PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7817476

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONMisawa AB Japan

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MILITARY PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
19 Jul 60 Misawa AB, Japan Was Balloon
000 Probably Balloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
0 Was Aicraft IR
Local WGround-Visual Ground-Rodar Probably Aireraft
19/10352 00 Possibly Aircraft
GMT AirVisual Air-Intereept Radar
5. PHOTOS SOURCE 0 Was Astrenomical
Yes 08 Probably Astrenomical
No Military Possibly Astronomical PossiblyAstronomieal Meteor
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LenGth of OBSErvAtIOn NUMBER CTS 9. COURSE Other.. Other.
000 Insufficient Dat luation uation
6 sec one 280° Unknown Unkno
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Brilliant white object with bluish tint. Tail object with bluish tint. Tail Possible observa observa ion of daytime meteor,
nct observed. No scund. Disappeared nct observed. No scund. Disappeared over horizop. tail not being observed observed in these in these
Slower than shooting star. In sight 6 sec. 6 sec. cases.
Appeared vertieally below horizon
from l0 from 10 altitude.

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HGACS5 1 4
0O RJEDSC 1
DE RJWZKD 33 -1
0 1912302 0 19123r2 OPERATIL 3 4X24
FM 39 ADIV MISHANA AB FM 39 ADIV MISHANA AB JAPAN JAPAN IRIREOE 4X
TO RJEZNG/HO USAF TO RJEZNIG/HG USAF -
RJEDSE/ RJEDSO/A OHIO
ET -
3ECID 1E1Z. ATTN: AFCIN-IB1, AFCIN-4A, PFICO-
1, STICO. USAT FROJECT IOON DUST. REFERENCE USAF SRI A-ASI1, DTD 6
APR 6.. THIS ISC IN THREE PARTS. PART I. FORMAT USED IN THIS REPORT
IS THAT OF USAF SHI A-BSTS, DTDSFOC AFR 6E. PART II. A(1D ROUND. A(2)
BASELALL OR STIES THE SIZE OF THE EVENING STAR. A(S) BRILLIANT WHITE
WITH BLUIS TINT. A(4) ONE. A(5) NONE. A(6) NONE HEARD. A(7) DROPPED
VERTICALLY VERY SLONLY. B(1) AFFROXIMATELY 1E DECREES ABOVE HORIZON.
B(G) HORIZON ELOCKED FURTHER VIEU. B(3) OBJECT APPEARED TO BE
DROPPING VERTICALLY AT A VERY SLOU RATE OF SPEED. MUCH SLOWER THAN
A SHOOTING STAR.B(4) CBJECT DROFPED SLO Y OVER HORIZON ABOUT 1C

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PACE TWO RJWZKD 38 -
DEGREES NORTH FRO WEST. B(S) OBJECT VIEW AND -
ESTIMATED SIX SECONDS.*
C(1) SIGHTINC MADE BY USAF SENIOR HASTER SERGENT C(1) SIGHTING MADE BY USAF SENIOR HASTER SERGENT VHILE IN TAXICAE IN TAXICAB
GOING BUE WEST ON MISAWA AB. DRIVER AND VIFE GOING DUE WEST ON MISAMA AB. DRIVER AND VIFE
OF SUSGT ( WITNESS IN CAD AT THE TINE, STATED THEY DIDNOT OF SUSGT: ( WITNESS IN CAD AT THE TINE, STATED THEY DIDNOT
SEE OZJECT. C(O) NOT APPLICADLE. D(1) 1C3SZ, 19 JULGE. SEE OZJECT. C(M) NOT APFLICADLE. D(1) 1C35Z, 19 JULGE.
DCAD DUSK, CLEAR, HICH SCATTERED CLOUDS, TOFS 4BA, B(A) DUSK, CLEAR, HICH SCATTERED CLOUDS, TOPS 4BA,
VISIDILITY 1C MILES, WINDS EAST NORTH EAST AT FOUR KNOTS. FART VISIDILITY IC MILES, WINDS EAST MORTH EAST AT FOUR KNOTS. FART III. III.
INTENSIVE EFFORT NON UNDERWAY AT MISAIA AB IN ATTEMF T OTHER
TOSSIILE W . ILL ADVISE.
BT
19/1338Z JUL RJWZXD
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