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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 6 Jul 60  |
| --- | --- |
|  2. DATE/TIME GROUP | Local 0120 CHT 05/1620Z  |
|  3. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 5 min  |
|  8. LOCATION | Hisawa, Japan  |
|  4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. SOURCE | Civilian  |
|  6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  7. CONDITIONS | ☐ Was Better ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for 
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HQA021
14E2
2 HP3
3 UA
4 UXUN

CO RJEDSQ
E RJWZKD 10C
O 060250Z ZEX
FM 9TH ADIV MISAWA AB JAPAN
TO RJEZHQ/HQ USAF WASH DC
RJEDSQ/ATIC WP AFB OHIO
BT

X THREE NINE OSCAR INDIA DELTA ZERO NINE
EIGHT EIGHT PD SUBJECT CLN USAF PROJECT MOON DUST
REFERENCE USAF SIERRA ROMEO INDIA ALFA DASH TWO FIVE ONE ONE PD
THIS MESSAGE IN THREE PARTS PD PART ONE PD REFERENCE USAF SIERRA ROMEO
INDIA ALFA DASH TWO FIVE ONE ONE CMA DATED SIX APRIL ONE NINE SIX ZERO
PD ACCORDING TO TESEPHONIC INSTRUCTION FROM FIFTH AF DASH FOXTROT
INDIA CHARLIE OSCAR DASH CHARLIE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION ON
REFERENCED SIDNA RTNP IND
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WILL BE FORWARDED ASAP PD
BT
06/06452 JUL RJWZKD
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LUMINOUS CLOUD AT AN ESTIMATED THREE SIX CMA ZERO ZERO ZERO FEET
MOVING AT SLOW RATE OF SPEED NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST ACROSS MISAWA AB CMA
JAPAN PD AFTER APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES THE CLOUD APPEARED TO
SPREAD AT THE CENTER AT WHICH TIME A BRIGHT REDBISH ORANGE BALL CMA ABOUT
THE SIZE OF A BASKETBALL APPEARED WITH STREAKS OF FLAMESHOOTING FROM
THE SIDES PD ONE WITNESS REPORTS FORMATION OF TWO OF THESE BALLS CMA
WHILE OTHERS AGREE ON ONLY ONE PD WITHIN ONE MINUTE THE BASE FADED AND
THE CLOUD ASSUMED THE SHAPE OF A DOUGHNUT WITH A DARK CENTER PD
IT REMAINED IN THIS CONFIGURATION FOR APPROXIMATELY
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0608512

HQAO23
OO RJEDSQ
DE RJWZKD 41C
O 060615Z
FM 39TH ADIV MISAWA AB JAPAN
TO RJEZHQ/HQ USAF WASH DC
RJEDSQ/ATIC WP AFB OHIO
BT

THREE NINE OSCAR INDIA DELTA ZERO NINE
NINE ONE PD SUBJECT CLN SUAF PROJECT MOON DUST CMM USAFS ROMEO INDIA
ALFA DASH TWO FIVE ONE ONE PD REFERENCE THREE NINE OSCAR INDIA DELTA
ELECTRICAL MESSAGE CITE ZERO NINE EIGHT EIGHT DATED SIX JULY ONE
NINE SIX ZERO PD THIS MESSAGE IN TWO PARTS PD PART ONE PD INFORMATION
CONTAINED IN PART TWO OF THIS MESSAGE WILL CONFORM TO FORMAT CONTAINED
IN USAF SIERRA ROMEO INDIA ALFA DASH TWO FIVE ZERO SIX DATED SEVEN
APRIL ONE NINE SI
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PAGE TWO RJWZKD41C

ALL OF WHOM OBSERVED ALL OR PART OF THE PHENOMENA AT MISAWA AB CMM JAPAN PD PART TWO PD ALFA PAREN SEVEN PAREN ALL WITNESSES AGREE UPON REINTERVIEWS ONLY ONE REDDISH ORANGE BALL APPEARED PD ONE AMERICAN WITNESS CMM AND AMATEUR ASTRONOMER CMM DID NOT SEE THE OBJECT UNTIL THE REDDISH ORANGE BALL HAD SUBSIDED AND THE CLOUD HAD ASSUMED A DOUGHNUT SHAPE PD THIS WITNESS FURTHER STATED THAT THE CLOUD PASSED FROM A DOUGHNUT CONFIGURATION TO A SHAPELESS BLOB AS IT DISAPPEARED TO THE EAST PD THIS WITNESS FURTHER STATED THAT HIS FIRST IMPRESSION WAS THAT HE WAS OBSERVING A SPIRAL NEBU
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AFCIN-4E2 g sup

Request for Evaluation of UFO Report

12 July 1960

AFCIN-4A2c

1. Request a check be made of the following reports, copy to your office, to determine if a satellite or carrier was responsible for the sightings.

a. message T60-23691, dated 6 July 1960.

b. message T60-23728, dated 6 July 1960.

c. message T60-23495, and 23496, dated 6 July 1960.

RICHARD R. SHOOP
Colonel, USAF
AFCIN-4E2

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