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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 3. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  16 Dec 52 | ITAZUKE AFB, JAPAN | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  Local 16/0828I GMT 17/23288 | ☐ Ground-Vessel ☐ Air-Vessel ☐ 2Crowd-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8…

UNCLASSIFIED

Date of Inci: 18 Dec 52  Location: Northern Kyushu

A radar target was picked up on this date by the 527th AO&W Group in Northern
Kyushu. Description of the target: target size approximately that made by B-29
type aircraft. There is no evidence of target trace or trail. Target was tracked
for a period of 9 minutes and appeared to be going 300 knots on initial pickup and
estimated 1040 knots on the last pickup.

Air traffic present at the time of sighting consisted of five other targets
which were identified as USAF aircraft. This sighting is an unknown.

DOWNGRADED AT 3 YEAR …

XN R 1. Atra
2. Atra
3. Ati
4. C. hile

NDR 9618

C-1 OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE SECRET
FM 527TH AC AND W GRP ITAZUKE AFB KYUSHU JAP
TO CS HQ USAF WASH DC ATTN D/I
ATIC UPAFB OHIO
ADC ENT AFB COLO
JAPAN AIR DEFENSE FORCE HONSHU JAPAN
FEAF JAPAN

CITE INT 366-12

OPERATIONAL IMMEDIATE
PARAPHASE NOT REQUIRED. SEE CRYPTO-CENTER
BEFORE DECLASSIFIED
DRADED AT 8 YEAR INTERVALS;
DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS.
DOD DIR 5200.10

UNIDENTIFIED TRACK RECD FROM RADAR PLOTS AT DET 7, WJPF
0407, SOUTHERN DEF AREA OF JADF ON 18/0828I AND IS RPTD IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AFL 200-5. 5 PLOTS WERE RECD BY DT 7 RADAR
OPR FROM 0…

UNCLASSIFIED
AF FORM 112—PART I
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948

|  COUNTRY | Japan | REPORT NO. | IR-8-52 | (EXAMINED BY) | S.S.NO.  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |

# AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

**SUBJECT**
FLYOSRPT

**AREA ASSIGNED TO**
Northern Kyushu

**DATE OF REPORT**
20 December 1952

**DATE OF INFORMATION**
18 December 1952

**EVALUATION**
See Comments

**PRESUMED BY (SURNAME)**
CLAUDE J. RIZZO, 1st Lt, USAF

**RELATIONSHIP**
Detachment #7 (Takeo Yama)

**PREFERENCE (Control number, direction, previous report, etc., as applicable)**
AFL 200-5, 29 April 1952

**SUMMARY:** (Enter …

UNCLASSIFIED
AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM (Agency) 1/0 527th ACAW Gp APO 929
REPORT NO. IR-8-52
PAGE 2 OF 3 PAGES

1. Description of Target: Target size approximated that made by B-29 type aircraft. There was no evidence of target trace or trail. Target was tracked for a period of 9 minutes, with five plots registering over the Northern Kyushu area. Successive tracks indicated an increase in speed ranging from 300 knots on initial pickup to an estimated 1040 knots on 4th pickup.

The following information identified as track #66 was forwarde…

UNCLASSIFIED
AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948

# AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  FROM (Agency) | REPORT NO. | PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  I/O 527th AG7W Group, APO 929 | IR-F-52 |   |

## D/I FEAF COMMENT:

1. Contact has not been confirmed as a bona-fide target.
2. Refraction through the strong inversion at 6000 feet, combined with time errors in plotting of a normal friendly aircraft return may account for the unusual speeds reported.

For Norman M. Nelsey
for GEORGE D. HASTINGS Lt Col
Colonel, USAF
Director of Intelligence Requirements

UNCLASSIFIED

NOTE: TH…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
UNCLASSIFIED
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM (Agency) 1/0 527th AC&W Gp APO 929
REPORT NO. IR-8-52
PAGE 1 OF 1 PAGES

# STATEMENT

At 0600 hrs Item time 16 December 1952, I was assigned to report targets on the PFI console in radar operations. The scope I was reading covers the range from one hundred miles to two hundred and thirty miles. At 0626 hrs Item, an initial track appeared at 230 degrees at 165 miles. I called this to the plotting board. At 0630 hrs Item, I noticed by the position of the target that he was traveling comparatively f…