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MILITARY AIR PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 11 Oct 60 | 2. LOCATION | E of Misawa AB, Japan  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local 1830 CMT 11/0930Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Military  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 1 1/2 sec | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  9. COURSE |   |   | —  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |   |   | Shape of half moon; size of half baseball. Orange flash of explosive type. First and last seen at an angle of elev of 93° and the a…

RECEIVED
HQA093 13 Oct 60 0821
PP RJEDSQ ATIC
DE RJWZKD 53
P 120745Z
FM 39TH ADIV MISAWA AB JAPAN
TO RJEZHQ/SEC OF THE AF WASH DC
RJEZHQ/HQ USAF WASH D C
RJEDSQ/ATIC WPAFB OHIO
RJWFAL/AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLO
BT
THREE NINE OID RPT OID ONE TWO TWO THREE PD
AFCIN RPT AFCIN PD PAREN UFO RPT UFO PAREN PD ONE ONE ONE OCTOBER
ONE NINE SIX ZERO CMM AZ ONE EIGHT THREE ZERO INDIA CMM A PILOT
ON NINE ZERO DEGREE MAGNETIC HEADING DIRECTLY OVER BEACH EAST OF MISAWA
AIR BASE PACEN GOLF LIME THREE ZERO FOUR FIVE PAREN AT TWENTY
THOUSAND FAET OBSERVED AN ORANGE FLASH OF EXPLOSIVE TYPE ON THE
MORIZON …

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IAW RPT IAW AFC RPT AFC TWO ZERO ZERO DASH TWO CMM DATED ONE FOUR
SSPTEMBER FIVE NINE CMM PARAGRAPH ONE FIVE CLN ALFA PAREN (ONE) PAREN
HALF MOON PAREN (TWO) PAREN HALF OF BASEBALL PAREN (THREE) PAREN ORANGE
FLASH OF EXPLOSIVE TYPE PAREN (FOUR) PAREN ONE PAREN (FIVE) PAREN NOT
APPLICABLE PAREN (SIX) PAREN SMOOTH OUTLINES PAREN (SEVEN) PAREN NONE
PAREN (EIGHT) PAREN NONE HEARD PAREF (NINE) PAREN APPEARED AND DISAPPEARED
WITHIN ONE AND ONE HALF SECONDS PD BRAVO PAREN (ONE) PAREN BRIGHT FLASH
IN DARKNESS ON THE HORIZON PAREN (TWO) PAREN NINE THREE DEGREES PAREN
(THREE) PAREN…

HIGH CLOUDS AT TWO ZERO THOUSAND CMM WINDS NOVEMBER LONG CMM ONE ZERO KNOTS SURFACE CMM NO THUNDERSTORMS PAREN (THREE) PAREN FROM NEMURO OVER KUGILES CMM TWO CMM FIVE ZERO ZERO OVERCAST CMM VISIBILITY ONE ZERO MILES CMM WINDS NORTH AT TWO ZERO KNOTS CMM SCATTERED LOW CLOUDS CMM NO THUNDERSTORMS PAREN (FOUR) PAREN WINDS AT VARIOUS DEGREES NOT AVAILABLE PD HOTEL PD NO OTHER CONDITIONS KNOWN INDIA PD NONE JULIETT PD NONE KNOWN KILO PD THREE NINE AIR DIVISION INTELLIGENCE OXFICER CMM CAPTAIN GEORGE LL PD GRIFFITH PD SINCE THERE WERE NO AIRPLANES IN THE GENERAL AREA CMM THE POSSIBILITY OF AN AFTERB…

JOINT MESSAGEFORM
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
UNCLASSIFIED
SPACE BELOW RESERVED FOR COMMUNICATION CENTER
1960, OCT 17 20 35

|  PRECEDENCE | TYPE MSG (Check) | ACCOUNTING SYMBOL | ORIG. OR REFERS TO | CLASSIFICATION OF REFERENCE  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  ACTION ROUTING | CODE | AF | CID 1223 | UNCLAS  |
|  INFO |  |  |  |   |

FROM: ATIC W-P AFB
TO: MISAWA AB, JAPAN
RJAFAF
10-3062-E

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS

F-2-39TH ADIV. YOUR MSG CID 1223, DTD 12 OCT 60. HOW DID THE WITNESS
DETERMINE THAT THE OBJ SIGHTED WAS AN EXPLOSIVE TYPE FLASH? IT IS
HIGHLY DOUBTFUL THAT SUCH A FLASH WOULD HAVE THE…

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RELATING IT TO THE OVERALL DIMENSIONS OF THE FOXTROT DASH ONE HUNDRED DELT CANOPY PD THE OBJECT OCCUPIED AN AREA OF ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES WITH THE WITNESS EIGHTEEN INCHES BACK FROM THE CANOPY PD THE OBJECT WAS FIRST AND LAST SEEN AT AN ANGLE OF ELEVATION OF NINE THREE SEGREES AND THE AZIMUTH WAS THREE TWO FIVE DEGREES PAREN OR ONE ZERO THREE ZERO OCLOCK PAREN POSITION WHILE ON A MAGNETIC HEADING O ZERO NINE ZERO DEGREES PD NO MOVEMENT OF THE OBJECT WAS NOTED PD THERE WERE NO OTHER WITNESSES PD AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL REPORTING THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES WERE CONTACTED WITH…

RECEIVED
29 OCT 69 0832
ATIC

HQAO33KDB027
MM RJEDSQ
DE RJWZKD 36
M 200640Z
FM 39TH ADIV MISAWA AB JAPAN
TO ATIC WPAFB OHIO
BT

39 1234
THREE NINE OID RPT OID ONE TWO THREE NINE PD
REFERENCY YOUR UNCLASSIFIED MESSAGE ALFA CHARLIE SLANT FOUR TWO
ECHO ONE ZERO DASH THREE ZERO SIX TWO DASH ECHO CMM DATED ONE
SEVEN OCTOBER SIX ZERO CMM AND CLASSIFIED THREE NINE AIR DIVISION
MESSAGE THREE NINE OID RPT OID ONE TWO TWO THREE CMM DATED ONE
TWO OCTOBER SIX ZERO PD THE WITNESS USED THE TERM EXPLOSIVE TYPE
TO DESCRIBE THE SHORT DURATION OF THE SIGHTING PD THE OBJECT DID NOT
HAVE THE INTRINSIC CHARACTERIS…