PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8673923

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1961

REPORTED LOCATIONMisawa AB Japan

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
28 March, 1961 0 Was Balloon
Msawa AB, Japan 0 Probably Balloon 7
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local 1044 GCT Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
00 Probobly Aircraft
GMT AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomical
No MIlitary Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE 00 Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
D Unknown
13 sec 1 070°
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Cbjt travelling f'm 110^|11. COMMENTS Insufficient Data given to
az to 070 az in general southerly toI Northerly form conclusion.
direction. Tremendous height w/pulsating
orange flame and contrail which did not persist
No other info. Moon Dust report.
ATIC FORN 26 SEP 52)
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3627 29 MAR 61 UNCLASSIFIED
29Maa 61 13 44z (
PRIORITY/ROUTINE
FM DET 13 1 WEAWG MISAWA AB JAPAN 290600Z C
TO HQ USAF WASH DC 174A2C
ATIC WPAFB OHIO
SPACE TRACK L G HANSCOM FIELD MASS 4x=4
INFO HQ AWS SCOTT AFB
HO 1 WEAWG WHEELER AFB
1 WEANG ADVON Fuchu as
1WW-130002-C. FOR HQ
USAF ATTN: AFCIN-4A. FOR HQ AWS ATTN: AWSS. REFERENCE MOON DUST USAF ATTN: AFCIN-4A. FOR KQ AWS ATTN: AWSS. REFERENCE MOON DUST ALERT, ALERT,
THE FOLLOWING IS SUEMITTED: AT 1944 LOCAL 1044GCT 28 MAR 61 AN
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT WAS OBSERVED TRAVELING FROM SOUTH TO
NORTH. WHEN ORIGINALLY SIGHTED IT WAS AT AN AZIMUTH OF APPROXIMATELY NORTH. WHEN ORIGINALLY Y SIGHTED IT WAS AT AN AZIMUTH OF APPROXIMATELY
110 DEGREES FROM MISAWA AB AND DISAPPEARED FROM SIGHT DUE TO
CLOUDS WHEN ITS AZIMUTH WAS APPROX 07D DEGREES. THE OBSERVER CLOUDS WHEN ITS AZIMUTH WAS APPROX 07D DEGREES. THE OBSERVER WHO SAW THIS R WHO SAW THIS
STATES THAT IT WAS AT A T STATES I THAT IT WAS AT A TREMENDOUS HEIGHT, HAD A PULSATING ORANGE TREMENDOUS HEIGHT, H ULSATING ORANGE E FLAME FLAME
AND A FOLLOWING CONTRAIL LIKE APPENDAGE WHICH SEEMED TO EVAPORATE
AS SOON AS IT WAS GENERATED. HE FEELS POSITIVE THAT THE PULSATING FLAME
Classification n Cancelled
COULD (or ged buuc)
Apue
By 0242
0/2Ma769 KFR Janls

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NOT HAVE BEEN A MISIDENTIFIED D AIRCRAFT NAVIGATION LIGHT. THIS OBJECT
WHO S SIGHTED IT IS'A VERY RELIABLE WEATHER OBSERVER. THIS MESSAGE IS
CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL DUE TO I INSTRUCTIONS RECEIVED FROM HIGHER HEAD-
QUARTERS
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