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

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7340288
DATE OF SIGHTINGJanuary 1956
REPORTED LOCATIONItazuke Japan
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

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Itazuke, Japan

18 January 1956

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12. CONCLUSIONS

0 Wes Balloon
&XProbably Balloon

ie BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

White, appearing to have shape of
project balloon at 40000 ft. moving
fast. NoSmoke, no contrail.

3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION © Possibly Balloon
Local O Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar = Probebly Alreraft
cmT_L8/0100Z_ (Xi Vi sual O Air-Intercept Radar |2 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probobly Astronomical
XDNo Military O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O , Other
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
QO Unknown
45 sec one southerly
11. COMMENTS

Object moving in opposite direc
tion of sighting. Probable
balloon sighting.

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