PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS Possi::.ly DAT ETIME CROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Ground Vi suo I ; o :Ground-Rodor Ai rc ralt Ai,.Visuol Air-Intercept As t ronomi col Probably Astronomical Astronomical LENGTH OF OBSERVATION HUMBER OF OBJECT S sufli ci ent Data for E voluati on BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS i n .t'~l t ino:.. ATlC FORM 329 (.RIIt.V 36 SftP 52) DEPART 1\EI'IT O F 'ii-IE AI~ FO RCE ST h r .~1\ES: AC: DIYISIO './ ( JNCLA55 'IW 'V\ESSAGE ACTION: CIN \ ",.; / . FM HEDO IV 313 KADENA AB~\ OKINAWA > \.! TO RJEZHQ/COFS USAF WASHPC .; t11l < RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB QHIO f..ft!. .. RJWFAL/ ADC ENT AFB COLO .'~l~. $' INFO RJHPKM/PACAF HICKAM AFB TH . 1 RJAPAA/5AF FUC~U AIR TN JAPAN 1~ ... ZEN/10~6 AISS FT BELYOIR VA !~l.i. PARAGRAPH. 15, AFR 2 00-2, .O ED 5 FEB 58 DATA _IS SUBMITTED AS . _r.l.\. FOL~OVSa ITEM ~LPJ-iA: DESCRIPTION OF OBJECTS: < l > SHAPE: ;';:; . -; VISUALLY S~GHTED OBJECT APPEARED AS AN ELONGATED STRIP oF MATEIALo \;:i t~(.: OBERVER,.D CRIBEp VlSUALLY SIGHTED O~JECT AS HIS' IMPRESSION Of;~ :;~:\. .. ~ A PIECE OF WINDOW OR CHAFF. RADAR CONTACTS APPEARED AS AIRBORNE ).&}. .~TARGETS. (2)'siZE: V~SUALLY SIGHTED O~JECT-HALF THE L~N GTH ,: i/k : .. OF AN lNDE;~ ,fiNGER W ~EN VEI\a/ING IT AT ARM.S LENGTH. RADAR CONTACTS &.~i;~: APPEEERJ:), HIL~R IN SIZE TO RE~t)RNS Qf LIAISON TYPE f\ IRC~AFT .. ~ '~::~ ... (3) COLOR: \IISUAL SIGHTING -SILVER; RADAR CONTACTS -GREEN. ;t~;,~:,, .c 4 ) N U)!B R; '"'ONE OB JE~r S I GHTED VI SUA L L Y ; MANY RADAR CONTACTS 0 BSE. F' :~;.:1 .. -~ ON SCQPE. ~5~ VISUAL CONTACT-SINGLE; RADAR CONTACTS DID NOT PRESENT ANY. ~DENTIFIABLE PATTERN. (6) DETAI L S: VISUALLY SIGHTED .~::~ OBJECT APPEARED AS THOUGH IT WERE TILTED DOIJINWARD FROM A HORI- :-:. ZONTAL .?LANEOlS VIEWED BY OBSERVERS. '(7) ~1/ A. C8) NO SOUti D f, . REPORTED. (9) VISUALLY SIGHTED OBJECT VISIBLE ONLY WHEN DEPART ,\ENT OF THE AI, F:JRCE ST f. : .'J,ES AG~ DIVISIO I ( JNCLAS5ir1W -.IESSAGE ILLUMlNAT?D ~y THE RAT~TING BEACON LIGHT CWHITE PORTION) OF THE ' KADENA AIR BASE TOW~R ITEM BRAVO: DESCRIPION OF COURSE OF OBJECTS: Cl) UNIDENTIFIED CONTACTS OBSERVED ON RADAR APPROACH CONTROL PPI SCOPE AT KADENA AIR BAS. ONE RETURN ON RADAR SCOPE RELATED TO OBJECT OBSERVED VISUALLY BY THREE AIR FORCE PDCSONNEL ON DUTY. (2) AMGLE OF. ELEVATION AND AZIMUTH: VISUALLY SIGHTED OBJECT ~ APPROXIMATE~Y 30 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON AND APPROXIMATELY ''20- 330 DEGR~ES TRUE BEARING. GENERALLY, RADAR CONTACTS WOULD APPEAR 1ROM AN EAST DIREGTION BETWEEN 060 AND 120 DEGREES ON A HEADING TOWARD KADE~A AIR B~SE. TWO OF THE MANY RADAR CONTACTS WERE OBSERVED ON PRECISION RADAR AT 500 FEET ALTITUDEo All OTHER CONTACTS'WERE AT UNKNOWN ALTITUDES. (3) VISUALLY SIGHTED OBJECT DISAPPEARED AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME ANGLE OF ELEVATION AS ORIGINALLY SIGHTED . Az'IMUTHHAT TIME OF DISAPPEARANCE BETWEEN 305 AND 315 DEGREES. RADAR CONTACTS FADED OUT ON SCOPEo C4) FLIGHT PATH: VISUALLY SIGHTED OBJECT FOLLOWING AN APPARENTLY STRAIGHT-FLIGHTPATH~ OBJECT APPEARED TO BE MOVING AWAY FROM OBSERVERS AT RELATIVELY SLOW SPEED AND IN THE GENERAL DIRECTIOM OF THE 'PREVAILING SURFACE WINDS~ OBJECTS OBSERVED ON RAD.I\R SCOPES MOYED FRQM EAs~:TO WEST~ AVERAGE SPEEDS 2STIMATED TO BE BETWEEN GRP AND 60 KTS. (5) VISUALLY SIGHTED OBJECT DISAPPEARED DEPART,I\ENT O F iHc AIR F:>RCE STAr MES~AC~ DIVISIO-J ( ,NClAS ... :lED AtSSAm GRADUALLY FROM VIEW. RADAR CONTACTS DISAPPEARED SUDDENLY ON THE ,....,.(.~.. SCOPE. D I S?..LA)'.._ ... ONE OBSERVER STATED OBJECTS PROBABLY PASSED BEL OW t~;. THE RADAR J3EAM. < 6)' Dl.JRATION OF SIGHTINGS: VISUAL SIGHTING ;:? .T,II'WAS OBSE;RYED .. FOR,APPROMI MATELY 4-:-5 MINUTES . RADAR CONTACTS' .. . . ~._t~-:,.. OBSERVED FOR' ,AN AVERAGE OF. 5 ... 10 M I N1JTES.. ITEM COCOA: MANNER OF' ~ .;. OBSERVATION: ~en ONE OBJECT OBSERVED VISUALLY FROM THE GROUN.Do -~ REMAINDE~ or OBSERVED OBJECTS REPORTED BY GROUND ELECTRONICS, !~{( AN/CPN- 18 SEARCH RADAR. C2) N/A. (3) N/AGM I~Et1 DELTA: TIME AND : DATE OF SIGHTINGS: C 1) UNUSUAL RADAR CONTACTS BEGAN TO BE OBSERVED AT APPROXIMATEL Y 1600Z AND CONTINUED UNTIL 2200Z 14 SEP 59o' ONE AT APPROXlMATELY 1630Z 14 SEP 59o <2) ~. VISUAL SIGHTING OCCURRED . ); ; .. L IGHT CONDITI?NS~ NIGHT. ITEM ECHO: LOCATION OF OBSERVERS: ... ;~:$!."."COORDINATES 2621N/12746E, KADENA AIR BASE OKINAWAo ITEM FOXTROT: t:if~} i~. rNFoRMATiaNa~i'oBsrRVERs: < 1> NIA. <2) THE FoLL owrNGMILITARY :~.a: PERSONNE~ OB RVED OSJECTS .. IM THIS REPORT; CAPTAIN FREDERICK Go :: ;:PUGSLEY, USAF~SERVICE NUMBER AQ6fS7495, DUTY; TYPHOON DUTY '" ,.~. OFFICER, KADENA APPRO~CH CONTROL FACILITY? A/1 C ROBERT So RYDBERT, ~.&;_.r. USAF AF17426?62 t DUTY; TYPHOON DUTY RADAR CONTROLLER, KADENA ..'i:r \ _APPROACH C9NTROL FACILITY; A/l C JERRY M GARNER, USAF, AF18520&64, :t~ DUTY; TYPHOON DUTY RADAR CONTROLLER, KADENA APPROACH CONTROL FACILITY. ORGANIZATION: ALL THREE MEN ARE MEMBERS OF THE J962 AACS ~ROUP. PERSONNEL ~ELIABILITY CANNOT BE JUDGED; HOWEVERp . :-.: .. ALL MET. IMPRESSED THE INTERVIEWER AS BEING VERY SERIOUS I I REPORT- OF THE AIK F :JRCE DEPART.I\ENT MES.AG. DI V I.:IO ~ FOR THE ON VISUAL UNUSUAL RAOAR CONl'AOTS OBSERVED MAY WHICH WAS REPORTED. THE POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE TEMPERATURE lNVERSION AND THE GENERALLY POOR WEATHER CONDITIONS PREVALENT IN THELOCAL AREA DURING THE PERIOD OBJECTS ~r NO PHYSICAL 18/0958Z SEP ~JAOKC EVIDENCE AVA!LABLEo VZCZCSQP004CZCSQD906ZCUYA12 DE RJAOKH 60 FM FIW 51 NAHA AB OKI TO RJWFALB/ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/ACS/I HEDUSAF WASH DC RJEZHQ/OIS HEDUSAF WASH DC RJHPKM/PACAF HICKAM AFB T H H!FO RJAOKC/ADIV 313 KADENA AB OKI RJAPAA/AF 5 FUCHU AS JAP RUEPBL/AISS 1006 FORT BELVOIR VA UNCLAS 5 1WIC 51-9-41. ATTN: PFICO; ATTN: 3130C-I. SUBJ I S UFO REPORT. DATA REQD BY AFR 2~0-2SFOLLOWS: ITEM ALPHA: DESCRIPTION Cl) NO CONFIRED OR DEFINITE SHAPE: C2) S IZE OF PEA AT ARMS LENGTH; ITL'1 ALPHA (2) AND (3); (7) NONE; ( 8 ) NONE; (9) NONE. ITEl"l agAVO: COURSE: (1) RADAR PICKUP AND VISUAL SIGHTING AFTER RADAR PICKUP: (2) 5,~-1~00 FT, AZIMUTH u~;K; (3) SAME AS BRAVO C2l ; C4> SAME AS XCFT LA~DING APPROACH, BUT NO foUCHDOWN-REPEATEDi (5) INSTANTANEOUSLY TO NORTHWEST; C 6) I NTERr1ITTENLY EVERY 3- 4 SECS. FOR 4 HRS. ITEM CHARLIE: OBSERVATION: (1) GROUND-VISUAL; GRO&X PAGE TWO RJAOKH S~ ZWZVTRONIC, TYPE; MPN 11-B, AN/FPS-3, W/UPA-135 INDICATOR; (2) BINOCULARS: 7 X 50 POWER; (3) NEG. ITEM DELTA: TIM2 AND DATE: (1) 14/1735Z SEP 59; (2) DARK. ITEM ECHO: LOCATION OF OBSERVERS: (1) 2 OBSERVERS-NAHA AB CONTROL TOWER; C2) 2 OBSERVERS-NAHA GCA UNIT (RUNWAY>; (3) 5 OBSERVERS- YOZA DAKE AS , OKI. ITEM FO~'TROT: I D INFO OBSERVERS: C 1) CIVILIAN-NOdE; C2) THE FOLLOWING ARE MEMBERS OF 1252ND AACS SQDN: A/2C MECKLENBURG, CURTIS J. (2725~B>; A/2C RANSOM, CLARD\JCE c., C272'50B>; SSGT TESTA, t1ICHAEL A., C27250B>; A/ZC BRIGGS , GARY N., (272508): THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS DET. NO. 31 623RD AC&~ SQDN: A/3C FACKELMAN, FRANK JR, C27332A); A/3C SHERER, HERBERT L. , <27350A>; A/2C KELLY, FLOYD, (27350A>; A/3C PINSKY, SZ~OUR H., (27350A>; A/2C CRIDER, ROBERT ~., C27352A>, FIVER AIRMEN ARE AC&W OPERATORS, TWO AIRMEN ARE CONTROL TOWER OPERATORS A.llD TWO AIRMEN ARE GCA OPERATORS AND THEI R RELIABILITY IS ESTIMATED VISIBILITY 7 MILES; (2) SURFACE-15~ DEG 15-25 KTS; 6~00-130 DEG 'Jra(tl--680 PAGE THREE RJAOKH 60 VARIABLE; (6) TYPHOON "SARAH" IN SSE QUAD. RAIN SHOWERS AT NAHA AB OKI. ITEM INDIA: NEG. ITEM JULIET: NEG MILITARY FLTS DUE TO APPROACHING TYPHOON. ONE CIVILIAN JAPAN AIR LINES ACFT 20 MILES ON FINAL-HEADING 340 DEG-ALTITUDE 1,00~ FT. ITEM KILO: REPORT PREPARED BY INTELL STAFF OFFICER AND INTELL SPECL, 51FIW AFTER I~lTERVIEW OF ALL AVAILABLE WITNESSES. AFTER OFFICIALINQUIRED \JERE MADE OF AIR UNITS AWA, ETC. ASG TO OK! AND A QUIRY SENT TO THE USS SHANGRI LA, ALL ~1ILITARY ACFT WERE FOUND TO BE EITHER EVAC FOR TYPHOON, OR ON THE GROUND. NO MIL ACFT OF ANY TYPE AIRBORNE. THE OBSERVERS THOUGH QUALIFIER, WERE NOT ABLE TO GOVE AN ANStolER TO THE SIGHTING. IT IS FELT THAT THOSE OBJECTS WERE A RESULT OF ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCES AND WEATHER PHENOMENA CAUSEB BY TYPHOON "SARAH". SPEEDS OF OBJECTS WERE REPORTED TO BE VARYING FR 50-100 KTS PER HOUR. THE RADAR OPERAT0RS STATED THAT THE OBJECTS APPEARED BRIGHTER ON THE SCOPES THAN A T-33 ACFT WOULD. OBJECTS APPEARED ON RADAR SCOPES AS EGG-SHAPED OR OBLONG AS IN NORMAL ACFT RETURN. ITEM LIMA: L"<ISTENCE OF WRITTEN RETS BY OBSERVERSARE ON FILE THIS HDQTRS. ~g;g719Z SEP RJAOKH