PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS l 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 0 Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon Possibly Balloon . TYPE OF OBSERVATION Misawa AB, Japan 3. DATETIME CROUP 0 Was Aircraft 0 Prolaolaly Aircraft D Pas sl bl y Aircraft Local---~-------II GreundYisual D GraunciRadar =6=z=======~.,.-~D;,;;A;;Ir-Vi .,ol 0 Air Intercept Rodar s. 'PHOTOS 6. SOURCE~-----------: . ..;..._---I 0 Was Astnnomicol \fCAJc}.) D Yos Gl ProlaoWy Astrenomical XJ No Military D Possibly Asteone ... ac.e 0 Insufficient Dato fer Evoluatian D UnlcnoWft ~0. BRIE II SUMMARY Ofl StcHTIMG Briglit light aprox ten 1 I. COMMENTSQbjt was probably planet ~ . times as bright as star Sirius which was Venus. Venus was at its brightest;~ -4.3J visible at time. Mlch 1.a.rger than a star. at this time and its direction was coinc 1- Intensity varied considerab~. MOvement dent with that reported for UFO at appeared to be N at a slow angular velocity. time of sighting. Atmospheric refractior Color range was from pinkish white to reddish probably contributed to sighting by white. distorting, coloring and giving apparen~ motion to planet. Fact that obJt disappeared at tjme planet set sub stan- tiates this conclusion. ATIC FORM 329 (RI!V 28 SI!P 52) DE RJWZXD 51 FM DET .. l3 1ST WEA WC: MISAWA AB JAPAN TO RJ~E~ZHQ/HQ USAF WASH DC RJEDSQ/WPAF~.PHIO . INi'O RJEDAA/AWS SCOTT AiB ILL ONE WW RPT WW ONE THREE ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE DASH BRAVO PD HQ USAF ATTN CLN AFCIN RPT AFCIN DASH ONE BRAVO ONE PD wPAFB ATTN CLN AFCIN RPT AFCIN DASH FOUR ALPHA PD INFO AWS AfiN CLN AWSS RPT AWSS PD RFJ=:ERENCE MOON DUST P~ERT--CMM .. tHEFOLLDWING-IS~SUBMI D~ASA POSSIBLE SIGHTING- CLN AT APPROXIMATELY Cl ZERO TWO SIX GCT RPT GCT tw-o-THREE FEB CURR CMM A BRIGHT LIGHT WAS OBSERVED IN THE SKY WEST OF Ml.SAWA N3 CMM JAPAN PD WH!:N ORIGINAI.I.Y SIGHTED IT tvAS OBSERVED IT WAS AT AN ELEVATION ANGLE or TWENTY TO THIRTY DEG ABOVE THE HORIZON AND AT AN AZIMUTH ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY IT D'ISAPPEARED FROM SIGHT TWO EIGHT ZERO DEC FRa-t THIS BASE PD AT ONE ONE T'JIO FOUR. GCT AT AN APPROXIMATE AZIMUTH ANGLE OF TWO EIGHT EIGHT DG fRnM THTS BASF Pn TlW ~T ~tlATTn~t NUf Al-'P.t:.AH J.'U l;HANlii: '!'1'U<UUliHUU1' 'fH.I:. PJ:.X.l.UlJ u.r lli.t. ;;:,ll.al11.1.Nti PD AN AIR FORCE NAVIGATOR WHO WAS THIS PHENOMENA STATES THAT IT WAS APPROXIMATELY TEN Tlt1ES AS BRIGHT AS THE STAR QTE SIRIUS QTE WHICH WAS VISIBLE APETHE TIME PD HE ALSO STATES THAT HE HELD A COMB AT ARMS LENGTH AND THE LIGHT \vAS ' VISIBLE SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGH FOUR OF TilE SPACES BETWEEN THE ttt:.:TH OF THE COMB PD SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS SAW THIS PHENOMENA AND ALL INDICATE THAT IT WAS MUCH LARGER THAN A STAR AND THAT THE INTENSITY VARIED CONSIDERABLY PD MOVEMENT APPEARED TO BE NORniWARD AT A SLOW ANGULAR VELOCITY PD THE COLOR RANGE OF THE LIGHT AS REPORTED BY THE VARIOUS WITNESSES RANGED FROM PINKlSH WHITE TO A REDDISH WHITE PD WEATHER CONDITIONS AT THE TINE WERE AS FOLLOWS CLN ONE ZERO ONE iiVE GCT CLN DASH XRAY TEN SCTD MIKE NINEl'E:F:N BRKN niiRTY OVC TWO SW DASH SMCLN ONE ZERO TWO SEVEN GCT CLN TEN SCTD 11IKE TWENTY FIVE BRKN FIVE SIERRA WHISKEY DASH SMCLN ONE ZERO .. -THREE -GCT -CL~I-TEN SCTI). T-WENTY -~i I VE SCTD FIVE S-IERRA- ----- HHISKEY DASH SNCLN 0~ ZERO iOUR ONE GCT CLN TEN SCTD ?AGE THREE RJWZKD 51 rEWNTY fiVE SCTD SEVEN SHCLN ONE ZERO FIVE ONE GCT CLN Tv1ENTY FIVE SCTD f1Il<E FIVE FIVE BRKN SEVEN SI1CLN O~lE ZERO FIVE FIVE GCT CLN TWENTY FIVE SCTD ~tii<E FIVE FIVE BRI<N SEVEN SMCUl ONE ONE. CNE TWO GCT CLN T!JENTY FIJE SC7D FIVE i 1 VE SCTD SEVEN p!f. : . . . ~. 23/11&ll5Z FEB