PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD t. DATI ... 2. 12. COMCLUSIOMI 3. DATITIMI .. TYPI 011 Geii.VATIOM Prolto~ly B .. leen Locel 2200 a Woa Aircraft D O.. .. Yiav.e D Oreun.Ro4 a ProltoWy Alreroft XII AI~VIw.. o Alrlntwcopt R .. ., D PoaaiWy Alreroft D Yoa ProltoWy Aatronolc.e D<Ho -Military a Poaa5Wy Aatronolcel 7. LINOTM OP oaiiiY~TtOM : L NUM81. 0' OaJICTI t. COUitll D Other _ . : a lnufflclont Doto f.r Evoluotion 10. aRIIP Explosion. Br 11. s saw t appeared to be I viewedfor 2~3 sec. Explosion lasted 1/2 sec. 1st observed as ball of light w /extremely short tail. Looked like ball of fire. an axptmMalma explosion which was viewed less than 1 sec. 1 pilot reported objt a short tail. Both reported objt had very I little, if any, movement. Elevation of ob t was too high to have been an atomic ex- plosion above arctic, plus, direction of o"qserszation tends to rule this out. !4ost logical explanation would be a large met exploding in earths atmosphere. Therefore this report is categorized as probablY AftC 011M IB (aaY t ... ft) DEPARTMiNT OF THE AIR FOP.~'c STArF ME3SACE SW:df ACTIO~T: CIN-17 OOP-2, OOP-CP- ZCHQ8863ZCQJE13B nt 40FTRINTCP SQ YOKOTA AB JAPAN TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PAT AFB OHIO RJEZHQ/HQ USAF WASHDC RJEZHQ/S~C OF AIR FORCE WASHDC INFO RJHPKM/PACAF HICKAM AFB HA\~AII RJAPAZ/5AF FUCHU AS JAPAN ~ RJAPAU/4 lDIV JOHNSON AS JAPAN ACI'ION: ADC, ATIC, AFCIN, SAFI'S. INFO: PFICO-C, 5AF 4 lOC-Io THIS MSG IN 2 PARTS. PART I: A DESCRIPTION . OF THE OBJECT'. 1. BALL SHAPPED 2. SIZE OF A SILVER DOLLAR 3o BRIGHT WHITE 4. ONS5. N/A 6. BRIGHT BLIND !NG LIGHT, LITE UP THE ENT I~E COC:<? IT.. 7., NONE 8o NONE 9o NO VIBRATION OR TURBULENCE FELT. B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSEo t. SLINGING LIGHT 2o 30 DGREF.S IN ELEVATION FROM NOSE OF A/C. 3~ SAME 4u STRAIGHT DOWN Ir :-\ ~ ALL~ 5 a IN STANTANEOUL Y, 3LE~if 1JP > DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FG*= " STAFF MESSAGE BRAt lCH PAGE THREE RJAPDR 24A Page 3 or 3 N/A 6o EXTREMELY. BRIGHT, LOOJ<ED LIKE AN EXPLOSION. ~ 7. VERY SHOR~TAIL 8. NONE .8 NO VIBRATION FELT :;?~N THE A/c .. ~q~?f.R~S?.R.IPTI~N .. COURSE OF OBJECT ITE LIGHT 2. 120 DEGREES FROM NOSE OF AIC,:260 DEGREES ELEVATION FROMA/C. 3. APPROX SAME 4. IF MOVING AT ALL, FROM WEST TO EAST 5o BLEW UP 6o ONE TENTH OF A SECOND Co MANNER OF OBSERVATION: lo AIR VISUAL 2. NONE3o Ft02ABN 553412, 35,000, 360 DEGREES, MACH o85, YOKOTA AB Do SAME AS PART ONE E. SAME AS PART ONE F. . SOREN Ao POZ-IELSN, 1ST LT USAF, 40TH FIS, INTCP PILOT, USUALLY'RELIABLE. G. SAME AS PART I H.-K. SAME XAS PART ONE. L. NONE 15/0123Z SEP RJAPDR DEPARTMENT OF THE All\ FCr,cE STAFF .\~ESSACE BRANCH Page 2 or 3 PAGE TWO RJAPDR 24A . 6o ONE HALF 'SECOND C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION GQM 060 DEGREES~-YOKOTA AB, JAPAN D.-TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING 1. t300Z, 14 SEP 1961 2. NIGHT, CLEAR DONALD C. WINDRATH, CAPTAIN, 4 eJTH FIS, I NT C P P IL QT., S~U~,:AL:::~::..!!hl~ Go ''lEATHER AND l7INDS 1. CLEAR, 1.~ INDS ALOFT 3 0 KTS FROM THE t.VE sr 2. .35-50KTS, FROM 240 DEGREES, 30, 000 40-45KTS, FROM .240 DEGREES. 3. 8,000 4. 8NM 5. THIN SCATERED 6. NONE 7 o UNKNO'vN H. NONE KNOlvN I. NONE J. NONE REPORTED K. CTELLIGENCE OFFICER, 40TH FIS, 1ST LT RICHARD A FLAGG, JRo, 6t475A, OBSERVER DECLARED OBJECT ILLUMINATED THE ENTIRE COCKPIT. THIS WOULD TEND TO RtJl..E OUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A FALLING STAR. CORROBORATION APPARS IN THIS CASE IN THAT OBSERVERJS WING MAN REPORTED SEEING A SOMEt~HAT SIMILIAR ?HENOMZNA, SEE PART TtO. PARHII: Ao DESCRI?T 10N OF THE 0 3JECT l o BALL OF FIRE 2o NICKEL 3. WHITE 4 o ONE So