PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 7. LENGTH Ofl OBSERVATION Visual 3-4 minutes Radar 7-8 minutes 0. BRIEP SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 2. LOCATION 8. NUM&ER OP OBJECTS UFO observed as blip on radar of lead plane not visuble on radar or visually by trailing plane 6 miles behind. Plane under GCA control & object could not be picked up by ground radar. Object ws observed vis was tan color, flat on 'ottom, round ATJC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 11. COMMENTS Radar sighting evaluated as spurious return or false target since obj could not be picked up on other radars in area. Visual obsvation evaluated as WX balloo DECE~-18ER 1956 FAR EAST ' C_K~YHOE-1960 P 104) 1 WITNESS 00 ON DECEMBERt TWO USAF ~ET PILOTS WERE PRACTICING GROUND RADAR 01 POSL TIONEO INTERCEPTS ON EACH OTHER IN THE VICINITy OF 02 D~RING ONE RUNt THE INTERCEPTING PILOT PICKED -VP A STRANGE RADAR BLIP FROM 03 A~ UNKNOWN OBJECT IN THE SKY FROM THE BLIP-S SIZE --ONE-EIGHTH OF AN INCH 04 HIGH AND THREE-EIGHTS OF AN INCH WIDE --THE UFO WAS ESTIMATED AT LEAST AS 05 LARGE AS A B-29 FOUR-EN~INE BOMBER. RADAR SHOWED IT TO BE TWENTY MILES AWAYt 06 30 DEGREES TO THE PILOT-S LEFT. 07 RERr~ISSION_TO DETERMINE THE NATURE OF THE' SOURCE QF THE RADAR RETURNe 09 As HE HEADED TOWARD THE uFo. THE :.;ET-s INSTRuM!Nrs sHOWED HE wAs cLosiNG.-A.Tlo A._:SPEED OF.:_ Sl,X_T.O_ SE.\lEN_.JiUNDRED KNOTS (APPROXIMATELY 720 TO 840 MPHe) AT 11 EIGHT MILESt A ROUND OB~ECT APPEARED EXACTLY.WHERE RADAR SHOWED IT LATER 12 CALCULATIONS lNDJLCATED IT ~A-S AI L Sl_2 F~T IN DIAMETERt P~QBAB~Y NEARER 13 BY THIS _T.I ME t TJ:t.E_ ..JET-S_RADAR_ HAD LOCKED. ON}O TfiE_ UFQ. . p_W,AS 1_5 AUTOMATICALLY GUIDING THE PLANE TOWARD THE 09..JECTe SUDDENLY THE RADAR WAS 16 ..JAMME D_ BY_ A-STRONG I NI EREERENC.E USJNG_A~T..l=-.J..A.M PB.O~E_D_URE_t T.ti PJ.L.OJ ' t7. SWITCHED FREQUENCY FOR TEN- SECONDS THIS ELIMINATED THE MYSTERIOUS 18 ..l..NJ:ERfEREN.C PUt SES t THE~ THEY BEG~N AGAIN. BUT THE PULSAT I_ONS WE;RE NOT 19 _ STRONG ENOUGH TO BREAK THE RADAR LOCK-ON ANO JET HELD TO ITS COURSEe 20 THr::. .JET C.L0...~0 TO \\1 I THIN FIVE N~U.Il.~AL.21j ES OF TH~ OB~ECT AND C_O_U~D NOT ~ 1 CLOS E FURTHER. WHEN THE PILOT WAS CLOSEST TO THE UNIDENTIFIED OB~ECTt IT 22 .-AE.PEAREO T_OJ1 E A SHAL_LOW LEFT 1YF.~ J._T HAD THE 'APPEARANCE QF' BEING CIRCUI...AR~3 ON T H E 8 0TT0Me 24 --~AFJER THLSt THE UFO SPEEDED UP SO SWIFTLY THAT THE ~ET-S RADAR COULD NOT 2~ GET AN ACCURATE READING 26 --~THE OB CT WAS MOVING UP AND AY FROM lt500 TO 1t800 KNOT~ Clt89~ TO ~7-. I..MM.ED_I.AT...f;.LY AFTER !HE PI LOL.R~eOR),E.P_T_f:i.E;,_'J,~Q_A~D- PL!il S IT_W~S. TESTE029 BY ANC1'HER AIR-FORCE PILOT ALL EOUIPMENTt INCLUDING RADARt OPERATED 30 COBRE CLL)J THE AIRCRAFT WAS THEN CHECKED BY GROUND PERSONNEL AGAIN, ALL 31 ITEMS WERE SATISFACTORY 32 '- PP RJEDEN RJEDWF RJEPHQ RJEPY8 DE RJAPAD 118 FM COMDR FEAF FUCHU AIR 3TA JAPAN TO RJEDEN/COHDR AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLO SFRINGS COLO RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT-PATlERSON AfB OHIO RJEFHQ/D/1 HQ U3AF WA;HDC INFO RJEPY~/COMDR AIR RESEARCH ~ DEVELOPMENT COMMAND SAl.TlMORE MD . - ------ -,/FFIR~-A S6e5 THE FOl.LOtiiNG INITIAL UNIDENTlFIED'fLYING OBJECT REPORT FROM THE COMDR ~3RD AIR DIVISION, lTAZUK AIR BA5E JAP~N, IS FORWARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AiR 2t0 2s QUOTE -IC ..58 28M. "JIFOE". 1 A. SHPERICAL, OUND ON T , ((LAT ON EOTICt1. RADAR OV,AL. 2. Ao AFPEARED ON 3-4 RADAR SCOPE WITH APPARENT ECM ACTIVITY, f . B. RADAR1 1~ O'CLOCK _L,V~L, 1 VI3UAL: 2 O'CLOCK LF:'JEL../ wJ/ g-r_.,'f',..J c. 12 O'CLOCK LEVEL. = .... I D. OBJECT FICKED UF AT 2~ NAUTICAL MlLE3 ON RADAR SCOPE. LOCKED ON AT 1;) NAUTICAL MILE.:i. STEADY OVERTAKE. ~(~ TO 700 KNOTS UP TILL-CJ{.-. CL03ED TO .5 NAUTICAL HILES AND CLULD NOT CLOSE FURTHER, VISUAL AT 8 (NAurlCAL Nll.E~ OBJECT.. ,AND OBSERVING AIRCRAFT HEADING 1 21e DEGREES THROUGH ENTIRE CHASE. E. Pll.O'f RETURNED ATTENTION TO 3COPE. RANGE GAGE AND BLIP ~lOVING VERY RAPIDLY TO\vARD.3 TOP OF 3COFE. AT 12 MILES AlL INDICATION Of J~R_E.ET. HETJ;.ati-.. D.l.JM.f.!i:ARO. OBJECT V:\NI :;HSD 1\i f:\f.P.{O.t!1'rAiitY 7 N'A'UiiCAI.. t1ILE3. PILOT E3TIMATED OBJECT UPON RADAR Dl;AFFEARANCE, A'[ 15 TO 1800 KNOTS. f. RADAR: 7-8 MlNUTE3, VI.3UAL: 3-4 MINUTES. 3. A. AIR-ELECTRONIC. AIR-VISUAL. B. NEGATIVE. AIRCRAFT ~UM2ER 299 ke Ft, 33t DEGREE> ~FAGE THREE RJAPAD llb tA . lf~ZUKE AIR EA. E. 6 . A. N GATIVE. ALERT PILOT, VERY RELIABLE. 7. A. BROKEN OVERCA;;T, CEILING 4 THIN SC.1:TTERED )TRATU5 LAYER 15 (~0 FEET. VI3IBIBILITY UNLIMITED. E. DURING PERIOD ~6~Z -~6 Z 17 DECEMBER 1S56. ~URFACE 29' -31~ DEGREES 14 -22 KNOTS t0e FEET 252 DEGRE3 45 KNOTS tl0 fEET ~ DEGREES 5~ KN01S tee FEET 28e DEGREES 9 KNOTS ert FEET 28~ DEGRE:E3 S~ KNOTS fie~ FEET 27fJ DEGREES 1 :S '- KNOTS k~0 FEET 27 DEGREES 15~ KNOTS ~00 fEET NEGATIVE INFORMATION NEGATIVE INfORMAT ION e 0 FEET De 10 MILES. PAGE FOUR RJAfAD 118 F . NEGATIVE. s. ~EGATI~E ~. ATTEMPTED INTERC 10. WINGMAN FAGE FIVE RJAPAD 118 UNCLASSIFiED OBJECT l i bELIEVED TO BE A MATERIAL OBJECT OF UNKNOWN ORIGN AND . TYFE. Ut-fQUOTE. FEAF COMMENTS: (1) FI.R5T UFOS REFORT THIS T HEATER 11..: THERE BOTH \Jl.~UAL AND RADAR '3I GHTING MADE SIMULTANEOU'~LY. ( 2 ) {~.1 ' IG~iFICA~T TO NOTE THAT fHI3 ] [0RT OF AN IJN ID ~NTIFIED FLYING G~JECT ~iA 3 MA~E ON fHE 3AMS DATE THAT ~03COW I SSUED A a EFORT THAT B-57 AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN OB~ERVED OVER VLADIVO>TOK AREA. (3) FEAF ATil.O WILL INTERROGAr E CREWS r FOLLOW D1JWNGI;_.\DE'D AT 3 Y~:.-\!< !' \at DECL.~::~lVftP :<\FTE.l: UOP ll l~: . . :il!A:tJ.lO JNCI A~SJFIFf) FILE CLASS:---- OFFICIAL FILE COPY _OFFICE OF RECORD 1--t--------~ AtMII!Pt _, tbe nponSaa oltloer ~ eCftelat. tb1a alp'bc Vla41 YCMtok la ftl14. Ia Ylew r4 tbe pi'O~bUlt7 tb' Hqa ta+l' vlll uNloubWlT tollQw Q 1Dol4eat. JQUr orittoal retlev la raQuea-.4. D<lO. DH~ ~nu.lO. ROUTrNO AMD COORDJ'MATIOM SHEET UNCLASSIFIED F ILE CLASS:---- OFFICIAl FILE COPY -OFFICE OF RECORD Radar aa4 Y!..ael OJ'O Reportecl b,y YEA7 aoeordaao wltb ex!at!DC polloi tor tke at\147 aDd 1a ot DIO re. ' attao!ae4 ott1o1al UJO repon abna1 tted b7 ttl Jlar Eaat Air t~ a poelble explaatloa the leotroaio aD4 ~lated Ylew- aot btD44 to lntlueDM JOUI' par,ioular J)base ot tbe nalua~loa, a ala t>t -~1 ott1ae, baae<l oa the t1oa g1vea, is o..atl1n.a 14ent1ou . Two alroratt. J'1nt aircraft reporta both radar aDCl vlayal eiptlq. (w1aa .a) .a. DO oontaot . Yl.uel or radar. O'bjeot deaorl bed 1D color ana roumcl OD top. It should be _..ral oootruotioa of all weathe~ ballooaa (.p1bAl rawln, rabal,. ra41oeoa4e) are of rubberi-zed latex aDd tt; 1D colo~. I,Miii""EO:riiri '!'be prer.u area o~ obaertat1cm (34-00 N, ljl-00 B) 1 be'tlteen a0\ltb- an4 el18bU1 eaat of tbe Japanese island ot Tsuab . 1!:!:~--J. T-" a-eral w1D4 41reotlOD vaa troaa the i'teat-Aonhv' at the alt1tu4e t--t-------. 13 Weather ua! te wb tell launch both schechaled and ball ' Puaas:a, Cb.1obee aZM' 'raop lD Korea. 'fheae UA1 te are located Donhveet -=-~1ptSaa. A veatb.r unit waa looa,ea al. t dlrectl7 under the locat101l 1---t--AL-Z .;;.. ~ab t!D8, 'l'euab!Ja Ielaza4. Bxperl ~ ballooD oaaea ahov that uD4r oertaill oca- t.JJe ~o.p pon1oa ol a ballooa ~ be TlaSble. particul.arl7 l!h&D ol,)aened -t---~ -... OD tbe baa1a ot the abo aDd other rel8 te4 1Dtormat1on supplied bJ til 1' i.s 'he ophdce ot this ottlce, 9-\ i;h.1s phase o f e eTaluation, aoroea a regularly-launched or "runwe.1 bellooa. .:Jith rt.tgard t;o .."-:-:: 1=:;.:'~ tile orisia oou.lcl l at China. Rete:ruee 1 28 of attached report s\atins bllp mo"Yed rap1dl1 to t~a ot clo appl"'&ob of the a!rcratt. Coula this han been eau.secl bJ a bf l.looo or appearecl to rlae suclaaly 'Wben the alroraft drew ncy oloae? ""'!:3te.-t Although airoratt na under CCI observat1cm at all t1~Dea, the UFO Mno ...,. IIQ-i~ tb.e g:rouocl UDi ' UNCLASSJFJED AF-WJI-0-l9 MAlt .56 JSM . UNCLASS\f\ED SUBJECT: Radar and Visual UFO Reported by FEAF FROM: AFOIN-4El DATE: Ccmment lfr 2 AFOD-4Ela/V. D. BFff.ABT/ Jc 1. The folloviDS conaments are JDA.de with reference to the radar portion ot tbis UPV sighting: a. The size ot the "blip" on the scope is much larger than a normal return for a single tarpt. . b. a large tarpt (tro" the large "blip" observed), the wing man and the OCI station ahonld also have had radar contact. 'l'his they did not have. c. The speed the target lett the scope eliminates returns from aircraft, includiDS the B-57. 2. It is extremely difficult to discount sightiugs which invC.lve both visual and radar sighti.Dss. In this case the existence of a physical target carmot be poaitively disproven, although the discrepancies in the radar portion ot the s1ght1Ds indicate that ~ leaat th! r~dar sighti!!J g...!. t:_alse t It this is true, the siSlitiDS may be a case ot assoctatin~f an actual visual target, with a false radar target. 3. Although this off1 ce ie not in a position to conunent on the subject would seem that unuaual weather or transmission conditions which affect radar trans- missions might also affect visual transm1saions thereby providing freak visual observations. GORDON C. HOFFMAN Colonel, USAF UNCLASS\fiED Voi.I.No.2 FACTS ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS (UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS) -PuiJIIIteJ &y tlte Hcrtlonal lrrvellfl'lllon CommlftH on Aerial PltertomeiHJ - -Septern le r .1957 JET CHASE OF LARGE CIRCULAR OBJECT INVESTIGATED BY FAR EAST AIR FORCE For .aight months the Far East Air Force has been in possession of on lntell igence Report describing the jet chose of o strange round object larger than a B-29 bomber. According to this report, the UFO accelerated to a spaed of about 2000 miles per hour when the jet tried to close in. Intelligence Report Details Released to NICAP Full details of the chase were revealed to NICAP on August 29 in on unclassified sec ti on of the Intelligence Report. This is the f irst detailed report of a jet-UFO chase ro leosed anywhere in the Air Force since 1953. Whether release o f this important case Indicates o change in Air Force policy cr is on isolated incident, is yet to be determined. Tt.o Air Force report sent to NICAP from o For East Air Force office bears the follow- ing heading: AF FORM 112 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT (U) Unidentified Flying Object Report FAR EAST Dl ---- -February 1957 Captain----and Captain---- --December 1956 Debriefing "On December 1956 the Air Force report begins, "two USAF Jet p ilots were practicing ground rodat positioned intercepts on each other in the vicinity of " During one run, the report says, the Intercepting pilot picked up a strange radar blip from on unknown object in the sky. From the size o f the blip-one-eighth inch high and three-eighths of on inch wide-the UFO wos estimated as Iorge as a B-29 fo ur-engine bomber. Radar showed it to be 20 miles away and 30 degrees to the pilot's left. "Pilot called the GCI site to osk If they hod o target which would <=9rrespond to the unidentified blip. After receiving an (Please turn to Column 1, Page 2) Air.Force.Jells Congressman it Has Given'tttOP "All UFO Information" D;spi e Written Refu Despite on official refusal on Ju to release UFO cases to NICAP, the A 1 Force now publicly insists that it has given NICAP "oil information in t he hands of the United States Air Force." This contradictory stal'ement, ant on Seprember 12 to Rep. Peter fre' nghuysen, r., (R., N. J,) was signed y Maj. Gen. Joe W. Kelly, USAF, ector of legis- lative Liaison. (See also spee~a announcement on new Atr Farce cl On tember 11 the some AIr Force stat ent wos sent to Vice Admiral John '-. Hoskins, USN, Ret., now Director of De ~fication Policy, Deportmen~ of Oefense~dmirol Hoskins hod osk~ the Air Fo rce f~(octs on NICAP and th~ re- lease o f UFO rePbr.ts. The identicof stat~nt sent to Admiral Hoskins and Rep. Freling sen follows: "The National Investigations mmittee on Aerioi.Phenamena is not o governmental (Con~in;tf'd on Page 3) Part. I - lreatber Je]looDa l. In the anal,)'lil of Fl1o~ta prior to 1 Jul.', 52 approxlat417 15% ;ae cla~a1t1ed aa poaiill7" o~ prob&blT' 'bJloon. The baau for d.ci- ai.oo Wit'. general]~ llt.~le .on tban a tona ot guy:sworkJ U the Jl'l70brP' d:l~ not. dQ a:tqt-hjng, ma match left3 ... allowed tor obeerYer' tallibtl1Q", t.ut. 91loou ooald not: do 1D s, speed, etc., aDd it the deor1P.. t.! ;c. e~rreapotldad even rouchJ7 t.o that of a Nllooa, it wu 10 .olaasi!ied . If' t..hers was oo parU~ reuon t-o Hlleve a ballocn wu in the area, tb r~n beoae a ~ltlbl .U tbe aigbtJ.n1 occurred near & beJloon launch- ~ :~ 'it4t or on br abou:t. the la'&nch t.ime, it beeue a proC.ble. It aa obv1.oua. that an. e!!or\. to o~in tactual data to euppor\ euch oonoluaiou ,. 2.n A'J'Ill-5 appr0.che4 the prebl~ of weather balloon.. t1rat.. lf~ther . a. Rad1Qeoade -lnbberis tan t.ex, 6 in diet.er at lanDCh 1p t,o 20 .~t. ali,i tude. Cern ~ trana~ tt.ft" ~ tAl~e$:tripr d.!.s. for t.~pflratare presure, clwpo!nt: sequDCea, which ~ran.sld.tter uzder eertaiD - .:c.r.!U tiona would g1 Ye radar. retw-na. llo earriea a wh1 t. rup.n:J.pg Ugh\ . ct-~riDg night l.lnnchea, b6t.t.r.r operat.~, 1fbieh abaul.-i lut, tor duration of l!iJ.7;h~. No:mal ucent 11 to 70 st' t 1,000 fi/1o, at C1ob t.l t.i t-ud.e. t.he bel loon ba.rat.a Dd iu1paent. reocrrer; ia et.teoted b7 a red . b. BaiD -Same bsl]ooo as a aDd 1 a winds aloft o , b\1 t 1 t oarri a OD17 a radAr , ~ c RaYiuollda - a oo~abiD&~ion ot rawin ,. radioeonde. t.Jpe or bs1 looD, tracked b;r t-heodolite tor winde d. IQbal - o~erTatr.ioo. le&te and 4 or 5' a~ &1\itude. Bw-a\ aDd clib ecaperable to raM oocde. i !Dda aloft obeervat.ion, .. Vaoke4 b7 t.heodollte. Carrie runn1 nc liC}rt. tor 111 ght. lanDCbe . . 'Ali t1P ot 'bellooDI are lGnched at. 0300Z, 0900Z, lSOOZ aDd ZlOOZ dAil7.: However, aa.e atatioaa launch one, two, three, or tour ttmee/de111f ~tne!"'s launch irregularq, launch onJ.7 one type, and others .,ral or al1.. In addition, t.i.ae ot ~uDCh aq 'Y&r7 appro::cta&telr thirty 1mtea ~Qdl t..he eheduled tillle eit-her 7 ill agencies which launch 'bt11ooa. are quick t.~ -ldzait that oaJloona can ultunctiO)n and that. 07 are lo1t. I..:l addition, W1 ~ currenta at. alii ~de can cauae the bel loons to &58\Uie odd ebapea u.i '-:..a..,ge mADe\lYera. The t.J looM uJfer certain atao.-pheric coDC11 t.io~ can 1:-,';e.-u-to be almot nr color, and 2ay b4l Yisible eYen at cxtr alU~d .. , ~-A~ieul&J"l7 at. sunriee I'd 8UMet., to an ob.ener on the ar~n