Tachikawa Ykotaafb Japan — January 1958

Category: 1958  |  Format: PDF  |  File: 1958-01-6971792-Tachikawa-YkotaAFB-Japan.pdf
Keywords: circle, degrees, aattonomical, ndrantids, disanoeare, skylln7, tmhnical, iniomation, accrura, descrip_, comrrents, urredo, tj1onal, prepnreti, tlenon, necesrar, f1rrther, t1rilirht, oich1re, co11rse, rlimenf, anoear, cd41leatv, rlirection, ortbhest
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS a Was Balloon 3. OATETIM! GROUP 4-TYPI! OP OISERVATION a Probably Balloon Poui :,& y Balloon Loco I 1915 -2 2 () 0 -1 R 58 - 1 91 OC.,urut Vlauol D Ground Radar Wos Aircraft a Probably Aircraft a Po ssl bl y Aircraft II Wa Aattonomical Meteor a Probably Astrono,..ical ~.lilitary a Pa .. ibly A1trono,..lcal 7. LI!NCTH 0,. OIS!RVATION 1-NUMBER OP OIJEC1'S 9. COURSE a Other:----=--~--=-~-- . (' l'" 0 Insufficient Data far Eoluotion .::> 0 Unlc nown l(l sec-l~se<! nne SW-W-S-NE-NE 10. IRI!P SU~ARY OP SIGHTING . 11. COMMI!NTS lsl-hr1y.-ht r2i e )_j, lik-:? wel d1 n~ tnr h The eart h i s now entering a f:.:7zy nppd:ll''-1.-::.._ , ')ne inch lotq.; ,shr~t) meteoric sho wer c a l l e d t h e r)f ci~.;:n .. 2)t) )~ <1:-tp-:? 0 f pinhead g l o-,.llu n ndrantids , whic h h n v e l n n. r i n r: o n c an t r 2 t .. ;> ci a r r: :n Y e 11 o w o J speed s i z e of pfl~, tr~n-~ling S w/sparks tr ilin g h~hind. F\tzz~ n r h ] 11rre'd :1pp<2>arance. l ) bright reddis~-white p b ,j w/tail size o f ~dollar~ Estimated 50 ft lon 5)Re d o b j ~ha l~ outlin~d~ E~t li I t dta meter. -~1\ r ptd o tu .JUSt disanoeare d a s 1 ght go1ng otf. A'I'IC FOIUI 329 (JIP 2e RP 12) .,-:, ,.\tt ,jn ~d:a ::~:red l!.r:e to show how high the obj-:-:.t vaa abo'~ t~.~ hor!zc:: (.:kyli~e) whet you. first .9aw i~. Pla-::!e a aB llt-.~ to show-hov high 'th~ object was abo"'*=' th~ hor!.zo::: (skylln7 ' ~!:~:- a't :ts pos ltto:::.vhe~ you la:: 5a: .. -:. TEl-11' ERA'! URE Don '!t -: ~rnemb-:r r:u saw the ob 1-=-: t ~ IF :rou ans:..ttd:-ed ~rr;, then .:hen, C.id Y"tt see oth .. r-r ne:? -:>pinion wh~t you think he "bjet:t. ,,,!!~and y~o- mtgh: away would U o So AIR FCRCE TmHNICAL INFORMATION SH:::El' (SUMMARY DATE) In order that your iniomation r:tay be filed and coded e.s accrura~ely ss possible:-please u.:-_. ~e fcllowi.ng space to write out a short descrip_, t :..;n of the ~vent that } . ~ b ,:e-rved. You may repeat information tha t you ti ~ve e11r'ead;; gi.,ren in th;:. =l,U~ stionnaire and add any further comrrents!l r_ .tt::,:nent.s,. or !ketc he ~ t.h t..t you believe are impr --1:ant ~ Trv t.o present T;: -; det.e.J.ls ::,f the c bservation in the order in ~vhich t.h.ey ::..:;c urredo ,:J. : ....... tJ1onal psr-es of the same Sl.Z.e paper may b'3 att-ached if they :i!"~ (Do Net Write in This Space) ;lttL I (),F 5 This questionnaire h11.s been prepnreti. so that you can give thE:! t! oSo Air ; ,. ~ as mueh information as pos~ible concernine t he unicent ified aerial :r.er.o'!Tlenon that :vou have observedo ~lea.se t~J to an~rer As l"'any q11e~tions as ~rou "Jo~.r:,i't>ly can. The inforraation that you give ~rill be nsP.d for r~seareh OUI"!'Ose~, .;o!!d ~::lJ.l be re rded as confidential materia.!. Vopr nR.me ~rill not "b~ 11sP.d ir- \!On'('I"C!'.ion '7ith any stat~'!'!ents, conclt,sions, or D,,,J.ications pjJ:ho,,t. ~ ollr ~)er- -:-i~ ... ~0n. ,.~e r~c:nest thi.t 'OF!TSOt'la.J. infcrr1~t.ion ~0 thnt, if it is deened necesRar~r, .... .:. -,:v c~nt.t.\ct yo" for f1rrther details., s~e the object? Ti:-'r of day~ / 1 rn~n d ir. 'YOU (Circle One): 3. .Time zone : : Ci ~cle J ne ) : a c r-.:J.stern b . Centr~.l Co Mountain d., Pacific _ (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving {El st.o:t nda l 'd @ airl , r c e r-f:.Ain "":'1at r.-"as the condit.Lon of \Cir~le One)~ .!.: ou sai,. the l ee ""tted a s you ( Cir~le 0ne ) : a. J~i?ht d~yJ.ight c. :rif:ht "t1rilirht -h~t a J.rr1,c~ of caylight oich1re t.J,at 't.'i.ll shoH the notion that. ~'1e ohi.::act or o')i"'cr.~ =>lace on ''A." at the bep.inning of the nath, a "r'l" at the -=nd nath, anc, Rhm any cha nr:es in (lirect ion c:ri n~ the co11rse. or esti'~"~''Jte Phat t h o real size of the rlimenf' ion. tho oh .ject :>r oh~pc+ ~ anoear a!: co~m::tred t'i.th one of oh.iects ht::l d i r' thr.- rrl an.:' at a:'Jout !lr- ~ lenP:th: r () llr~ri r.c !.1c.ie Cr.e Silver dollar 25. \Jhere l\rere you located w-rhen you saw-r the object? (Circle One): 26. Pere you (Circle One) Inside a building I n a car I n au airplane a. In the busines~ section of a city? b. In the residential section of a city? c. In open count~side? d. Flying near an airfield? e. Flying over a city? f. Flying aver open country? g. other C.vL.,cd41LEAtV 27. What were you doing at the time you sav7 the object, and how did you happen to notice it? ~.z!= C.;sq'& IJ!ftJf II r <')'edtt ANr/ W<t /..h,/4~,,6: 28. IF you t-rere 1-!0VING I!'T AJ.T AllTO~lOBILE or other vehicle at the time, thet1 co~lete the following questions: rThat rlirection, }!er -rrou moving'? a. rorth c Sa~t b. ::ortheast/. d. E:outheast (Circle One) r. Southt-Test h. ~:ortbHest 28.2 ~ow fast w-rere :vou ncving? miles oer hour. 2~.3 Di d ou stop at any ti~e tlhile you were lookinr at the ob.1ect? (Circle One) 29. \hat direction vrere you looking ~rhen you first saw the object? (Circle One) a. i:orth b. rortheast (!; Sout hlrest g . \-Jest h. Northwest d . Southeast M1at direction "..rere you looking when you last saw the object? (Circle One) a. North c. East e. South g. West t--------~...;;b Ncrt:.heast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest If you are familiar with bearing terms (angular direction) , trv to e~i:-nate the number of degrees the object was from true North and also the number of degrees it w-ras u~ward from the horizon (elevation). 31,1 '"hen it first apueared: ' --;) a, From the North 2-fie D degrees. J / ' i,' J-- rom or zon egrees. 31.2 ''hen it disapoeared: a. l<'roM t rue ~'orth b., 'Fro~ horizon f. degrees. ~..r " degrees. ..:.2. Tn t,ne follo1-rinP. sketch, imaRine that you are at the point shown. Place 1n "A" on the curved line to show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you first sa1-1 it. Place a "8" on the same cur1ed line to shmr hoH hi~h the objec.t was above the horizon (skyline) when you last saw it. :33. In thP .folloYl.r:-: :C:.:-~'=r f'l:.::~(:r. ""~lace ar "'\." at the nosit11: n tn~ obj~ct \:'ls tt~r: :~1 fir.:t-sa~I it: an( a "'9" at its pos~t~on t-rhen t AIR INTELLIGENCE .:f ntral !-!cn~ta1 6oo4th AISS IR 653-53