PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS J oo lJ tYl N c,tJ w 'rX:.. ~ I"::. 0 Wos Balloon 1950N 16t..30E ( rAe t:..n11 0 P robab l y Balloon 0 Posstbly Balloon OATETIME CROUP L TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Ground Vt suol 0 GroundRodor 0 Wos Atrcrolt 0 Probably Ai r c r aft 0 Ai,.Visuol 0 Atrlntercept Rodor 0 Poss ibly Aircraft s. PHOTOS 6. Wos Astronomt col 0 P rob obi y A st ronomi col 0 Possibly Astronomical L ENGTH Ofl OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS t:l Insufficient Dcrto for Evol u olton Unlcnowt'l 10. BRIEl' SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING Size 11. COMMENTS Color white, with same nagnitude .l."r"d.C'k to deternine ..;ould have of a. . tar. noticed it in a gr oup of ::>tar::; Gatcllite, with neEPtiYe results . o.nglc to ho:rizon which \-18.5 too fa::>"; r.:ovccent . Signted J,oo ~ planet, an:l too :., l..J-.t for ceteor. of :flight. ln str 3.ight 'lna. ~av~ c~ev o~ objt, but prcc_uJin[ 1nd d 1Ga.ppt> J.r~<l fc point ~ v~lid conluzicn Cls due to vi~ion li:.'li tat icn..; i1:1po~ed by co..:!-:p it con.fit:.u-ation. Po.,ltio'!l of a/c--195'Xf 161~30:::, 100 r..il<:r. Il:l of ~;al~e Icla11d on e heading of 2<.. ATlC I'ORM J19 (IUW 'l6 SI!P S'l) CIA-1 AFS- 3 OOP-CP-1, OOP- 2 DE RJHPKA Sl fM 326TH AIR DIV ~HEELER AFB OAHU HA~All TO RJHPKM/PACAF HICKA~ AFB HA~AII RBHPQ/COMHA~SIAFRON PEARL HARBOR HA~All INFO RJEZHQI COfS USA~ ~ASHINGTON DC RJWFALB/CINCNORAD ENT AFB COLO RBHPA/CINCJIAC CAMP H M SMITH HA~All RUHPFS/CINPU!AftJIAC FT SHAFTEft HAWAII RBHPB/CINCPACFLT PEARL HARBOR HAWAII RJAQAZ/ COMUSJAPAN FUCHU AS JAPAN RU~CR/COMU!KOftEA SEOUL KOREA UNCLAS/CIRVIS/FROM SKI 16, AlRCftAFT NAVIGATOR SIGHTED UFO TRAV[LlNG !W TO "NE, 240 DtGREE! TO 060 DIGR[ES AT 1115Z. OBJ!:CT VIRY HIGH AND VERY FAST. AIRCRAFT PO!ITIO~ 1930 NORTH 16500 EAST. EVALUATION, ~ THREAT. BILIVED TO BE !AMI SAT!:LLITE REPORTED Advance copie s del to OOP-CP and CIN at 0950/ 04 ~ay 61 . RERUN OF SMB 8 129 ZCHQC581ZCBJA209 DE RBHPF 027 FM CG'1BARPAC TO RJHPKM/CINCPACAF HICKAM RBHPQ/COMHAWSEAFRON RBHPHH/COMHAWSEAFRON OCC ZEN/RJHPKW/ADCC WHEELER AFB RBIPPG/C OM ESTSEAF RON RBKAC/COMALSEAFRON INFO R3EP'.ii/CNO RBEPW/SCNAV ~JEZHQ/COFS USAF WASHDC ~EN/ RJ'JFALB/CINCNORAD iBHPA/CINCPAC CAMP SMITH ;;uHPF'S/C1 .JCUSARPAC FT SHAFTER lEtJ/RBHPB/CINCPACFLT HJAPAZ/C C1'1USJAPAN FUCHU AS JAPAN RUA~C/COMUSKOREA SEOUL KOREA CEP . .l~r.w: H OF TnF. AI~ FO~CE 1 NCO .llr G PF IN: 41926 (4 MAY 61) Page 2 of 2 Pages RUAGFL/COMUSTDC TAIPEI TAIWAN RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB RJAPAZIATIC DET FOUR TOKYO UNCLAS. CIRVIS REPORT FROM V43209. SATELLITE. BEARING 090 ALT 40 DEG AT 040932Z SET IN EAST BEARING 052 AT 040940Z OBSERVED FROM 48N 169-30~1. NO THREAT NOTE: Advance copy deliver ed t o OOP-CP and CIN at 040745L l E P Hg ~Eo ?P RJ~D.:i" FX .3:3 AIR DI V KA!>E.~A AB OKP' A'..lA .~FAL/ADC c:a AFB COLO ~JED~' IATIC '~RT~HT PATTERJO~l AFB OHIO l'IFC RJHPK:-1/FACAF HICK AM AFo HA'.JAII APAZ/JAF FUCHtJ JAF A'J 59. D~TA I S SU2'1ITTED A3 FOLLO'~S: :!Z!: OF A ..JTfl,q I: THZ BELT OF 0~10~1 < 3 > COLO?: 'JHIT:: , 'J!TH TH:: 1 OBJZCT: (1) CO-.... ILOT. '!HILS LOO'<I'~G OUT COCYPIT, FI"?ST 'IIOTIC:D IT I' A CROUP OF 3TAI(S o~ A 4 DEGqr. A'!r;L::--TO TH:!: ~ORI70'' ' ~AGE T~O RJAOKA 29 L1NE OF FLI(;HT (3) RE~iAI'~ED I N THE STqAIGHT A'W L~V~L FLIGHT A'lD JI3 P??~A1ED FR0:1 POI~T OF VISW DUE T O TH~ VISIO~ L!MITATIO~lS IMPOSSD BY COCKPIT CONFIGURATIO'I <&.> 3 TPAIGHT PATH ( 5) GqADUALV, O A~ POI'HD OUT I"J ITEM (3) ABOV~ (6) SSVS:I TO ~IGHT II\UT::S ( 3 ) C-124, TAIL NUMBER 5322~7, 8~00 FEZT , 238 DEGqES TRUE, 2.:0 K;lOTS, '~AR.IER R osv~S A FB GSC')G I A IT ~1 D ZL TA: TIME A:-.lD .:ILC:Y S , : ., T L T 53253A, 'lf,VICAT C1 KAHLE:rt, THO'lAS J , s.:;GT AF 1 32774l ~, RADI O iIA'I. ALL ThE ABO\ff AS.:ii S :=.:D TO 7li?. 7TH LS3, JAP'-.ER ROt:H;[i:5 AFO GEO~GlA Z..)Tli~ATE OF Ri:LI.~BILITY FO~ ALL ?0PL 1 5 9 -~. rTE~ GOL F : '.4::ATHE1 co;-uiTIO~IS P.T T IX:: OF C 5 > l\oO !E <G> :o (3) PLU., 11 DEGqS3 c:: :TIG1ADZ ITEM HOTr-L : .10 THR:: RJ~OKA 29 1/A ITEl1 JliLl::T: , 0'1".::. ITi::'l KILO: OFFICER ?REFARI ~IG REPORT: CAPT JOH~0iY w 3HA:~K..l, AO 59)455 , CHI::: O?E:RATIO. JAL I:~TELLIGE'ICE, 3 !.5 AI~ DI V, A?O 239. POSSIBL'~ OThER PERSONilEL I N THE GC:NSRAL AREA OF REPOqT O':II lG TO Tli ~ IAT Uq OF POSITI C. I AT TIME OF S IGHTING, THEREFOR=:, 'HLL ASSU:~i: THAT THIS 3IGHTI ~G COULD HAVE BEE~ THE FLIGHT PATH OF A SATELLITZ. '10 FIRING DATA AVAI~ABLE THI3 OFFICE THAT COUL D VERIFY THE COJCLUSION THAT IT t~A3 I N FACT A 3 ATELLITE S IGHTING ~5/C31~Z MAY RJAOKAVV .1\SOF 3JZCQYC 681 ;'? RJEDSO D RJAOKA 6 FM 3 13 AIR DIV KADE:dA AS OKidA'.I A ?.JEDSQ/!\TIC ',-.'RIGHT ?t'\TTZf.SOt' .tF:? o :IIC ?.JZZHO/:.a US!\F tJASH DC ?.J::ZHO/rZCf.:T'\RY AF U!\Sl: DC RJ/\PAZ/5Ar FUCHU /\IR ST~ J.!\PAII U ~I C L !\ S E F T 0 3 12i OC- I U- 5 -63. tlFOR USAF AFCI~l f\rlD SAFS. ALL OTnZRS ?C~ Ii'T:LLI CZI'C:. RSFERE~:cz 3 13 AIR DIV ~iSG 3 130C-I U- S- 50, SURfo.!\Ct: THIS llESSAG:: H I T tJO ?!\itTS. F'!\P.T o:-.1:::. DIRECTI O ~ 1L. KtiOTS PAGE TUC ~JAOK/\ 6 FEET 320 n::cs 52 l~i'OTS ? !\RT r:!o. HEATHER IPFOR:iATION FOR 80,CCC F!:ET r:oT f\ VA I 1\ LSZ TO FORECASTERS THIS ST.O.TION. to/::ATHER CE~JTR/\ L F UCHU BEEN QUERIED FOR THIS I NFORMATION BY THE tIEATHZR DETAClhlZtlT THIS BASE. C6/C412Z i!l\Y P.JAOKA AIR S Ttl !JAPAN