PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Chitose-Hokkaido, Japan Woa Balloon 3. DATI!TIM! GROUP 4. TYPI! Ofl OISI!RVATION 0 Possibly Balloon Local----------xi Cifttund-VlauaiBX .n.r: c1 Rod 0 Wos Aircraft ~-roun or 0 Prol:toa.ly Aircraft 0 Alr-lnterupt Radar 0 PossiW y Aircraft 5. PHOTOS 6. SOU Visua-J Jlx Was Astronomical Venus 1. LENGTH 011 OBSERVATION USAP Personnel (13) I. NUMBER Oil OBJECTS a Probably Astronomical 0 Po sal b1 y Astronomical Pboto~ lnsufflcint Dato for Evaluation 1 hour 5 minutes SW C Unknown Radar~ Anamalous Propogatx~ 10. IRI!II SUMM~AY 011 SIGHTING Approximately 13 persons observed a very bright light in the SSW sky. Many viewed it with binoculars. Two a/c were scrambled. Aircrew claimed they picked soe object up on radar -but could not close in on it. 2-3 days later a photograph of a fuzzy white li light was taken purportlnK to be the same object. 11. COMMENTS A plot of all the directions and azimuths of the object giving definitely shows the obj was Venus now so brigbt that newspapers have commented on it & pilots have trie~ to chase it (see clippings fm UPO file)Attempt to relate some return on radar w/Venus not valid. Photo analysis: doubtful that obj in photo same as obj da~ed seen 2-3 days before A : Parapbc:zse not required except prior to CATEGORY 8 Encryption. Phyaic:a!ly romove all internal ref erenc:ee by Date/Time Group prior to Declcuailicc:ztion. PAGE FOUR CRI 18/15 ( I AC Pcnc:zph:~$4 not required except rrior to CATt:OORY B Encryption. Physically remove all internc:zl r e l&r ncec by Date/Time Group prior to dec:la s i.lieation. No unc:lasailied r le renc:tt iJ Date/Time Group is quoted. DRAWINGS ARE BE I NG ASSEMBLED I N A VOUCHER, AND vii LL BE FOH\/AROED 3 Y MAIL TO DPTY FOR INTELLIGENCE, HQ PACAF 13 . (A) COMDR: PACAF, HICKAM AFB TH (B) COMDR: 5AF FUCHU AS JAPAN (C) COMDR: AAC ELMENDORf AFB ALASKA (D) COMDR: ADC ENT AfB COLO INCO~ING SAGEFORM CADJ.NUMBER COUNTaY at AIUA ,_,,~T CONCl'-l'd Sth AP ATD.O l'lti"Aft I NG I HO I Y I DUM. OAT( Of I lieF OIUtl r I Ofif DArt Of CO\.I,ICTIOfe I OA I Of It( otT I . Sit I ItO CA~(liOitNC~LITl ADDtrti*AL I..,OIUIIIATICIN Cit (,.te) three :Frames 3Smlll ilegative Film :Jt Unidftntd!ied Fljing Object 4 X 5 NegativeEnlargsnent~ oi Incl 1 Director, ATILO DCS/Intelligence ;\J'CIH-4. W-P 13! . .Q.,. w/Incl 2;-PACAF ,l'l'TI.O, APO 953, w/ o Inel:s VUIIIQ; Title doc-1 ....,.j,.. ~ltiH-ti lletirtl tlte nt-1 fhl,.. oft,.. Urtit.d Statu wJthitt tJt. -rtinl o/ tlw ORIGI'H To~>jG .\GEIOC'f I I J '- SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 I PPOAr toO 5th AF ATUO 1. On 12 December 195? an identified object was observed o7er the Sea , f J1-1pan to the we~t o! the southern tip of Hokkaido. 2. The object~was describ~d as circular with brilliant illumination. olor "ft'as reported as greenish-white, changin& to yellow or \-."hite with oran3e 3. The obj~ct was undar visual observation for a p~rio~ o~ -~ne_hour, _ . :;-reporting of .obje~t s for a _ perio)of a~p?o:Xiptely 4. Radar reported heigbt of object at lS,qoo feet and speed 310 knots. Track was irregular on 12 December 1957 from ~ N, 141 IJOE 5. \-; i..'lds nloft. ~;9re r~po~t~rl as follvws: Surf~ce 230/20 ; 10., 000 f eet, ft!et, '?.S0/60. Sky condH.lon wa.s clear wj.th visibility of 25 miles. 6. The basic Wo!111B.t_!9-a.-~ta:i' r;ported by 1nessage cit&:::A-OPS 119~ DTG 130915:, Dgceo".:>e / -'tachm~nt 1a, S4dth Aircraft Control and \arning :-' ~:m-dron, cit ::;KOP r:- DTG 13C445t:, Dece!::lber 1957, 848th A ircrnft Control and ~ a.rning Scpla n, and IR 100-57 dated 16 December 1957 f-rom Headquarters, ~, _ .. ~r :l.V1sl.on, .l.l..:H~lwR rllr 'lse, apnn 'l. Photogra phy wa3 accomplished at 09002 approximately, with a Cannon Nikkon 105rnr:~ lens fl t !2.5~ !16, a nd f 22 with exposure times !::.let-..,~en one and .'illia:n R. Gowdey, 613 th Aircraft Control tSECURITY / ,VFoH .\tA nov .. lou fttlrtf This PI Report has been ~rltten to fulfill a r~quest submitted by Captain George Gregory. AFCIN 4E4g concerning annlyois or UFO fhotography. 1. Aftar detailed revie w of' In 2-58 and three attached photos. It is apparent that discre}::ancios exist ln tha data presented. The image measurements on the respective photos were 85 follows: Length (mm) Width ( nuu) These image dimensions when produced by by th~ traces of tha objects in space. l05mm lens dictates the They are 8! follows: angles subt~nded Length (mm) 2. Using the given speed of 31~ or 5.94 mi/m1n and the limits of exposure times of 1 an.l l~ r:~in the i:m_- 3 shown ,;Q'll1 onl y hav~ been nroduc.:t-.1 by the ti1-:: respective ranges. at an angl 3 othJr than 90, th~ ext~nt is not det~rminatle rrom the data given. Page 2 of 2 pages 3. The following is a list of the latitudes and longitudes f'or various sightilJgs, and tha time of eo.oh. . The eighth sighting in this list contains only latitude. Time 6 Post t ion' A Time Average Velocity Tl'.e above positions 1,r.1rd plot. ted and t,ime between noted. 'the relati c n b:.:tr..raen geo- detic nnd geographic coordinates vere not e d und the corresponding distances between points computed. F1om theBe values of eistanoes and time ~veraee speeds were com-. puted. The mes.n of thes~ average speeds -was 1262 mi/hr or a value not consistant with that reported. If the c omputed ?Peed a t 0900Z or 7 66 -r.i/hr llere used instead of c,;: the reported JlOK to CIJ! rpute range. The ranges u ould be imreased by a actor o:r more the.n 'b-ro. Thus malt.J ne the situation rnoro ~robnble The location of the obs9rvation st11t i nns and the heacing and elevation aOGles d,u:i :~g sighting o.nd expost1.1"()8 Here not included, this dnta is of prime importance in relt .L- i ng photos to other uupporting clata. Likewise, nothing vas stated certaining type of film used or development it received. The photo images did not o.gr~e as closely ns vould be expected to the ape ratttros me~tioned; hovever nothing definite csn be ascertained because of the lack of datao Comlusion: From the above analysis it is shown that considerable contradiction in results are the. direct effect of inoonsistant data. Unless the points in question regarding the data can be resolved no worthwhile interpretation can be made ANALYSIS BY2 ti. PRJ;STON APPROVEJJ BY 1 AF'.=IU-4D2a PHOTO ANAL VSIS WORK REQUEST DESCRIPTION OF WORK: Jtll II AIJI0 to lMlale ate'--1 M .. . REFERENCE MATERIAL: Oe U ZM.JI, 1:1 ~tJIO. REQUESTED BV: SYMBOL: PHONE: '"''--- PHOTO ANALYSIS BRANCH MONITOR: ----------------- RESULTS StiOULD II IN TH! FORM OF: 1~.-_ _..l P.l. REPORT --~ ORAWii'iG REQUISTED COMPLETION DATE ------------------ REQUEST APPROVED BY: ----------WORK ORDER NO. A. TIC FO~M NR. 41162 84STH AIRCRAFT CO~T~l U\ tt~UADRON United S e~ Air Force APO 181, San Fr~ncisco, California 24 December 1957 SUBJECT: Report on Unidentified Flying Object {Unclassified) Pacific Air Forces ATTN: FF'IDC Subject report is submitted in accordance with PACAF Supplement Number 1 to AF Regul.ation 200-2, dated 12 August l.954 J JljIES C. PEEK Lt Col, USAF Report on UFO, PFICO-C 1st Ind Headquarters, Par.iflc Air Forces, APO 953, San Francisco, Calif. TO: Commander, Alr Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force na s 9, Ohio Inclosure 1 l s forwarded for your information and ret'3rition. FOR THE COi-L'~'tA.NDER IN CHIEF: or not o t.Jt:!l,. FO B!:S S. FREEMAN LT. COL, USAF J A:st Director of Collection Assistl!nt Chief of Staff Intelligence TO: .:L7CI:r- 4El 1 . . Hec:.uea t t ha t tl~e ra.dar aG~ects and a :1alys 1 s . Your findi ;;.s or c onclus i on.s :i. Ir:c J 7olc!er c o1 taiuir.~ clcwsii'ied liUrtcrial Cl~ief, Air ~cie:.ce2 D:Lvisi or: Page _k of _j_ Pages Cy _ -I-of ...3 Cys SUBJl:.!C'I': UFO Ile!'ort TO: t.::'CilT-4Bl~ ATJ.'!f: Capt. Grego~J P~CTii-4Ela/V. D.VB~Jant/jc J.. This report is not suf:ficientl doctL~ented to enable a reasonable radar evaluation to be cade. Obviously, photos of an object "thought t o be the saJ:te object" as vie\-recl visually a.n:l on radar t1vo days earlier are o:f no value. 2. Ho~vever based on the above, and considering the m.ll:lber of people 1-rho observed the object(s) visually and on radar, there is no solid factual data to indicate just ,.,hat these people did see. The erratic tluVe!':le nts of the targets on the scope of course sound :t_ilo;c ano~lous nropasation; but this does not ~:q>lain the viot~l sightings. This report ap~ears to fall in the cate~or) of those incidents irhich carmot be sati:Jfactorily eA-plained. Rr>t on. UFO ...,.. ....... GO:ciDO!-I C. HOZFt.IAH -Colonel, US~ AS'cnr-l~El Pag~ _L_ of _j_ Pages Cy _f._ of 'f. Cys