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Military air PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 11 August, 1960 | 2. LOCATION | E of Kyushu Island, Japan | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local GMT 11/1103Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Reder ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Reder | ☐ Was Bulloon ☐ Probably Bulloon ☐ Possibly Bulloon ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Military | ☑ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 3-4 Seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | …

ATIC
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION
INCOMING MESSAGE
C/eac

AF IN: 17926 (12 Aug 60)

ACTION: OOP

INFO: XPD, XDC, CIN, MLP

DE RJHPKM 293C
O 120918Z
FM HQ PACAF HICKAM AFB HAWAII
TO COFS USAF WASH DC
BT

Fooc 649-H. APEX PACAF HOT NEWS REPORT

NUMBER 61. THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE FROM 67TH TRW YOKOTA AB,
IS QUOTED FOR YOUR INFO. QUOTE

421-INT-C-1912/1 COMOC 113 G-HOT NEWS. ACFT NR 081/KB-50/421
AREFSQ/UNUSUSUAL SIGHTING ON 11/1130Z AT 3057N13400E. TWO CREW MEMBERS
OBSERVED OBJECT APPEARING TO BE ORANGE BALL OF LIGHT. ACFT ON HEADING
OF 057 DEGREES AT 17,000 FEET AT TIME OF SI…

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UFO ANALYSIS SHEET

Location E. of Kyushu Island, Japan
Date 11 August 1960    Hour (Z) 1130Z
WX Visibility unlimited

Description Orange ball of light with slight fluorescent trail following curvature of earth, object estimated to be 50 miles in front of soft traveling on course of 150 deg. One obs estimated speed of obj at several thousand M.P., object viewed for 3 to 4 seconds.

Direction of Motion SSE
Satellite: (AFCIN-4F3, Phone 69219) None reported to be reentering at this time.

Astronomical Phenomena (Meteor, Comet, Planet, etc) Prob meteor
Radar Analysis (AFCIN-4E1) None
Natural Ph…