P ROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 0 Probabl y Balloon 0 Possi ~ly Balloon DATET IME GROUP ... TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Ground-VI s u o I Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircroft Probably Aircraft o :A;,.. Vi suol 0 Air - Intercept Radar Possibly Air c r oft Wos Astro nomi col P r o b ably Astronomical ililita.r y P ossibl y Astrono mical 7. LENGTH Qpr OBSERVATION 8. NUMBE R OF OBJECTS ~. "JUObOU"/ 3 & Smol:~Jligh O t n e r 0 In sufficient Data fo r Evoluot i on .tal~ iono.:c:v 8RIEJI SUMMARY OF SIGHT ING to iG'1',L1~ ulJJ 1h l ' AT1C FOR .. 329 (JUlY 26 SaP 52) ~A MEDIATE DE RJAPAA 436 FN SAF FUCHU TO RJHPKM/PACAF HICKAM AfB TH RBATCR/COMAVFORJAPAN YOKOSUKA JAPAN RJEEHQ/COFS USAF WASH DC RJEDSQ/ ATIC ~JRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO I NFO RJAPAG/8TACFTRWG ITAZUKE AB JAPAN NEHS, 5FICO-C 08131. ATTN: INTELLIGENCE. 200430Z-200500Z JUL 59. TilE FOLLOWING REFORT WAS SUBMITTED BY BTFlv, ITAZUKE, AB JAPAN. QUOTE. TWO PILOTS OF THE 8TH TAC FTR WG. FLYING T-33 AT TEN THOUSAND FEET IN ME TORI-JIMA BONBING RANGE AREA C3215N-12807E) sroTTED vJHITE SMOI<E OUT OVER THE \vATER. TilEY FLEl~ TOlvARD THE SMOKE AND THEY SAW toiHAT APPERARED TO BE SEVEN VESSELS LINE ABREAST LAYING SMOKE. THESE VESSELS toJERE TRAVELING AT HIGH SFED AND THEY APPEARED TO ONE OBSERVER TO BE SUBMARINE~ (200-3~!a ITET LONG). HHE OTHER OBSERVER WOULD NOT STATE WHAT TYPE VESSEL A PRIORITY THIS IS A CORRECTED FM COMFAIRWG 6 TO COt'lNAVFORJ APAN I NFO COM 7TH FLT CINCPACFLT 5AF FUCHU AIRSTA STAC PT Mo/G IT AZUKE ATIC WPAFB PAC AF HICKAM YOUR 211453 Z NOTAL. 5AF FUCHU 210721 Z PADEP. CITE 1-cOt10C-11B-HOT NEWS 5 FICM-c08131. PATRON 43 P5M ACFT RETURNING SINGLE ENGINE FROl1 OPERATIONAL MISSION JETTISONED 11 SONOBOUYS AND 15 t1ARK 7 SMOKELIGHTS 2004252 31-45 NORTH 127-28 EAST 1CUS051 SPD 132 ALTITUDE 300 FT. r1ARK 7 Sl10KES NOT EJECTED THROUGH 0-2B RETRO LAUNCHER. HAND LAUNCH AT LOl.ol ALTITUDE PROBABLY ACCOUNTS FOR ONLY 7 OF 15 NARK 7 SMOKES ACTIVATING. LARGE ORANGE UNDER WATER OBJECTS EVALUATED AS SONOBOUY DYE ~lAHKERS. P5M POSIT AT Tlt"lE OF JETTISOrl 15 MILES FR0t1 POSIT REFORTED BY T-33. UNODIR WILL TAKE NO FURTHER ACTION THIS SIGHTING. PAGE TivO RJAPAA 435 THEY WERE, BUT HE THOUGHT THEY ~vERE 100 TO 150 FEET LONG. THE VESSELS WERE ON A SOUTHERLY HEADING AND THEIR POSITION AT THE Til1E OF THE SIGHTING loJAS APPR<?XIMATELY 3220N -12730!:. THE OBSERVERS RETURNED TO TORI -Jir1A AND THEN \vENT BACK TO THt: AREA IN HHICH THESE VESSELS \YERE SIGHTED. THE VESSELS WERE GONE-. HOWEVER, THE OBSERVERS SPOTTED WHAT APFARED TO BE LARGE ORANGE ODJECTS, ABOUT TEN IN NUMBER, IN THE HATER BENEATH THE SURFACE. THE OBJECTS APFARED RED LIKE LARGE GOLD FisH THEY WERE LINE ABREAST. EVENLY SPACED AND LYING BENEATH THE SURFACE. THE SIZE OF THESE OBJECTS WAS ESTIMATED AS THE SAME AS THE VESSELS THAT WERE SEEN EARLIER. THE OBSERVERS DESCENDED TO APPROXIr1ATELY 100 FEET AND FLEW ALONG THIS LINE OF OBJECTS. THE WEATHER AT THE TIME OF SIGHTING l.JAS: VISIBILITY: SLIGHTLY HAZY, CLOUD COVER: HIGH CIRRUS. UNQUOTE. 5Af CONNOT DETERMINE SIGNIFICANCE AT PRESENT BUT . . IS TAKING FOLLOW.-UP ACTION TO INCLUDE COORDINATION tviTH NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, ATLO AND ANY REQUIRED RECONNAISSANCE. IC''"I' IL .\/l I J-, 'l~;tl-l