PROJECT 101173 RECORD 1. DATI 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUIIONI D Wea Belleaft ._ n~tl 0. oaIYATIOII D Pea II w, B .. leaR 3. DATITIMI OIIOUit D Wea Aher.ft D P 'Alrelt a.': A Ilars D PeaaiW, Atuaftal 7. LINOTM OP OUIItYATION I Ofl OIICTI t. COUISI Obj l~rgcr ~nd brighter tha n ~ 3t~r. \:hit c liglttG ;~ppearcl to rl'i..::t .Jlll th~ll ~l:,pp"!:.U~ 1)right er ~very 3 - lJ :;~co!'l.d.:. ~:l~h ti!';l~ ligh t awc~trc l l.l.!' i l ' h t.:r it ~,. s a\.~COtlp~nicd by a diffcrt'nt .:o !.l;r . Ilo 11. COMMINTI D In 1vffl cleRt D ind.le..1t c!j t~l'~ 1;1r~n.!t 1:-:tr s ' :as i n 1 ocati on 01' t1e obj. Haze or s:nokc could u.cc:ount :'or til~ c h anging AG005PKA007ALA003PYA003 pp RJE DSQ I ,. r. ?NAOOS /.. PP RKHPKM RJ~JF AL RJEDSQ RJEZHQ ~ 0 Ft-l_CONlH< 4FIS i'IISAWA AB JAPAN ~b~f,..ll .,,~J~'IIl.~, :J;. - TO RJWF AL/CINCADC ENT AFB COLO 5~, /l~\.-'t ..... , ~.\' .. ~JEDSQ/CCMDR AIR TECH INTELL CEN PAFB RJEZHQ/.ASST CH OF STAFF INTELL HEDUSAF WASH 25 DC J" b ~).JEZHQ/OFF OF INFO SVCS HEDUSAF WASHH25 DC . . ~11 Ga':JI I l~,;;o ZEN/CCrlDR 39AD MISAWA AB JAPAN .. Oq. RJA?AD/COMDR SAF FUCHU AS RAPAN HJHPKM/CINCPACAF HICKAM AFB TH /4TH FIS 202 SUBJECT: UFO. DESCRIPTIO~J: ,.. LD NOT BE . . DE.TERi~INED BY THE PILOTS :~AKING THE OBSERVATION. THE OBS!:RVERS STATE:S IT WAS LAHGER AND !:,RIGHTER THAN A STAR. THE COLOR OF THE OBJECT tvAS WHITE: WITH TERNATING COLORS. THE ~JHI T~ LIG T APPEARED TO Dit'l AriD THEN EZAPPEAR Br~IGHTER EVERY THHEE OR FOUR SECONDS. EACH Tir1~ THE LIGHT APPEAl\ E D BRIGHTER IT l.JOULD BE ACCCr1PANIED BY A DIFF2RENT COLOR. THE l/HITE LIGHT WAS ALWAYS ACCOt1PANIED BY ANOTHER COLOR. Tirr: ORDER OF THE ACC011PANYI!JG COLORS APP::ARED TO BE RED, GP.ZEN, O:.ANGE, AND BLU ALTHOUGH THE: OBS~RVERS COULD NOT E XTABLISH PAGE TWO RJAPNC 20B ANY DEFINIT~ ORD.ER. THE OBJECT OBSE ... D HAD NO DISCERtJIBLE ~2.~TUP.ES OR DETAILS AND NO So :D vJP.S l Al{j. TH~ BHIGHTV ESS OF TiL!: 03JECT F Ii~ST ATTHACTSD THE: ATTF:NTION OF THZ PILOTS. T~IO OF t;!: SIGHTING AI ~CRAFT WERE ON A HEADING OF THREE FIVE Z:C:RO AND T:l:.: OoJECT WAS OBSZRVED APPROXIfolA'fELY DUE tJEST OF THEIR COURSE. ~JOTHER AIRCRAFT WAS ON A HEADING OF ONE SIX ZERO AND THE OBJECT ?~ARED ABOUT ONE HUNDRED T~ DEGREES STARaOARD. T l{! ALTITUDE Q-: TH!!: TARGET APJ~EARED TO BE THE SAHE AS THAT OF T!-!E AIRCRAFT, _;o TY THOUSA~JD. T;{~ OBJECT RENAINED IN THE SArlE POSITIOi': DURING T;i~ OBSERVATIO.l WITH THE EXCEPTIO~ THAT IT SEEt,.lED TO LOSE SOM ~i!..TITUDE AT OtlE TIM~. THE OBJ~CT t .JAS SIGHTED BY Tl~O F-3SD'S AND :iAS i~ADi:: AT TE>l HUNDRED ZULU, F OJRTE~N FEBHU A;{Y, FIFTY NI ~iZ. T~{E :..I G T CONDITIOnS l~J.'!:HE DARl'. T!i E LOCATION 0::? T! IZ OrJSE:RV!:h S AT THE Tiil:: OF THE SIGJlTit~G ~lAS F ORTY Ot~ DJ~GxE~S, TU:::r~TY :!It~UTED UORT~{ :r :: SUiJDRZ D F ORTY ONE Dr:GREES THI RTY ~1I1JUTF.:S E AST; THF. OBSI::~{VRS ; !,;.:: 1/LT DOI,:!tL D A. HOLTZ, 1/LT HENRY 3 \~liLLIA~lS A~'JD 1/LT JAti~S Al.Of T AT TH:: TIM Of T!l!: OBSERVATION ~/ZRZ T\40 HUilDF:D S:!:VSNTY AT SIXTY AT TWENTY--THOUSAND, TUO HUNDRED SEVENTY AT EIGHTY AT niiRTY THOUSAND, AND TWO HUNDRED SZVENTY AT NINETY AT FORTY ALL oF THE PILOTS INTERROGATED STATED THAT THE LIGHT WAS TOO BRIGHT. TWO RADAR SIGHTS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY WERE QUERIED BY THE PILOTS AND REPORTED A NEGATIVE SIGHTING. THE RADAR IN THE TWO F-36 AIRCRAFT ALL FAILED TO PAINT THE OBJECT ON THEIR SCOPE. 0:-IE OF THE PILOTS CHANGED HIS HEADING TO TWO EIGHT FIVE AND STATED THAT THE OBJECT WAS IN A DIRECT LIN WITH HIS COURSE. TH! OBJECT SEE!1ED TO REMAIN STATIONERY AND TKZN WHEN ON Oi THE F-8S'S LOST ALTITUDE THE OBJECT APPEARED TO LOSE ALTITUDE WITH KIM. THE PILOT OF T-33 STATED THAT HE ALSO OB- SERVED THE LOSS IN ALTITUDE OF THE OBJECT. THE RANGE OF THE OBJECT COULD NOT BE ESTI!1ATED BY THE PILOTS COI'IPARED TO A RUNWAY LIGHT AT . ABOUT ONE HUNDRED YARDS. UNCLi\SSiFtEO