Probabl7 aat.ronoldcal. DO\VNGRADE D AT 3 YB AR I~:TEH\" . 1 DECLASSIFIED AFT ER 12 YZ.\P.S. Cl OPERATIONAL IMr-.. :D F;1 527 AC AND WGP ITAZUlO: AB FUJCUOKA JAPAN\ TO CS USAF WASHDC /D/I/ . - \ CG AMC ~p AFB OHIO /CO ATIC ATTN I ENT AFB COLO .. - JAPAN AIR DEFENSE FORCE . .. . . .. , CITE I HT-3 54-fo1. ST~RLIKE.OBJECT. WAS SIGHTED FM DET 21 TSUTSU KA I, GOOREF RPT GOOREF COORD CM tJJKE 1~06C[1 OF SOUTHERU AREA AND AT ll ~ 551, FOR PERIOD OF 15 HINUTES. SIZE OF OBJECT COf-1PARED -~11TH THAT. F AN EVENI~G STAR, YELLOt~1 IN COLOR INTERt1ITTENTLY TURNING ORANGE. FIRST OBSRVD 5 t1ILES FRON DET 211 AZIMUTH OF 2 DEGREES AT ALT .OF 3 FEr:T. OBSERVERS ESTD SPEED TO BE 3 BJ KNOTS. OBJECT MOVED IN GENERAL DIR OF SOUTH, VARYING FROM 7 TO 1i DEGREES VERTICALLY AND HORIZONTALLY SIGHTING tJAS VISUAL. NO RADAR CO~ITACT WAS MADE. OBJECT DISAPPEARED BELOttJ HO!ZON ON HEADING OF 20:1 DEGREES AT 14 41~1. lfi:ATHER IN LOCALITY WAS VFR FOR PERIOD OF SIGHTING. FOLLOW-UP WILL BE SUBMITTED ~!THIN UK ~SSIFIEa ftf'OitT 110 ' (l:A S.' E IJANA1 Japan IR-7-~2 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Information contained star lik~ object, visually 14 Doeember 1952 at' 0350I. re~ort concerns an un1dent1f1ej tro~ TsuTsu Saki (~JKE lOOb) on 1. St1tc~ent by A/2c E""dwards bJ t../2c Pentek and A/.JC l:!llls DIJTIIIIUTIOM IY OIUGIMATO D/I JADF, 1 CYJ D/I 4Jd AIRDIV, 1 oy. JilTS. TH'l [)()CIJ:.tENT CONTAINS INfOAMATivN AFfB:'T'I ... G THE ~ATIOH.\l DEFENSE or TH: t;~ITf:O ~'T'A TfS W!THI~ THE MEA~H:.OG ) F p;E 1 $ P1 Jl 0 ~ A~ 411t~ ;,Eo IT; TRANS .. lSSIO"' OR THE Rf.HLATIO .. Of ITS COH I~ I 'i I~ A,.Y t.R '!'0 4't U,_ ~.JTIIO'll zro 1'1 1'1 .~ l'i p;tG H'81T [0 !JY LAY t'\. IT ~AY NO T BE RU ROOUCED IN ~HOL OR IN ,ART, BY OTHEH 1t4AN UNITU ~TATF:'l AI._ f'O~Ct: I .GEhCIE.3, E."~t..EPT BY NR~ISSION C1F TtiE OIRt.ClO~ o;: ~ r,,.,CLASSJFIEO AF FORM 112-PART II APPROVED 1 JUNI 1941 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ch 1geu frr . n t1 yello:~ to :1n rTln~"~ ct:lnr i. . : r:"l1 t.?ntl:. rnjtct J. .. !'r.n t"Jr ViSU.:ll. Jl.1SCt;l l..l (,.c:>,) cJ:'.J ~.:ej, but. Ju~ to r nr-' l t i )n 25 tr.1nutd ::'1VL~ b~cn str~tion~d .1r:r..n Ellis t.s : .. n ~e?thor: Sky cl!:1r , .::-3 .~r Ddtoch11ent, Itazuke Air F:-rce DECLASSIFIED AFT!:R 12 YP..\1" JJu)) OUt OO.Hl l:tlll:C'.I'I~ l i..F. tJr~r ... I_:".~SIFl0 a; FOIM 112-fAIT II APPROVal I JUNI , .. AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 52'7tb ACicl Orwp, APO 929 D/I FEA1 COOEHTa Ref'are~ee IR-6-')2 ~27th AC & Y Cp, dtd ) f1oy 52. This sighting 1!l s1'111lar ana po sible expl~ftatlcma l!t"e 118 tollow: a. ~e~ro~llthts tro3 surraee la lb the Teushtm~ St~a1t~ or fro~ the 1el~rns orr ~he east c04st o~ Kyushu. G&ORGE 0. HAST~ . Colo"8l, TJSAF Di~cto~ of Io~ll1i9nee Re~u1ro~nts DO\VNGRAU~JJ AT ~ '1 J;Al~ J:~ : .. DECLASSIFIED AFTI~n 12 y 1:~. MOft: TttiS COCUMHf CONTAifd INfORMATION Afftc'TING THE NATIONAL llFlN~ Of THC UNtrf.D !iTA I C:. ,,, r ttt, Tt&L ..,; ''A:IIl(, ~oiT II , ,. r. ?IC' , ,,~;-' '. 'Ill ' , ,. liANDli. A:>ANi.HOED. IJS TRANSMISSION OR THE RCVEUTIO ... OF 115 rt:e1~ I~ A M.\NNU ' 11 M, t:"'AIJiiiJ .tt111'l l , ; 1. f 1 .u,t, , r, , 1 U'f l \;; IT MAY NOT BE At:rROOUC0 IN WHOLE OR IN PAkT, BY OTilrR I rr.o :O'l Al &:.: FllKC: I A '' ~. L<CII l O'f I I:. : 1:...1~ : '.Jt I, I .,:i . , 1:! INTEU1f'.NC[. UW". AF FOIM112-fAIT II APPMWID I JUfitiiM AIR INTEWGENCE INFORMATION REPORT I ~ (I'Ofn NO. 3TAT&l&EUT At, ap~ox1tel1 OlSOI on the momin& of 14 Dacttnlber 1952 I wa3 aakad by A/2C P.!nt.k to o~erve an area to the ~w of our stat.i'ln at about 10 rn1lea on an approxime~ hMding of 200 degrd. 1 waa told. that. he had macie a visual sight.- 1116 on an unusual airborne objee\. All that wn1 visible on the rsdar scope waa two (2) local.l1 bMrbored fishing boats. Th craft. Wt)ra observ~ by this opt!rstor heading !or the posit.io~ that thay were et, at a speed ot approx.i.r.\ately 10 knota. I wa3 !urt~er told that this obj9ct w~s cr.anging position vary rapidly. It was no~ obse~ed on the radar by this opera~or. At approx,=t.el)' 03541 I n:ilda a visual si;hting and obsarvad tha S3IlS object. lt was jell ow in color and vary brtght. Its oov3Ulent, wns very errtttic. It .tloved first vertically and then horizontally ae~gl] returning to its original position each time. A.tter observing t his, I wus .forced to di~re;~3rd t\f first opinion thijt it wa3 a tar. 1 hsd n6ver seen a col13at.ial body n:ov~ in ths previously d33cribed :ntue I was makL"ll flY ob3ervation A/2C Pentek callod t!"lis i.r1for.r.:.ation into nnah controller. A/)C 4Jlts ~1r r3a~r oaL~t~na~ca ua~ on duty also observed this obj~ct. At ap 04101 further ob3ervstion by this operator sho~ed tho object to be !ro2 about t,;.,enty (20) to tllenty-tive (25) miles to the S~l of our s~ation. Its coloration had now bec~n a dull orange. D.a-i."'lg all ot thia ver; hi.~h. ti.ne th~ alt.it,1c!e ol this object v.:>.r led from m~diu.m to Tit~DORS ll, A/2C., U~AF O:l :.~ ~n1 ot 14 DscdL!Wc&l' 1'152 b1,wean tha t.i:l OJ~6I and 04151 I saw the ball ot li& , ~i.i~ w V'-l":J or!..;Z:~, Vlll")' in6 i.l e~lor tl"Olll oranb3 t.o Y"llow, ~hich co\ll.i 1-.n ~a t.akan as ~i:1:J a star, except it. had ver1 erratic z:ovt:;t,~ent. .~d:\ I ~irs~ s:u .!.~, it was abc'.lt. t.":1~:~nty (20) br twent1-!~ve (25) m:!!.es with a heacii.'"\6 o! a'=-ou~ .Z:.O .g:-.. a, ra-:-~y .f':-~ our sta~ion. It t:c.s z:1ovin6 U.f aitd do"Ml, and then !roll 3i=i ~ lice with !Jae::U."lgl;t h!..;h lp~ed. Thare waa a baa."&l of li ht, such a s that or a 3:Xt. light, ccd.."1:; frO!A it a nd B':.rikL"13 t~a ~:at~r. Th"j objJct, ll;ht. or whlt-na:a i:. ns, was o:Uy i.i. vl-,w !or a !ew l.lo:nents a:1d than there \ros nothing. It <H.sa?p..,.::=d very abrupt.ly ba;rond the h or zon. A/JC. , li3.\F DECLA~SIFIL:l> AF1'ER 12' YE .. \ 1: ~ U) IIOR: THIS OOCIJ-.Il'tf COHTAJr.S I~FC'l~AUTIC: AFFECTING THE H.\TICI'f~ OfFEN~E Of Tt f IJNITCD STATe> WITH I~ THE MEA .. I~G OF THE ~PIO .. AGE ACT, 50 U S. C-,., ' Jl A."fD 32. A~ A .. ENDID. IT~ l1t4l't.-.ls.'il0 h Oil THE REVC:U.TIO'f OF IH CONTWT~ IN ANY MAh'~l!il TO AN \; tlf.\t.T"C'1'ZF.D P:Rr.c>N 1:; 1-'~.0.-IfiiTfO tJY U.\~. IT MA'f NOr f:E REPROOIXm IN V.HOLE OR IN PART, B'l OTHER THAN UNIT0 ~AHS AIR FORCE AQU.CIE.S. E.XCU'r 0'1' PR .. I~ION OF THE Ol'lF1:J')R v F ~ IHTEUIGl l ':>AF. U " NCLASSIFIEU i .' "') ~ ~ AF FORM 112 PAIT II APPfiOYID I JUMI lt41 AIR INTEWGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ,_J _G_r_ou-Lp..L Cn t.!-1<3 :;Jorning of 14 Dec\ll.otb'ir 1952 at 03501 I open11d ona of the , .. i:1dows of operat.iona ':.Ol get a br~lth ot tre3h atr. It. "nas at this ti.;~o t.hat I noticed a brilliantl,y ;:tllo,.,, glo~L1g objact b .. ov~rln.~ in. the sk.1 abo~t 10 milos St'l or "11here I tac~d, :::. approx !.aatol.f 200 degr~, anc1 I tl3t. t.e bet.,._een 2 ond J thousand te . It, appc:..:--:-:c t.~ be round, but d..le to it.s ~rightns!:ls it '''-.t.S h~rd to be s~re. Thldre was no n~l.:JII or trail from thiJ o~j~ct and at, first. I t oug~lt it to bs a s t!lr, u.atil it bec5.:-.n ~v move in a very e.-:-otia na~1.Jr.. First fr 1m ri:_,;ht to l~ft nnd th..!n up and do..n vary lnG ns !:tach as 7 t.o 10 de3raes, all th.J ti. ::ov L1z ~, .1:1 fro:a t~1is station. I notified t he sco~ e opeLa .. or, (A/2C Edl'.drc!s), a:1d he r e. ':.!'ted not~ ling on tha rc,dJr scop9 in this ~re~. He ~l:Jo t.tJok a vl!lil..al on t.hu cbj.!ct a:-td c on!'ir:r.ci'.::JY :sightint;. At, OJ!.)I I not:'..fied Ha~ .... "'l~!l controll.Jr !And f-'ilS3ed thi:J i..>'lfor;::.:.tion e n to hiJU. hhlle thilS ,as bl!ing dontt, our t.'Aintanance ~n, A/JC Zllia, also took u sir;htl:1.g and point.9d out thut this obj~ct 11a., CJCJtin~; a bdilll, sir.Uli.:.r to a staz o S>Ot lite, on t h9 water billow. I hadn t, noticed t:d.s b;)for~J eta I \'.as oo int.c~t on ,:atchin~ t~e o~joct. it.selr. As l'i8 Ytatched th'l object, it r.:oved o'(,c.ly on G heading or approx- i;:.atllly 2CO de~ree' ut an astL-:.attJ sp~ed of J OO knots, r1sinr; in alti tuc.!3 to ar.prox- i::.:r..t.ely 20,000 !det c1nJ ch ;;in?; t.o n dull orant:e color as it nCdrad the horizon. At 04l.5I alr..o3t due scu t!'l of this stati:m, t.i~ls o~j ::ct j.lOV~d belor. th9 hcri:z.cn end Yl~S loot. to our vie-..,. el'..x,c/,_,~ tiJ.CJ.,tJ