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1 DATE |2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
11 August, 1760 11 August, 1760 E of Kyushu Island, Japan E of Kyushu Island, Japan 0 Was Balloon Was Balloon
000 000 Prabably Prabably Balleon Balleon
3. 3. DATE-TIME GROUP DATE-TIME GROUP 4. 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aiscraft Was Aiscraft
000 000 Probably Aireraft Probably Aireraft
GMT. GMT. 11/1103Z ArVi swal ATrVi sual Air-Intercept Radar Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aireraft Possibly Aircreft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical Was Astronomical Meteor
OYes aYes 800 00 Probably Astronomicel
No Military PossiblyAstronomieel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS OBJECTS COURSE COURSE 0 Other. Other
000 Insufficient Date
3-l Seconds one SS8 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Cranga 5-11 o7' 11cht wlth The deseription and dretion ore
tatl rell Louinz ,vh sot moved Lwitera charicterictic of a teteor.
of sarth and 'acet out. Spend Several
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17926 (12 Aug 60) INCOMING MESSAGE C/eac
AF IN :
ACTION: OOP
INFO XPD, XDC, C
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FM HQ PACAF HICKAM AFB HAWAII
TO COFS USAF WASH DC BT COFS OSAF WASH DC AFR205-1 Pan2-1>a AFR205-1 Par2-1>a
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NUMBER 61. THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROI NUMBER 61. THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM AB, AB,
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421-INT-C-1912/1 COMOC 113 G-HOT NEWS. ACFT NR 081/KB-50/421
AREFSQ/UNUSUSUAL SIGHT ING ON 11/1130Z AT 3057N13400E. TW0 CREW MEMBERS
OBSERVED OBJECT APPEARING TO BE ORANGE BALL OF LIGHT. ACFT ON HEADING
OF 057 DEGREES AT 17,000 FEET AT TIME OF SIGHTING OBJECT EST IMATED
FIFTY MILES IN FRONT OF ACFT AND TRAVEL ING ON COURSE OF 330 TO 150
DEGREES. ONE OBSERVER EST IMATED SPEED OF OBJECT AT SEVERAL THOUSAND
MILES PER HOUR. CO-PILOT WATCHED OBJECT MOVE ACROSS HORIZON FROM LEFT TO
RIGHT IN SLIGHT ARCH. RIGHT SCANNER OBSERVED OBJECT COME INTO VIEW
LAST ING APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 SECONDS AND THEN FADE OUT DESCRIBING OBJECT
AS ORANGE BALL OF LIGHT WITH SLIGHT FLUROESCENT TRAIL FOLLOWING CURVA-
TURE OF EARTH. VISIBLIT TURE OF EARTH. VISIBL IT " snd ounva
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UFO ANALYSIS SHELT
Location E. o" "rushu Island, Jaran
Date 11 Augist 1960 Hour (z)_11307
on course of 150 deg. Cie obs estimated speed of obj at several thousand Mrd,
object yiewed for 3 to L seconds.
Direction of Motion_ SSE
Satellite: 3, Phone 69219)_ None reported to be reenteringxt at
this time.
Astronomical
Other
Evaluation Evaluation of e Reliability. liability trob relisble 755
Analysis and Conclusions: Inere were no satellites reborted were no satellites reborted to be resntering to he reentering
at e.is tine, Xorxekxxxxakx and at e.is tine, XorXenxxxaKx and the tradectory was wrong the traiectory was .rone for an aoft in trounle aoft in trounle
and ourainj. Tne extremeiy nignt and ourning. Tne extr emeiy nignt speed is meteoric speed, speed, sucu as trat of an sucu as tret of an
an ooject entering tre earins atmosphere from oute: pace. an oniest ente atrosniere crom outs. The deseription and The description and
duretion is charcteristie of a meteor passing tarougn the eartns atmosprere.
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