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MILITARY AIR PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE 18 Oct 60 | 2. LOCATION Honshu, Japan |   | 12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local GMT 18/0000Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☑ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |   |   |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Military |   | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical Meteor ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 sec | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE SE Descen…

May 2nd

DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
INCOMING MESSAGE

AF IN: 27099 (19 Oct 60) P/rvp
ACTION: CIN-14
INFO: OOP-3, SAFG-3 (21)

DE RJWZKD 57
P 191400Z
FM 39 ADIV MISAWA AB JAPAN
TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO
RJEDSG/UTIC WPAFB OHIO
RJEZHG/HQ USAF WASHDC
RJEZHG/SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE WASHDC
BT

ZERO ONE OSCAR INDIA DELTA ONE NINE DASH
ONE ZERO DASH FIVE PD UNION FOXTROT OSCAR REPORT FOLLOWS CLN
ONE PD DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT PD ALPHA PD SHAPE CLN ROUND PD
BRAVO PD SIZE CLN SAMEAS LARGE SAUCER APPROX EIGHT INCHES IN
DIAMETER PD COCCA PD COLOR CLN WHITE PD DELTA PD NSOER CLN O…

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
INCOMING MESSAGE

AF IN: 27099 (19 Oct 60)

TO SW AT AN ANGLE OF APPROX FIVE ZERO DEGREES IN A SLIGHT DOWNWARD
ARC PD ECHO TAIL FADED IN INTENSITY PRIOR TO DISAPPEARANCE SEMI CLN
DISAPPEARANCE OF OBJECT ITSELF WAS INSTANTANEOUS PD FOXTROT OBJECT
VISIBLE FROM ONE HALF TO ONE SECOND PD THREE PD MANNER OF OBSERVATION
CLN ALPHA PD AIR VISUAL PD BRAVO PD NO OPTICAL ADIDS USED PD COCOA
PD FOXTROT DASH ONE ZERO TWO ALPHA CMM TAIL NUMBER NINE FIVE NINE
CMM ALT THREE FIVE CMM ZERO ZERO ZERO FEET PD HEADING THREE SIX
ZERO DEGREES CMM SPEED…

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
INCOMING MESSAGE

AF IN: 27099 (19 Oct 60)

THREE ZERO ZERO DEGREES AT FOUR KNOTS CMM SIX CMM ZERO ZERO ZERO FEET DASH THREE TWO DEGREES AT THREE ZERO KNOTS SEMI CLN ONE ZERO CMM ZERO ZERO ZERO FEET DASH THREE ONE ZERO DEGREES AT THREE ZERO KNOTS SEMI CLN ONE SIX CMM ZERO ZERO ZERO FEET DASH TWO NINE ZERO DEGREES AT FOUR ZERO KNOTS SEMI CLN TWO ZERO CMM ZERO ZERO ZERO FEET DASH TWO SIX ZERO DEGREES AT FOUR FIVE KNOTS SEMI CLN THREE ZERO CMM ZERO ZERO ZERO FEET DASH TWO THREE ZERO DEGREES AT SEVEN ZERO KNOTS SEMI CLN …

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
INCOMING MESSAGE

AF IN: 27099 (19 Oct 60)

ONE ONYIPD ALPHA PD FIRST LT SAMUEL HOTEL PD CLARKE JR PD CMM
INTEL OFFICER FOUR ONE SIX TAC FHSWCDN MISAWA AB CMM JAPAN PD
GRAVO PD REMARRS CLN DURING INTERVIEW CMM TWO OTHER OFFICERS
ALOFT AT THE SAME TIME AS LT MONKVIC CMM STATED THAT THEY HAD
OBSERVED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A LARGE METEORITE IN THE SAME GENERAL
AREA AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME AS THE SIGHTING PD SOURCE ALSO NOTED
RESEMBLENCE TO A SHOOTING STAR CMM BUT STATED THAT CMM IN HIS
OPINION CMM THE OBJECT WAS MUCH TO LARGE AND BRIGH…