PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. OATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4020N, L4210E 0 Wes Balloon
15 Mar 61 Misawa AB, Japan and / QO Probably Belloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION G Pessibly Sellicon
Local 2029 0 Ground- Vi sual 0D Ground-Redar ~ Picks Rivoral
GMT } 5] 1907. Q@ Air Vi wal 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
‘te PHOTOS 6. SOURCE =r. 0 Was huvsnented MDE)
O Yes MX Probobly Astronomicol
27 Ne Military O Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
© Insufficient Dota for Evaluetion
; 0 Unknow
ies sistas ee oP naira Large objt fell our of \"" COMMENTS here were no known satellites
ps a Sonnuenes ALroorne pilot was 4020N, l4reentering on this date. Characteristi
elOl, Pilot heading 340° and suggested objt of objt were those of a type of meteor
was heading about 060°. S,id objt appeared to/called a bolide exploding di ang its
pte pe emg re Creveled in an argdescent through the Earth's atmosphere. |
t Im S gnt wing. Extremely large objt
with long fiery tail; fiery green according ty |
pilot. Mobile control officer - changed fm white
to greenish-blue to orange as it fell. Other vwit-

ness could not distinguish color.

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*OJECT CKAPPA) IS BEING CONDUCTED 3Y JOINT PROGRAM TO TOXYO
SNIVERSITY AND FUJI HEAVY INDISTRIES, HOCKET RANCE FOR THIS
PaQJECT IS LOCATED AT AKITA (354300N/1400700E) AND FIRINGS ARE
PROGRAMMED TC THE WEST OVER SEA CF JAPAN. ON DATE OF U SIGHTING
.O TEST FISING CONDUCTED REPEAT NO TEST FIRING CONDUCTED. ALL
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&ND PILOT JUDGED OBJECT TO BE TEN MILES SOUTH OF THEOORDINATES PD
PILOT WAS AT ONE SIX METRO CHM ESTIMATED OBJECT TO ONE ZERO METRO PD

PILOT HEADING THREE FOUR ZERO DEGREES CMM AND SUGGESTED OBJECT WAS

HEADING ABOUT ZERO SIX ZERO DEGREES PDHE SAID OBJECT APPEARED TO COME |
IN FROM BEHIND HIM CMM THEN TRAVELED IN AN ARC OUT FROM HIS RIGHT :
WING PD ALL THREE OBSERVERS SAID THE OBJECT WAS EXTREMELY LARGE CMM

| WITH LONG FIERY TAIL PD PILOT SAID COLOR WAS FIERY GREEN PD MOBILF |
CONTROL OFFICER SAID COLORS CHANGED FROM WHILE TO GREENISH DASH BLUE |
TO ORANGE AS THE OBJECT FELL OUT OF THE SKY PD TOWER SERGEANT SAID :
HE ACTUALLY COULD NOT DESTINGUISH COLOR CMM BUT THAT IT WAS VERY |
BRIGHT PD OBJECT DESCENDED FROM THE SKY AT AN ANGLE A LITTLE OFF THE
VERTICAL CMM POSSIBLY A FIVE DASH DEGREE SLANT PD MOBILE OFFICER AND
TOWER OPERATOR SIAD OBJECT BEGAN TO FALL APART ABOUT ONE ZERO EEGREES
ABOVE THE HORIZON PD MOBILE OFFICER STATED IT DISINTEGRATED INTO AT
LEAST TEN PIECES PD THIS ANFORMATION WAS PASSED TO FIVE ALPHA FOXTROT

DICATIONS CENTER BY TELEPHONE AT TWO ONE ONE FIVE INDIA TO LT BALENT
PD HE INDICATED THAT HE WOULD CALL SOME ONE TO COME READ THE INFORMATION

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