PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 3. DATE-TIME CROUP 0 Wos Aircraft Probably Aireroft 0 Possibly Aircraft Local --------------... ,P.. Ground Vi suol GMT_..: ~._\ ' I.J 0 Ai,.. VI su ol 0 Air-Intercept Radar o Was Astranoml cal I\i:) t (J t> r 0 Ground-Radar 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical . o ;.;: Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSeRVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Ot er _ 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation S.J,~Olids 01. 0 not ;~i_vGn .sin!..:.lo tail or brl~hi: l..t~i1t, body 12pozt~d n !i wlli. L) n. S8 rH:.J ru~u:r t e J .vha t '-l!) i 101'.J.'OJ co b3 thr8.: tails o r stre~,n\ors WJ."Lh f~dinf" o:..tt~ ~ositivv l.d. n:,,fic tion c:'.'!t~'J .. sig-i ltl. t!~' P .. nr1 l"'l' ~C a~3u o v e r which ob::;cn:v,~d ~Ldicr L~ ~-'-lllOt\-)Ot~ ATIC FORM 329 (R~V 2n SEP 52) UNCLASSIF .l t:D CLASS" ICAfiON AIR INTELUGENCE INFORMATION REPORT COUNTitY "' ARU RtP~f COI<UNt DATE OF IHFat!MT ION ACTIVITY SU8MITTI~ ltEPOitT DATE Of COLLECTION SRI STATliS (If applicable) PREPARING IHOIYIOUAL DATE OF REPORi Cc..utain Joseph A. Calhoon. ATUO 18 Nov 57 CANCELEOIIt-K:OM~LETE EYALUAT ION NA~ ~ OESCRIPTI~ CF SO~CE Lt Col ~ailey, Agent, Jackson ADOITI~AL INFOR~TIOH ON (~t) REFEREHCES (BAI6 Subjfff!t, previou reporh, etc., appl iC"ebfeJ Unid~ntified Flying Objact SU~ARY (Give u., ... ry lticlt lti,ltlifhte the aalif!tnt lactou of narrative report. &'in narrtttiv tewt on ,1)o' Form Jlle unle"' report cn be fully t~tted on AF For,. 11:1. Lit Inclo:turea, .includinl nu.,ber of copiea) This report forwards detaj "!.s of a n unidentified flying object observ-ed over Janan on 10 Novembdr 1957. I JJACK S. ZE:t:C!.1J:IL V Lt Colondl~US~tF Director, A'fJLO DeS/Intelligence WAANIMQ: flti docu-nt cont.ine JttlortMilutt lllfflclin' tit n11tJonef d~tfen of ,,. Vnlhtcl Stahe wifhAn th ,..nin~ "I tl &pion~ I..A Title 11. U .S.C. Sect;on 793 end 71J4. Jh tr.,nul~lon o' tM rvel.ttlon ol it Cl:'nhnt.t ;,. any rrwtnnel' t o an un.tutho,iad ~raon i proltib;te~ by l RPLACS AF f~N 112. I OCr 5~. W~IC" ~y BE US~D <; I A 5 :i I F I CAT I Off (SECURITY INFORMATION wh~n filled in) SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 ORIGINATING AGENCY RCf'ORT NO. 5th AF A1,:U,O 1. On 10 November 1957 a n unidentified object was o~ved._ta... the '.ie.)lt ... , .Out.t\'nest, or 'okyo. Observers reported the obje.ct_ as ~-(1 '-lare .0~. brj.z:1tr~ (IJ"l!~e reported a (?~gJ.e ~a;J-~'"~2:~-,~PBearej~as -~([J.,ZL~ \/nil_! ... a .cQ~ 1-r_i ess L!f t}~ .c . .9l_orf! .!lew~pa.p~.t. .. a~.p,..g!m ropo.cted t h a _objt.~ct. was also . (I.J.~h c! from 2. Obsarvers reported the object traveled m a .~..i&..ht ~rc_ or .. 1:"~ra]J.c.Lto thd . .rth, Object \-ras observed by ch~ce at)._d ,disappeared by fading out. Ti.ila of obse~tion \oJas from an estimated (1_9_, to02-::. onds. Ob3ermtions reporte d tJere visual, unassisted by optical device~. 0900Z time at( dusk.,' Sl.Jhting occurred bet\vaen 0845 and 5. Observers '\'I ere located a t n pproximately .3 5 28' N 139 25' E ::.nd 6. 'I11e obs3rvers includ~d .Lt Co l Kore~ J .H. T .B.; Headquartars Fi.fth Air Intelligenc9, Commander, Naval Forces, 7. ~;eather at the ti...'n.e of the sighting \las _c_l_f& ~:ith Y. ilitr bett e r than ~Q ... l'1il~s. Observers reporte d_sJars. vis..i.ble a t the tir:te ot-g~ghting. ~inds wer'e r~r.grted as: surface a~-OJ~Jts, 10.,000 ft. ~2. .... /-!2Q ts, CO~:J !F.:~TS OF THE PREPARlljG OFFICER: S. In the Tokyo area during the reported ti."'te period at this t:Une of ear, surface conditions are sufficiently dark to require lights for driving, ~vhile a t higher altitudes sorn.e lighting r emains from the setting sun. The siehting of the object from Nagoya about 0850Z tine indicated the object ~las a t a great heif;ht and of larga size or high intensity to be visible a t t\'IO locations :Je?3-rated by so:ae 125 N.~f. The Tokyo Astronomical Observatory ~ihile not actually viewing the object assumes that it vTas probably a r~eteor. Positive identification cannot be mada of the objact, although the observers' d escriptions, duration of si6hting , and larg e area over l:hich observed indi- c ate a meteo-:-. CC'}!.:.NTS OF THE APPROVlNG OFFICE!l: JCSEPH A. CALHOON Captain, USAF Air Tech Intel Liaison Off ice r.l."h i s Tech~1ical report \-ias prepared in it..s entirety by ::1. r.:!ember of the Air Intelligence Liai:Jon Office. ( ,.... ; WAUNINCi: T h i t ducum,.nt rnnt.1ins i nfurr n .1tio n uff,tcfinA thu twtionlt/ d of,.tt3H J/ tllo Unit"d St, t o !l within tltfJ tnettnin;l o f tlut l-.1 '"" .4 l..n~. Ttt/t 18, U . S . C., St'ctirJn'l 71JJ n ntl '/'J-1. It 1 t~<ITIHFll ~ .. i n n o r thf'l r m ;,J .thn of tiS cu/lt ent:t itt '" ' Y 1111 J'h"ti-'-'''I"'''UII r~ prulib't ci!Jy /.t>v I t tn.y rtCJt Iw "'JlrOd u<f'd irt w h o /o or i n JUIIt, hy cthdr tlt..tn Un 1ir f 'r>r c e A;olf' .,. tt\t''I H hy l "'tfTtl"ion nf thi> Dirc;' tr nf lnt,J[,~,.,.t'u, USAF lo\F I Of~A(M'I"L 11 2a f'! PI AC"L~ Af' I ORM 11?1'1\RT II. 1 JI,N h. ( 1..A , .ll"ll'A rtv N Eval:Jlation of .nov~mber 57 Rer>ort.a from Af../f'Lpa.n and ATILO 5th AF AL~'Clll-4E4 AFGIN-l .. ~?a/Nr Wooda.ll/rw 1. Gen~ral Watson has req~sted that tha reports ~itten by the subject collection aaencies in November be ev3luated and the value and quality of the re~orta be determined. 2. It is therefore requested that your office prep~e Forms 112b on the incloaed reports. The comments section of the Form ll2b should discuss the ATI value of the inforr~tion, t he qu~lity of th~ report, and the extent of interest :tn r~ceiving future information of 'the typ~ submitted. Uequeat th~ evaluat.lons o.nd reports be returned to AFCIN -4A2a. by .2J. Ja.n:uary _1,958. TO: ~cnt-4A2a JOHN A. DePUE ~13.j or , USJUi' AFCIN-4A2:J. 4B4/C~pt Q.T. G::egory/rm luat1on of oubject report in triplicate ifl a.ttached. 2. quest re~urn of or:i.ginal 112 tor lJ?O c:J.se files G:1ir!f' , .A~r Sci~nce.J Di .. rision AIR INTELLIGENCE EVALUATION RECORD AIR .l~Tt~: S.E INFORMATION REPORT NUM~ER ~OURCE OF REPORT (Air Atfftr.~e, Co~m8nd, etc.) INTELLIGENCE REPORT PREI'AREO BY (N11me o f officer ) COMIIJ4ENTS ( rr ""rr~tt ve ty e, on your evlt on lJ!J chec bc-v. Your commftnt", -u ttpf'rec1ated by col lector. CIJrelully "r~pl'tred nnd detslled F.velu11t.io n Recor d ri 11 i mprove nrllovitl wit~ ;, t~ 11 i in f ot'/lfltt ion o/ hi ,,.,. 011111 Jt . c r tici.1111 nrrt reportin~ end AIR INTELLIGENCE EVALUATION RECORD AIR INTELLIGENCE INFOR~ATION REPORT NU~OfR OATEO SOURCE OF REPORT Att~che, Cn~manrl, e tc.) INTELLIGENCE REPORT PJIPARED 9Y (N1tme of oflict>r) VALIDITY OF NFORMAT ION FULFILLMENT OF REQUIREMENT CONFIRt.!EO COMPLETE ROBABLY TRUE P AHTI AL POSS IDLY TRUE SLIGH r TOO GENERAL ONNOT JUDGE COMMENTS (In narr~tive atyl~, expand on ynur ev~lu3ticn dS checked bove. Yorrr comment.,, l,uidnnce and h elpful critici.'lm ,, r " apprecl~tterl by col lec t or. C1tre tully ,,., ptJred det1ti led Evaluat i on Records will Jff'pTOVt! the qu"l i ty o f repor t inA 11ntl ,rnv Jde you tl th intellig,nce inlor meflon o f hl~h~r quality.) !1g.~t {IlL l~ <..:.croee alt~ a&fti ~ tecll7 1u"1J. eouUl ~tAozei # ::tla.i:ua :L,!tl t)bt ::.'ll!po&-tea llait r:t'l~ e~t t i:.na ted <~ru-~llOt nnd a+Aiiad cr..eczw. i'3c11i~:le a l ght3tl8JI Ac r 1 v TY At !.II .;:~itmee D1 "..i~ioo, (Sijlnlllttrrlf)