PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6963015

DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1955

REPORTED LOCATIONTokyo Japan

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, PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12, CONCLUSIONS
. n © Was Balloon
20 May 1955 Tokyo Japan O Probably Balloon
eae —— See _ O Possibly Balloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION y |
ye . : O Was Aircraft
Local 7 = rT ru. i QO} Ground- Vi sual 0) Ground-Radar a Probabl y Aireroft
»  _GMrs : / 7 LOZ eae | XE Ai r- Vi sual C) Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE ke Was Astronommicol
O Yes O Probobly Astronomical
XX No Mi litary |}O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE O , Other ass
DX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
‘ O Unknown
14 minutes m= one unknown 3
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS

Swept wing object sighted at approxi- Possibly aircraft. However,
mately 60,000 feet, Object disappeared awaiting additional ififorma-
leaving puffs of smoke, tion before further analysis
is possible,

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