PROJECT BLUE BOOK

DATE

29 Ort 61

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION

|

‘??
+3

Kadena

Naha

12. CONCLUSIONS

Was Balloon
Probobly Balloon

—

Okinawa

DATE-TIME GROUP
Lecal 2920

GMT __22 /10202

“3 Ground- Vi sual

| -D Air Visual

eof 1
PHOTOS
D Yes

U'No

| 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

Possibly Balloon

Wos Aircraft
Probably Aircroft
Possibly Aircraft

0 Ground-Rador
0 Air-Intercept Redar

6. SOURCE

Military

Was Astronomical MtTec®
Probably Astronomicol
Possibly Astronomical

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

1.2 sec 2. 3-4 sec

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

1

% COURSE Other

Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

Ooo ooo ooo ooO

E SE

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING] . White Floursescent

bojt with white tail w/straight f
W to E observed for 2 seconds

iP,

le

da

light rkk path

Ni. COMMENTS 2 witnesses separated by about
miles reported objt flashing across sky.
Similar descriptions with exception of
direction. Difference in flight path

Round white objt splitting into parts.

No trail or exhaust. Rapid movement w/flet

trajectory in sight 3-4 sec.

probably due to optica
orientation on part of

. phenomena or lack

or both observer:
robably a bolide

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

E
ae
in relation to N. Objt p
since all characteristic
observation are present.

of bolide

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STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE

INCOMING ms

# IN: 45680 (29 Oct 61)
ACTION: CIN-17
TNO : OOP-2, OOP-CP-1, tn (24)
SMB B ws4 ———
WOZCHWEZB2ZCQJASTA
PP RJEZHE

Di RJAOKM 6

P 291215Z

XM 1&6TACFTRWG° KADENA‘ AB OKINAWA

TO RJEZIIG/ HMESHF’ WASHINGTON DC

RJEZHG/SAFIS WASHINGTONDC

RJEDSG/HQ ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO

RUWFAL/HG ADC ENT AFB COLO

RJHPKMXNHQ PACAF HICKAM AFB HAWAII

GJAPAZ/HG SAF FUVHU AS JAPAN

RJAOKA/HG 313AIRDIV KADENA AB OKINawa

BT

UNCLAS EFT O OC-I 2569. UFO PD FOLLOWING REPORT

SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE AFR TWO HUNDRED DASH TWO, ALPHA. DESCRIPTION
OF OBJECT. PD ONE CMA ROUND PD TWO CNA SMALL PEA ZT ARMS LENGHT PD
THREE CMA YH1T PD FOUR CMA INTIAGLY ONE BUT SPLIT INT TWO DURING
SIGHTING PD FIVE CMA NEGATIVE PD SIX CMA NEGATIVE PD SEVEN CMA NO
.LL CMA 18ALL CMA: OR EXHAUST PD EIGHT CNA NO SOUND PD NINE CNA

NEGATIVE PD BRUVO CMA DESCRIPTION OF COURSE PD ONE CMA MOVEMENT PD
TWO ChiA FIFTEEN DEGREES ELEVATION IN NORTH NORTHWEST PD THREE CMAV
iFTEEN DEGREES ELEVATION IN SOUTHEAST PD FOUR CMA OBJECT MOVED

APLULY FROM NORTH NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST WITH AN APPARENTLY FLAT

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIRF E
STAFF MESSAGE DRANCH

UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE

INCOMING

A> IN : 44680 (29 Oct 61) Page 2 of 3
PEGE TWO RJAOKM 6

TRAJECTORY PD WHILE EAST OF OBSERVER OBJECT APPEARED TO SEPARATE
INTO TWO PARTS PD LARGER FRONT PART BURNED OUT BUT SMALLER FRONT |

PART CONTINUED ON COURSE PD FIVE CMA DISAPPEARED TO SOUTHEAST PD
SIX CMA ESTIMATED THREE TO FOUR SECONDS PD COCA CMA MANNER OF

CMA ALPHA OBOE ONE NINE ONE TWO ZERO ONE ONE CME
ONE FIVE TACTICAL RECONN SQDN CMA RECONN PILOT cma MATURE AND HIGHLY
RELIABLE PD GOLF cma WEATHER PD ONE CMA SCATTERED CLOUDS WITH GOOD

VISIBILITY PD Tyo cma WIND SURFACE THREE SIX ZERO DEG ONE ZERO KNOTS
CMA GUSTS TO ONE EITHT KNOTS CMA SIX THOUSAND THREE TWO ZERO DEG

OGERBENTY FIVE KNOTS CMA FIFTY THOUSAND TWO TWO ZERO DEG THIRTY

FIVE KNOTS PD THREE CMA THREE THOUSAND SCATTERED HD FOUR CMA TEN MILES
‘D FIVE LESS THAN FIFTY PERCENT CNA OBSERVER ESTIMATED FIVE PERCENT
FD SIX CMA NEGATIVE PD SEVEN CMA TEMPEGATURE AT SURFACE FEVEN ONE

( DEPARTMENT OF THE AIRF E
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INCOMING
AF IN : 44680 (29 Oct 61) Page 3 of 3

PAGE THREE RJAOKM 6

DEGREES CMA FREZING LEVEL FOURTEEN THOUSAND FEET CMA THIRTY THOUSAND
FEET MINUS THIRTY ONE DEGREES PD HOTEL CMA NEGATIVE PD ITEM CMA

NEGATIVE PD JULIETTE CMA NEGATIVE PD KILO CMA LT COL <i
GNA). INTELLIGENCE STAFF OFFICER PD OBSERVER IS EXTREMELY |
YELL QUALIFIED TO DIFDERENTIATE METEOR AND METEORITE ACTIVITY FROM

UNUSUAL SIGHTINGS CMA AND STATES EMPHATICALLY THAT IT IS HIS OPINION

THAT OBJECT SIGHTED DEFINITELY NOT METEOR OR METEORITE PD SOME |
REPORTED METEOR ACTIVITY LOCALLY LEADS TO POSSIBILITY THA THE OBJECT

SIGHTED WAS ACTUALLY A METEOR OR METEORITE PD NO OTHER POSSIBLE

EXPLANATIONS AVAILABLE LOCALLY PD UFO END
BI

29/1225Z OCT RJAOKM

( "©. RTMENT OF THE AIR RK f£

STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH ;
YAR Ti 2 UGGS (29 Oct 61) UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE B/esd

ACTION: CIN~17 INCOMI NG =
INFO +: OOP-2, OOP-cpP-1, sars-3 7 (2k)
SM3 @ 942 :
2CZCHQE279ZcQyA940

PP RJEZHQ
DE RJAOKH 19

P 2913452 aa bs

a
FM S1FTR INTCP NAHA AB OK INAW
TO RJEZHO/coFd usar WASH Dc

RJEZHO/OSAF WASH DC

RJWZHL/ADC ENT AFB COLO
RJEDSQ/ATIC WPAFB OHIO

INFO RJHPKM/ PACAF HICKAM AFB HAWAII
RJAPAZ/SAF FUCHU AS JAPAN

RJAOKA/3 13 aD KADENA AB OKINAWA
BT

UNCLASEF T O 51WOCc-I-19-2, UFO SIGHTING.
COFS FOR AFCIN. OSAF FOR SAFIS, REFERENCE PARAGRAPH 15, AFR 200-2,
Ae €1) ROUND

(2) SIZE OF PEA AT ARMS LENGTH

(5) WHITE, SIMILAR TO COLOR oF WHITE FLORESCENT LIGHT

€4) ONE

(5) N/A

€6) NONE OBSERVED.

7) TAIL OF WHITE COLOR, APPROXIMATELY ONE“HALF LONG AT

ARMS LENGTH,

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STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH

UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE

INCOMING

AF IN : 44665 (29 oct 61)

PAGE TWO RJAOKH 12

Be

C.

Fe

G.

€8) NEGATIVE SOUND

(9) NONE OBSERVED

€1) OBSERVER HAPPENED TO LOOK UP AT SKYe

€2) ELEVATION 45 DEGREES, AZIMUTH 6@ DEGREES TO EAST

Page 2 of 3

€4) OBJECT APPEARED TO BE TRAVELING IN STRAIGHT LINE FROM

WEST TO EAST. NEGATIVE MANEUVERS NOTED.
(5) OBJECT DISINTEGRATED TO EAST OF OBSERVB
M
(6) APPROXIMATELY TWO SECONDS.
(1) GROUND - VISUAL
(2) NEGATIVE OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS UTILIZED.
(3) N/A
(1) 29/1928 ZULU, OCTOBER 1961.
(2) NIGHT
NAHA AIR BASE OKINAWA, 2619N/12738E.
C1) N/A
(2) somes 4/350, 625ACWRON MOVEMENT AND
IDENTIFICATION TECHNICIAN, RELIABILITY B-2.

€1) DARK, NO MOON, CLEAR.
(2) WEATHER DETACHMENT, NAHA AB, OKINAWA, REPORT?

ALTITUDE DEGREES KNOTS TEM PERATURE

CC)

( ' “VAENT OF THE AIR FE

STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE

INCOMING
AF IN : 44665 (29 Oct 61) Page 3 of 3
PAGE THREE RJAOKH 1@TZSURFACE 010 15 GUSTS TO 22
PLUS 23
6,282 342 28 PLUS 14
10,820 548 19 PLUS 6
16, 882 510 51 MINUS 2
28, 230 512 56 MINUS 9
53,290 270 15 MINUS 28
58,202 220 37 MINUS 73
82, 299 120 17 APPROX MINUS 5@

(5) 3,588 SCATTERED
€4) 15 MILES
(5) THREE-TENTHS
(6) NONE
(7) SEE GC2) ABOVE
He NEGATIVE UNUSUAL ACTIVITY OR CONDITION WHICH MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR
SIGHT ING.
S$. NEGATIVE INTERCEPTION OR IDENTIFICATION ACTION TAKEN.
Je NEGATIVE AIR TRAFFIC OR BALLON RELEASES.
Ke 51ST FIGHTER INTERCEPTOR WING INTELLIGENCE CHECKED ALL POSSIBLE
SOURCES OF OBJECT WITH NEGATIVE RESULTS.

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Le NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE OR PHOTOGRAPHY AVATLABLE.
UNCLASSIFIED EFTO eat, *

IT

29/1428Z OCT RJAOKH

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR IT <E
STAFF MFSSAGE BRANCH
UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE

INCOMING

AF IN : 44807 (29 Oct 61) M/eac
ACTION: CIN-17

INTO : OOP-2, OOP-CP-1, SAFS-3%
KHOB670ZCQJB6O3

PP RJEZHQ
DE RJAOKH 3

P 320130Z oe ) isa
FM 51 FTR ee Dane Se SKINENA CE

TO RJEZHO/COFS USAF

RJEZHQ/OSAF WASH DC
RJWFAL/ZADC ENT AFB COLO

RJEDSQ/ATIC WPAFB OHIO
INFO RJHPKM/ PACAF HICKAM AFB HAWAII
RJAPAZ/S AF FUCHU AS JAPAN
RJAOKA/S15AD KADENJ

MB OKINAWA

3T
UNCLAS EF T O/51WOC-I-18-5. UFO SIGHTING AMENDMENT.

COFS FOR AFCIN. OSAF FOR SAFIS. 313AD FOR OC-I. REFERENCE
JIFIW MESSAGE 51WOC-I-19-2, DATED 29 OCTOBER 1961. PARAGRAPH
3 €3) EXDCLUDED DUE TO COMOSMTATIONS OMISSION, SHOULD READ:
ELEVATION 45 DEGREES, AZIMUTH 68 DEGREES TO EAST. PARAGRAPH D
(1) SHOULD READ? 29/1922 ZULU, OCTOBER 1961. UNCLASSIFIED

EFT O.

S0/@128Z OCT RJAOKH