2. LOCATION 1. DATE TIMI G'OJI' Mar 31/1035Z Jtonshu, Japan J, SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION ASTROIJOMICAL: Venus AF Pilot 1. Description is very sintlar to Venus with the exception l--------------1 of the two logs. 2. Legs of Venus explained ua illusion. 4. NUMII!A 0' OIJIC:TI Obj apparently sto.tioncry. Disapp~arance coincidenta l with setttna of Venus. 5. LINOTH 0' OISIRVATION 11. llltllfl SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Round White obj with two legs (one red, one blue) which 30 minutes swiveled around, vns observed from air by F-84 pilot. ObJ ~.~.:..T..:Y=,:.:.:E=O:.=:F.::.:.0-1--SI"""'R..,V:-A~T~IOM~-'"'1 was sighted 20 deg above horizon at 330 deg and move d to ~)0 des vbere it disappeared. Pilot attempted to chase obj vlth 9: PHYSICAL !VID!HCI FTO SEP u 0-329 (TDE) UNClASSIFIED AF FORM 112 PAIT II Aftt"OVED I JUtll M AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ot 1n1tinl sighting vta9 40 deg, 51' 15" ?Torth Lat.-141 dog. 2)' 15'' ~ant Long. He was flying a m~g h jad1n~ or 010 degr.o~3 at a n altitude ot 27,000 rt. At this slghtlng tha objeot was hieh~r than tJ'~ obsnrv0r \. nt 9 o'clock to himsslf, al~ost duo ~:ast tron1 him, tr~vullin~ on a ;~qrnllol oourso dua n orth. fto .lost ~1 t of tha object at aJ~'roXi'Jlt0ly 4 1 do~. 32' N. -140 deg. )0' 3 . ~ome 7 minutes after s0eing it. The sonro~..,. caught si~ht ot the ~,bjoot for th.J tl.:Joond time just fiv.:J '11-lntltJs art~r ~ooing siant of it. Ihis was at 2000 hrs Itan, una the aourc~ v:as ~till c.t 3.5,000 ft altitude, but h~ad.lng B/:1. on I!Wg hsadin~ of 160 C'e~:re .!S. During this seoond siehtln~, th3 obj~oc '.:as still ut tha ~::.l.J nltltude l evol as the F-84 pilot, but it appe~r~d e.pproxitn.~taly JO du,::ra .. :t.~ to tha r lght of the j:'-84s nosel -d istance f'till unkno:Jn. rha e~neral ardH or thas e slehtlneo was the extrAne north0rn portion o f the Island of Hvn~l'lu, Japan. 5. ID~'il'IltYIK~ I:1FO?J;tA'.I.'ION:-The pilot renortin6 th3co sightin_!;s i~ a Colonel po essing lens ~x~erience in ~oxld Wsr II end the Kor~an tlH~r!t~r. Scuroe has h;;ld respon~ible OO.rilt!l~nd 3Ssi:;nm:Jntc for soma tl~rra, r!nd p:-osentl;r oo11Uilends a Fighter Gsoo1t ~lin~ opar.3t,tnt: unc!f.>r tl'~ .TP.J'~ln Air Defen~e ]~oro e. 'l'he ~ccurocy of sotlrCo 's ~t~te~r..3nt s \las ccnsi~tent daspite r~p3titlve intarrosation, his sequonco of tinl9S, locations ~n~ d ~rori.ptions did not very at lY tlmo. !-;ource i s s table oncl t~orou~hly l'3lieble. . sight ings ware made had t1'ld follo:ilne Vida thar conditions ~: t 17 30 hr:J Itom. 10/lC~ undercast, fro~ 8,000 to 10,000 ft -brilliant moonli~ht : and v!s1b111ty of mlni.:.1um 40 r~li3s; te:np~rature e t 35,00 0 f t v.ras -56 dagrc~s, preo:.~ura 2!0 millibars. ~ands uloft ro~ortad by i.:i na:a ::e:1ther station were a~ follo~s: 27,000 ft rro~ 280 degraas, ~t 90 k n ots/ )5)000 rt tro~ 2SO degro~s, at 70 knots, and at 38,000 ft fro~ 2SO d~ gr~Hls, at 200 l:nots. 7 .liE'r~;oROLOGICl~t C'JliDTTtONS FOR ZXFLA:rNriC!T:-'l'h3rd v:era no activities of n "met" nature, or ony condition which coul d acc;unt f o r thesa sightin-:;~. a. 1-'HYf.;ICAL ~'VID.SNC~ a~ s rcrrrrr;G:-L'hase sightin.e s st9nd on tho? str.:3ngth oi' the narrative !' actors a~ surrond-3rod by 'tho source. Thara 1 s no p ~Y s 1 on 1 ev 1 d a no e ot the o b j eo t due to its d i se, 1 fH.Hl ran co on both OCC03iOn~. . 9. I !'r .. .' :RC~.'TION u~r.;:R,\K~!;:-'!he sourca, upon ~.ighting this objJct, c&llan looal.GCI station on radio telaphon e , (1,T';:Uf) and reported wl11t hD nas obsorvinG, GCI inbtructed this ~ilot to int ercept or ldcn- tify object v:hich h e procaadad to at.to.n;.t to acco:-'1;->lish. ::tnc3 in- lti&lly, h~ wns nt 21,000 ft nltitudo, he cl1:nbed t ~ 35,000 ft and lavell~d orr ~h~n hd saw he was l avcl ~.ith t~c object. Durin; thio oll.ab hu .Hta he~dins in e northwast ~rly dir-3ction. ".:..,or 'i'')~ro:ct:'l~!t ely ) of th\J 7 minutes of obso:rvntion, th~ notll'ce 'Nus ridinG 2 !:l.ilao short of the :tach of his F-84 ( .82), t:i~ h u s ot up n grodU>-Jl cur"'~ to the \' uc..t to hit '..lpon a ::.ursuit curv a that would close t'le e!iP bvtv.:;,-3n hi:n- ~alf ~:nd tl~d object he noted thr:t t1a Gb,1ect obviously ::as i!::.~r.;.~:~t:t.:; in 31..t.a. Th1o olo~inc of tho dlstanc'J continued f o r e.bou t one uio1te, t:1.;n tha obJect seeuc d to 1ncr~ase its "goin3 a::sy" :::po :d {l&ld v ni~h~d io )0 .s.lconds. At t~\3 tir:\~ of the dioappe:lrenc~, t ha ~ourco h~d nan#1cod to olo~d to b !>Oint ......... ;;r~Jby the object \!a:s at alovQn o'clock MOH . 1 HI'; lli'>Cl..'.trtlf C'ONT .liN~ INFORMATIO N AFFfCTINC THr: NATh')N'l Ut:riNSi: Or THC u:HT0 !;TATC!i Wll tll~l THC r.b\ 'l t'l'i or ri!C r.::,I!(;-.AGC AC'T, 5-1 U :i C - ~I ArW 12. AS AMPH>f [) lf5 TRAW:-11~10~ O:t Hit: HCVF.Lit TIC...~ OF' ITS CO~II U IH IN ~NY r.vm<:n TO .\II U:~;,uTHJf!l ll.O Prr. ,CJ'I t<; I'P:' ll 1i r.) ill L1 , IJ0\','4:iH.l~t.'ttlttAFAT :; \ I', /d. lNTI~lt V DECLAS~lF'IED Alt,-Efl 12 UNCLASS!rl;...n AF FORM 112-fAIT II , .PPMOVI!'D I JU:tll .. tJl9CLASSIFIE""O . ~ AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 2?th Fl~hter Esoort 'Nin to him. Just ahort or a t.rue stern ahasa. During th'-' tinu tho 1lot W3~ oli:!lbing and und~rtaking a ourve toward th:'l objeot, ht~ cxhlbltor! eood presanoa of mind by ext1ngu1shin~ all tl1~ liBhts on hi~ otrc art i.e., wing ttp lightn, ru~,elt.-ga li~hts t:tn v.ail as fluori~r.:oG~t li'ht; ' ~!thin tha cockpit. Sou~o3 admitted ha readil~r dGotdod on thi~ ~o~r~a ~r ... ac~lon t~ Clllk\:J oer~ain th1t l}e was not gottln3 ~o~:o rui'luc~ton fr~m ~11.: c ..... ~op~ ~tlrfaOl. ;~'hen a~l l1c;ht o ware out, he not i. c ,Jd n o o h a nf;e in thd a.,~aalunae ot brillianca of th~ object ~nJ its o~lor sc ne f t ,t!10 t;i.:nd o1 losing r.ight of the obJaot dua to lt;s obvious .. lricr\:)8::- 'tn sp~ad,, both'souroe end tho object wara headed due V! t. S 0urca tha n toe~ up a m~1g haading ot :160 C:.ozrees and flew in a s outh-ea::;terl y d trcc- t ion. l;..!'ter fi va ndnuttJs of flight whila on thlD her! dine , ho noted thJ obJ~ot again ~t ~35,000 ft level with him and f lying whut eppearod to b~ a ,?arnllel od"~rsa to himself. It wao a~ C!pp:roxiraately 30 degrees . td tho right or his sircraft's no33 saction. 7hls time after a bit ~or6 than f uur :ni~utes of obaarvation, (all his n uviGation lights wara on again) t hd ~ouroa Dt;a:tn tried to ~ et up an int9rOe!.:>tion oour:.;e by o~lnging to the ri~ht. At thi3 ti~a the ob,J~ct nulle d e \v0y for tita V/3(lt. und disappeared in a bout five sec'1nds tL:ta. It in re)eated at this tll!113, that tha only t ~ne;ible .90int of coincidonca uotie;~f!blu v.'a::J tha short p()riod of time ths object roquir0d to dina.ppl) r the !::acond titue v:hen the F-84 set up an int.8roopt1on course with ?.11 "nav" li:~ht s btJ.rning -just fi vo :seoonds. In tha flrst in~tanoe, :d th l'ip;hts ei{- ttnsuished, ha ~id manog~ to cloe considor~bly, but not kno~in~ tho t~uo size of tl1o obj~ct, he had no v1ay of knowing just ho~ much of the cop had been successfully clos ed b3rore the object iztOrd~s3d ~ts sy~c~ appr0alably and dis~ppaar~d ln 30 seconds . Source th9n r~turnad to , the ~rca of his hom~ stJtion, ~asrP.va Air Bas3 n nrJ c onolu<18d his fli;~h.t. nally .~ut on his ~uard to oa watchful of so.m~thing w1u~ua1, by virt1,0 or he~rin3 n r~dio-tolephonu trensmi~sion from an 8ircrnrt oa~Jing a rad8 r station on the ground. Tha ~/T call sif>n usee by this aircraft was ''GandGrn, later o~eok 1'-:JV~aled thut "Gandert cell fligns ore uti- lized by en F-94 All :.reath.or unit in this 3r9a. A~ that tltl~ t he l!'-94 wns re?ortlng his position as baing ~ P~roxic taly 35 milos south-o~st of Ohitose J,1r Dasa, ( Hokkaido Is lend, Japt!n) t '~e exact contents of hl~ tranrmisa1on era ~ot roo9lled, but h9 did report siGllting a "ro- tRting clu~ter" or lights. 'l'his trr.n~JI1esivn w1:1s haard at 1945 hr!:: . . Ite~. 'l'he pil:..'t o.r th'd F-84 eaw t'1o object for th-3 first tlne som-3 thrae minutas l~tar. .Local intslliganoe ~gencio~ wor1 C~\ecking tho particulP..rs or tho F-94s sightings eud it 1~ e. ssumed t!r~lr findlnes will be forwarded shortly. Unevaluated re~ort3 tron n~Jtghh.;~ins in- tollic:.enoa o.Gencies e dded th.J tact that this ttrotat.tng o .Lu:-t9r" o:r: lisht~ h~d beon s~en earlier in thu avaning by a B-26 aircraft flyin~ in tha genarel area of :.!isa'N;J Air Ba.s3. In a rl<lition, si::rtln r reports wer~ heard i'ro.!. p0rsonna l o n duty in tho Chi tuse Air Bas e Con t.rol 'l'ower tha se:!l6 3Vening ED AT yoAn INTERVAio DECLASSrFIED AFTER 12 ygARS. Cv ;:rr.:.1':t'TS 0.&' PHSP.tRIKG OE']'IG~R: 1. 'I'hn :rorosieht of tl:v~ ~ource e:xhi.blte d v1ho u hB cxtinr:uish ~, all the liGhts on his aircraft, coupled \~ith hit poi sl~t~H1C:f ir. b~t.:.1:; ~courata in reviewing tha details of hi~ oightiP'~s roault in a graphic description ot on "object ~atur~l.ly ! llin3 1nt n the fAl:~ily of "unconvontion~l tlying obj~ots". It. r.1ust be o~tlGd, ho:.~v ~r th~t 11011: THIS rOCUMENr CO~TAIN'i INFOR114ATION AFFECTING THE t..\f10NA1. Ot:fEN"E OF 111E UNin o r~.-.. \" ITI II" r ~ ""' ''I''G OF' i - "N l> -~ !> "' D ITS TRAN;) tS.SION OR TilE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN M''f ,, NNER TO t lJ" ' UT'-'"1 -- . ' -. ' " ' - A tiO "' f( rtOOUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, HY OTHER Ttl AN UNil EO STATf.S AIR FOrtCE AGENCI .,. l:.X'"f?T BY ,.. .,.., - " -v '. . :.. f W".' IN11'Lllli[NCE. USAF. t.:.., " UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED AP FqiM 112 PAIT II AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 27th Fighter ~soort Wing sourco's exper1'3noe and p.<lst actions damond at.-.ention to this r.c"1:.1.enoa or sie~tingt. This pilot 1~ thoroughly versed in the llmitati;ns or flying 1naohinos; his attempt to Rarncr all tho p~rtinont infor:uo.tion oonoerning this unknown iton was definitely gen,tine. Hi~ nbility t o reoonstruot all th-3 raotors ooramon to the~9 sightinr,c was exc~ll~nt llnd well orgalllzod. Th3 trequanoy of relt1ted siehtings or on uncvel- ur.ttert nature further attest to so~e unoonv:lntionHl flyinp; objaot ncti vo . in this ~en~rnl &rea during tha early oveni.n~ hours or 29 Dooember L. J P :'.GO~ALSI<I A:st. lntelli~ence Officar 1. 'l'h~ source showed graat presence of mind in the inve tlgotion of this unidcuti1'1::3d abject. 'l.'here was f' nlf'f,~ranca or 25 8 econds ln th;J tiraa it took the object to pull away '\':hen the source muda his \ two pas es at tt1~ object, lights "out" and ligl1t s "on'' Signiflcnntly the longar titn~ was takan on tha fir.3t :pu::s, lif;hts "out" su.~:g~sting . closor proximity prior to observetion by the obJect, ossuming it ex-, . istad. ~he tact that there was a full moon, excollant visibility, n cle~r night, ond on undorcest furnish6s averel excellent ingr~dients to-r distortion end xetlections or r . fraotions in tht3 cockpit. It 13 o taot t'hat different types of aircraft C:inoptos produce different reflections or rafraotions or the same object~ The roportad "cluster o.f roteting lights" \':as obs::rved and roported by the source tlyint..~ en F-84 and by pilot of an F-94 e.s t,'all as a B-26. This v:ould tend to le.od credence to the observation. The disarpec:rance of the object . to the west in considered significant. On th~ first sighting the curve of pursuit was tlo,vn braaklne left, on th:J s econd pass it was flo~1n breaking right. v:ara the phenomenon n r eflection of the moon ol'f tha windshi~ld, it would h nve disa~;pClred in the opposite direction on the second p:.ss. 'rhora are too many in,iicotion~ or tha pranen?e of sotu~t~ing for the source's ramarkato ba oonsid~rad an obsarvat1on . of nothing. CZRT!FI3D TRUE COPY: Cri'.f<L&3 s. DICKINSON I,Jt Colonel, U~:-..F Intalli?ence Officer a j or, USAF Dir~otor ot Operational Intelligonca DO\VNGRADED A'l' DECLASSIFIED AF'fER N.llifk ALS' IIOTf: THI<; OO!':UMF.U r COt4TAINS INI"CJfHAAl lfJt4 AFFt.CTINC Tt!f NAriONAL. DEFfN';E OF TilE UNI rrn ~TATES WITtiiN THE MEANING OF THE E',i'IO:i-'Gt /.C.T !-~ l: :; r J 3, .ANU Jl. At; AMl:,.OUJ ITS TRANSMIS<;IO~ OR Till:: Rf'VELATIO:I OF ITS COfllf NTS IN ANY MAN~t:il 10 AN UtiAUTHQfH.t'r'-1 f-rR:.f)~ 1; PnOHilllfi..~; ~ ( 1.1 :. . ..~ IT "'' Y fiOT t'i RlPROOUC.FD IN WHOU: OR tr4 PAifr, liY OTIIEP. THAN UNITED $TAl E.S AIR fORCE AGENCI5, EXCCI'1 UY PU-. ,1: !0~1 Of Ttii:' liP:-:c J Ci , 1:4 rLLLIC!..t.CE. USAF. AF FOIM 112-ltAIT II APPRb1!0 I Jut.IIMI UNClASSIFIED AIR INTEWGENCE INFORMA nON REPORT lt.:CL. ~ l \Jhit.a ba!tm ato:\d,y Reu-:ihlte-Groen, Plterw~tin~ in count.~r-cloek-,i~:Ht ' tirf!cti:>el in bouy or object Description o~ object oi~htcd ov~r northern Ho~shu, 29 U~c., 1952 UNCLASSIFIED IIOTI; THIS DOCUMENT C()JIITAINS IHfORM~TIOH Aff-"f.CTI!IfG THE NATIONAL OrFEttiE OF THt UNITED J'TATt; WITitiN TilE MEA~ lUG OF Tit I "'1')'1 ~\.i~ II':T, !-') U ~ (' - Sl At4D :JZ. AS ANEHOID ITS TRI'NSMIS'>ION OR Tit HEVLATION OF ITS C:ONTfNTS IN ANY MANNER TO fl~ t::IAUTitoill/t.O ri It ;o;1 I; I h:..ilill l L) : ' t,VJ. IT M'Y t.OT C RfPRODUCED IN ~HOL OR IN PART, kY OTHER THAN ururr.o STAl['i AUt r O:'.CC: ACEI'':!ES, EJ<CEPT lJY f':f~l.., .IC.I 0" Tl:l' Uti'[(. r; . ,. . IH1 i.U IC!:hCC, USAf. AF FORM 112-PART II Af'PROVID 1 JU~I , .. UNClASSIFIED AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ftEI'ORT MO. F-04's s i zht of object lo3t Aft~r 30 second chna~ at (3) F-B4's intercept courJe whll~ cliu&cing Obsarvora lwading a t tioa of Object sighted a~ain at 2000 h rs I, disa~peared to west (5 ~ins obsyn) (2) Obaervors l\lCC\tion time o t original. oight.ing nt, 1943 r hrs (7 min otsvn) (1) t.l::~a~aj ob3ervora ho.-:1e b~se Hacl :lno~ DO\Vl\GRA Dl-:D AT :J g \ !: IXTBRVALS; DECLASSU'IED AFTEl{ 12 YEAI~ NO([: THIS roru~r N r r.ornAtNS INrOR\IATION AFFEC.TING THE hATIO~<At !.FN:.[ OF ntC UNITED =r"T&:::i W!TIHN THE o~:A'iiNG OF TH: E.!. ?IO~AC: N'T, Sf' v :i. c. - 31 A";O !1.. AS AMf:ID[O ITS THAN iMI ICJN Oft Tilt: RE\IUATION CJF ITS CONTEtH<; IU ANY MANm:n 10 AN Ut,AUTIIORt/f.D PUt;QN 15 PRUHIBlTf ,) DY LAW. IT t.I\Y NOT IJE RtPRODUCEO IN WHOLE OR Itt PM~T. UY OTti Eft THAN UWTEO :ITAl[$ AIR fORCE ACEtiCICS, fXC.CI'T 6( f'EilM!':iSIO:t OF ;;a: 01 '~'.10~ C:' lto1 LltGutC[. U:iAf. THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY llowAu L . a .,.. PrrnJ~,, COLUMBUS 10 DU.UO."C NdCILLIM oa:;UVATOl\' 1gt Lt. Robert Olss~n ,.:rieht-Patterson AFn. Dear Lt. Olsson; This is a belated report on the last batch tthich I recai ved at the ond ot April. Just as soon as our plans for employine :.ass Gluck .officially go throug.~, I shta.ll be able to send you a sheet with comments ,CJfl ench individual case, so that you uill have my conunents on each folder. The letter method xx has obvious dra\1backs. But Wltil that time comes :md nhe c~n handle my typing nnd co~pletion or forms, I had better stick to this l etter mctl1od. In this latest batch we h ave only 4 really intc:resting cases. I might raention a 5th, 28 }.:arch 53, Scott AI'D, which is the 1st r eport I ve see n of an honest to coodness mirace. 6 Cases have only one observer and I'V following my usual rule of discounting those. . 6 April was a met o,.,... The Great Fall ) Apri case was Venus if reported tir.te{ vtas in 28 March Albrook AFD was pr!obably Vanna. . . 31 1'arch Jlonshu,~and 30 iJar~h Lyle, Y'ash., are puzzlin~ but could possibly have been balloons. Tho 8 A_p_!'il Greenland case was an obtious meteor. This brinr,s-us to the intcre~tlnc casas: . 2S l!arch fi~n Antonia could hardly have been a. miraee and I'rn su~prised there was no radar pickup. ~:.:J.s there any a ircraft like helicopters t hat m1f( t explain this. Anything more come in on this one? Don't thi ak this is ;;ood enough for a pinch-bottle but it should be listed as Nocturnal r.1~anderinr. ltiGht. 29 !.larch Spooner, ,.rise' Duration time!l needs ch3cking here. Jloz:d to to believe th~t object could have done nll that in 1~ seconds. An interostin2 case and one of the regular qu~stionq~cs should be s ent to J;r. Gilette. 'Next is the 12 April Stead AFB. I think this is the most. intcr~sting cnsr, or the batch, Ct.nd I hope you receive more dope on it. Question3:tro~ cllould be s cnt.I 'd like to see }.!enzel explain this one! I s there any possibility thatthe~f3 could have been airc.Ylf)t? App~ntlz ducks have been eli:ninated. ,As f'-o1-the ~6_l.~abcn F4uasseur AFB although J,:tL, tho data are ~con t r.:tdicy/oY . ; nsuftici~crhaps this \':as a hellcopter? We. ought to kt:~ hav'! :nuch r.1ore intor~tion on this one. Has th:t::~ been received?