PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
23 Feb 61 Misawa AB, Japan 000 Probably Balloon
DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft
1026z 00 Probably Aircraft
GMT. AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. 'PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical VENUS
Yes 80 Probably Astronomical
No Military PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 00 Other_
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
D Unknown
58 min. 1 N
T0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING BrIht light, aprox ten I1. coMMENTsObjt was probably planet
times as bright as star Sirius which was Venus. Venus was at its brightest, -4.3,
visible at time. Much larger than a star. visible at time. Much larger than a star. at this time and its direction was coinqi- at this time and its direction was coinqi-
Intensity varied considerably. Movement dent with that reported for UFo at
appeared to be N at a slow angular velocity. time of sighting. Atmospheric refraction
Color range was from pinkish white to reddish Color range was from pinkish white to reddish probably contributed to sighting by probably contributed to sighting by
white. white. distorting, coloring and giving apparent distorting, coloring and giving apparent
motion to planet. Fact that objt
disappeared at time planet set sub stan disappeared at time planet set sub stan-
tiates this conclusion.
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DE RJWZKD 51 1961 FEB 23 22 39 (:
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INFO RJEDAA/AWS SCOTT T AFB ILL AFB ILL 3 3
BT " 30001-B 0001-B 1x C C
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ONE WW RPT WW ONE THREE ZERO ZERO =
ZERO ONE DASH BRAVO PD HQ USAF ATTN CLN AFCIN RPT AFCIN DASH
ONE BRAVO ONE PD WPAFB ATTN CLN AFCIN RPT AFCIN DASH FOUR ALPHA
PD INFO AWS ATTN CLN AWSS RPT AWSS PD REFERENCE MOON DUST
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THREE
FEB CURR CMM A BRIGHT LIGHT WAS OBSERVED IN THE SKY WEST -
OF MISAWA AB CMM JAPAN PD WHEN ORIGINALLY SIGHTED IT WAS
OBSERVED IT WAS AT AN ELEVATION ANGLE OF TWENTY TO THIRTY C :
DEG ABOVE THE HORIZON AND AT AN AZIMUTH ANGLE OF APPROXIMATELY 12
22
1N 516#7 1026 -1/24 IN 516HT 1026 -11 24 1He
1 He =
Classification Cancelled Classification Cancelled
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TWO EIGHT ZERO DEG FROM THIS BASE PD IT DISAPPEARED FROM SIGHT
AT ONE ONE TWO FOUR GCT AT AN APPRO - OXIMATE AZIMUTH ANGLE OF
TWO EIGHT EIGHT DEG FROM THIS BASF PD THF FIFVATTC

NOT APPEAR TO CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD UF THE SIGHTING C
PD AN AIR FORCE NAVIGATOR WHO WAS THIS PHENOMENA STATES
THAT IT WAS APPROXIMATELY TEN TIMES AS BRIGHT AS THE STAR
QTE SIRIUS QTE WHICH WAS VISIBLE APETHE TIME PD HE ALSO -
STATES THAT HE HELD A COMB AT ARMS LENGTH AND THE LIGHT WAS
VISIBLE SIMULTANEOUSLY THROUGH FOUR OF THE SPACES BETWEEN
THE TEETH OF THE COMB PD SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS SAW THIS PHENOMENA -
AND ALL INDICATE THAT IT WAS MUCH LARGER THAN A STAR AND
THAT THE INTENSITY VARIED CONSIDERABLY PD MOVEMENT APPEARED =
TO BE NORTHWARD AT A SLOW ANGULAR VELOCITY PD THE COLOR 13
C
RANGE OF THE LIGHT AS REPORTED BY THE VARIOUS WITNESSES
RANGED FROM PINKISH WHITE TO A REDDISH WHITE PD WEATHER C :.
CONDITIONS AT THE TINE WERE AS FOLLOWS CLN ONE ZERO ONE FIVE U 7"4 74
GCT CLN DASH XRAY TEN SCTD MIKE NINETEEN BRKN THIRTY OVC
TWO SW DASH SMCLN ONE ZERO TWO SEVEN GCT CLN TEN SCTD MIKE TWO SW DASH SMCLN ONE ZERO TWO SEVEN GCT CLN TEN SCTD MIKE ( ".
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TWENTY FIVE BRKN FIVE SIERRA WHISKEY DASH SMCLN ONE ZERO
THREE-THREE-GCT CLN-TEN SCTD TWENTY FIVE SCTD FIVE SIERRA Ao   n T
WHISKEY DASH SNCLN ONE ZERO FOUR ONE GCT CLN TEN SCTD
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C :
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TEWNTY FIVE SCTD SEVEN SMCLN ONE ZERO FIVE ONE GCT CLN TEWNTY FIVE SCTD SEVEN SMCLN ONE ZERO FIVE ONE GCT CLN 2YERRA
TWENTY FIVE SCTD MIKE FIVE FIVE BRKN SEVEN SMCLN ONE ZERO TWENTY FIVE SCTD MIKE FIVE FIVE BRKN SEVEN SMCLN ONE ZERO
FIVE FIVE GCT CLN TWENTY FIVE SCTD MIKE FIVE FIVE BRKN
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