DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7010654
DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1951
REPORTED LOCATIONKadena AFB Okinawa
FRAMES91

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1. PROJECT ARD
1. DATE E 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
3 October 1951 Kadena AFB, Okinawa 0 Probably Balloon
3. 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Locol Ground-Visual Ground-Rodor 0 Was Ancraft
Probably Aircraft
GMT._03/12277 Alr-Visuol Air-intercept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
Yes D Probably Astronomical
No Military o Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER 9. COURSE Other_ UNIDENTIFIED
:000 Insufficient Dots for Evaluation
Unknown
N/A N/A
O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
SEE CASE FILE. . UNIDENTIFTED
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Base,Oklnawa. -r
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2. This material was collected assified.
Reconnaissance I Branch, D/I FEAF.
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D
Y CHARLES
Brigadier General, USAF Brigadier General, USAF
Deputy fe Deputy fo Intelligence telligence
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DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR INTERVAIB: DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12
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1. Track of Radar Plot 6. Horizontal Coverage, 30,000 ft.
2. Horizontal Coverage, 500 ft. 7. Land Survey Profile :
3. Horizontal Coverage, 4000 ft. Lobe Diagran showing track
4. Horizontal Coverage, 10,000 ft.
5. Horizontal Coverage, 20,000 ft.
DISTRIBUTION BY ONIGINATOR File, Cy
D/I_USAF, Cy #1 IN-Rec, FEAF, Cy #7
ATIC, WPAFB, Attn: ATIAA-2C, Cy #2 IN-EVAL, FEAF, Cy#8
D/I Alaskan Air IN-REA (ATLO), PEAF, Cy19
WOTE THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN ANINGOFTHLISPIONAGE UT XUGC
3I AND 32 AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROMIDITEO BY LAW.
IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITEO STATES UN ISSION OF THE DIAECTOR OF
INTELLIGENCE, USAF.
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FROM (-AgRCV) KE/ORT NO.
ATIL Office, D/I FEAF IR-25-52 PAGE 1 CF 11 PACIS
. Ori,ginal repo from site #5l, 529th
SUBJECT: Uniden 8 October 1951
TO : Operations and Training C Section
529th A.C. & W. Group
APO 239
1. UNIDENTIFIED A DATA:
Initial Position 2742' 128°10'
Time 1327 2222 ICL DATE October
ADCC Track I Number Heading West No. of A/C One (1)
Ground Spaed See Remarks MPH Altitude Unknown
Maneuverability Extremsly Maneuverable
Type of Aircraft Unknorn
Aircraft Markings Unknown
Last Position of A/C 29051 N 1270251 E
Time_ See Remarks Z CL DATE 3 October 1951
2. OBSERVER DATA:
Method of Sighting (Visual, Electronic, etc.) Electronic
No attompt rade to sight object visually. No known visual sighting.
Observing Equipment Cbaervers and radar
equipment vere at the Okinawa GCI Station, Site #5l "A".
Site A 26021' 12727 E Site B N
Site C N E Site D 1,p
Site E N E N E
Reliability 11 I1
Education " "I
Years of Milita Ago
3. INTERCEPTION DATA: No interception
Interceptor A/C: Type No. of A/C
Scrambled at 2 at
Azimuth Range Tine
Altitude
4. HIGHER HEAD-UARTE
Individual Time Agencies Time
Lt. Col.T. D. Bradlay 1335_2 Attarpted to pass data to Itazuke Z
Chief, Air Detense Z ADCC wi thout Z
20th Air Force Z Cwintarferenca. 2
Priority secrat radit con
FEAF Oct 4 51
* Substitute Object f for Aircraft in the title and paragrauh 1.
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Results:
6. RADAR AND RADIO DATA:
Condition of Radar Equioment Good condition and operation normal.
See Remarks. -
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Radar interference ar - None
VHF AND HF VHF AND HE Radio Radio Interference ronce consisted of None on None on VHF. Heavy CW VHF. Heawy CW .
kcs. at 135oz 3 October kcs.a 502 October 1951.
appearance:
GCI SITE "A" #51 GCI SITE "A" #51 GCI/EN SITE "B 752 GCI/EN SITE "B" 752 EWY SITE "C" #53
AN/CPS-1 AN/CIS-1 Operative Operative Inoperative SCR-270DA Obe rative
AN/CPS-I Coerative AN/T.S-1B AN/T.S-1B operative operative AN/TPS-1B Operative
EY SITE UD" #54 EY SITE "D" #54 EV SITE "E" 55 EV SITE "E" 155
SCR-270DA VDA Operativ SCR-27ODA ODA Oparative
ANTIS-1B Standby AlL/TPS-1B Inoperative
AN/TPS-10 Standby 4
7. INDIVIDUAL RADAR PLOTS:
THE TRK RPTG TRK GRID ROP* NO.HGT I0 FADES REMARKS
Z NO. SITE DIR BEAR DIS A/C 125x0/10
1327:00 86 51 West 014 90 1 Unk Unid Initial Plot,HighBam
1327:15 12 11 " 004 90 1 "1 11 I1
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5 to the sacond trars-
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Wrom 26° 21,1 55" N 127 17' 19"
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.cato scope,
b. Sgt
first detected this object. on a baaring of tatute miles
from the Gct Station He statas.
was adjusted at a barely discernable level brilliance at an
intensity wh ns noise level Ts
d. Thero we precipitation echos on this scope at tho time of the
conjunction with or simultaneous-
were seen on this s cope by this
operator during his
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g. The object's ground LS00 curing,
the first minute of detection. validi ty of
the operator's statement that he initially sar consecutive radar
echos and that he wrote their range and azimuth position
of datection
of consecuti ve plots was made. The high beam scope operator states that
he did not see any radar echos between 112 and 152 miles al though the
area was swept by the radar beam However, he believes this lack of detect-
on the low beam short range This cond tion continued an nd a short
time after the unidentified object disappeared m the scopes part the
island of Okino Erabu Shima (height 807 feet. bea ring 37 degrees, 3 stat-
ute miles from the GcI Station) was seen on LOw The unidenti fied
object's echo was never detected on the low beam short range During
the evening and prio unidentiflied's opaarance the copes on
which it was seen had been checked by and the azimuth read-
ing of syncronized and oriented north.
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tacted an unidentified echo on the Lcato )scope,
high beam of
b. Sgt 829. Sr A 7350,
first detected this object on a bearing of Oll4 degraes statute miles
seen in
by this
operator during'his tour position. :
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AN/CPS-1. He has been in the service three 3)years and four months
and has graduated f om the FEAF Air Defense School (radar operator). I His
civilian education consists of three (G) years of high school. He is 2l
years of age and s consider tremely r able s specialty.
n. Pyt hias rine
89 ton. vbich corai
radar mechanic ground equioment graduet 'adar repair-
man's course at Keesler Air e Base, Mississippi. en in the
service three (3) years and le is 2l year
school graduate and sidered axtremely reliabl
Captain USAF
Senior ntroller, ADCC
ON
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Altitude Wind From Speed (Knots)
Surface 600 11
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9. REMARKS:
a. On 3 October l9Sl at l327z a radar opar e Okinawa Ground Con-
trol Intercent Station, Site #5l ' 55" N. 127 19"Edo-
tected an unidentified echo on the pla scope,
high beam of the AN/cPS-l Search Radar.
b. Sgt ACRY Oparator. AF 27350,
first detected this object a bearing of 0l4 degrees, 90 statute miles
from the GcI Station. He states that the radar blip was casily seen
d. Thero were ecipitation echoa on this scope at the time of the
sighting and no other echos wern seen in conjunction with or siultaneous-
this
tour of position.
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INTELLIGENCE, USAF. FIED
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3. The antenna
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width was 1 IS and the PRF 350.
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ed by possibly geveral ob ject: mation, The angles
tion to the'radar might indicate somehat less of a roturn should the target be losing
latitude and increasing range at a proportion airly
constant angular range from the radar site.
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would tend t reasoning,
the calculated beam pattern ". All of this has been considar-
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back through 1 sy3tem causing the umusual brjlliant display of ng rana
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3. I Letter of transmittal - lst Indorsement by Headquarters, 2 Force:
319.1 (9 Oct 51) OPN AD lst Ind
- IR FORCE, APO 239
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1. Subject repo bean this headruarters pending
requires special calibration of the radar equipment upon which the
object was sighted and is not completed at this tine. Every effort
will be made to expedite this calibration and a complete report of
the findings and conclusions forwarded your headquarters in the
irmediate future.
FOR THE GENERAL:
Incl: - s
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Adjutant General
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maintain a state
of constant veloci ty, as indicatad in paragraph l.a. above, it consi dared
at all probable
conditions cutlired in bcth paragraphs l.a. and 1.b., that is, maintenance of a
constant high velocity couplad with a rapid change of direction. The only forces
of magnitude affecting the velocity I heading of
a. Initial momentum.
aspect. vould indica-
tive of the f'a directional or : sei-directional ech urce Such a
source would ' tuned stubs carried by
the object, such a physical length and spaced such that excit-
ation re-radiation of tha exciting wave would take place in a predetornined
tion, or (b) radiation within the missile proper A large
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The equipment not operating or was not operating prope frequency
of the AN/cPs-4 sigal were substantially different, the
missile was at such an altitude as to be out of the range of the equipment. In
the case where the AN/cPs-4 was operating, it is felt that a combination of (b)
6. A recapitulation of the above data definitely
of the unidontified object reported by Site #5l as being a ranufactured rissile,
possibly guide ranspondar operating in the "S" band
region.
7. Whie it is underatood that the abova assumn and though based on the
facta given,ara maraly Easumtions. it the possibilities outlined
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