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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  8 April 53 08/1055Z | Fukuoka, Japan  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Military | UNIDENTIFIED  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |   |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  20 Seconds | AF Pilot first observed a dark object, then the object lit into a "bright blue colored flame". The object appeared approx 5,000 ft above and 20 deg to the right of a/c. Object crossed in front of nose of a/c and maintained a parallel position of about 3 deg to right of nose of the observer's a/c at 1,000 to 2,000 f…

UNCLASSIFIED
AF FORM 112—PART I
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|  COUNTRY | JAPAN  |
| --- | --- |
|  REPORT NO. | IB-1-53  |
|  (LEAVE BLANK) |   |

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

SUBJECT: FLYOBREP
FROM (Agency): I/O, 68th Ftr-Intcp Sqdn. APO 929-2

AREA REPORTED ON: PUKUKKA, KYUSHU
DATE OF REPORT: 9 April 1953
PREPARED BY (Agency): 2nd Lt. Billy B. Coggin, USAF, 68th FIS, Intel Officer
DATE OF INFORMATION: 8 April 1953
EVALUATION: B-3
SOURCE: Air Crew Interrogation

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AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  FROM (Agency) | REPORT NO. | DATE  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  I/O 68th Ftr-Intop Sqdn 929-2 | IR-1-53 | 2 3  |
|   | PAGE 2 OF 2 PAGES |   |

1. Description of Object: Object was a single, bright bluish colored light. Pilot thought he saw, in his peripheral vision, a dark object in the sky, then the object lit into a "bright blue colored flame". The object appeared approximately 4,000 to 5,000 feet above the aircraft and about twenty (20) degrees to the right of the nose of the aircraft. Object crossed…

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AF FORM 112—PART II
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|  FROM (Agency) | I/O, 68th Ftr-Intop Sqdn, APO 925-2 | REPORT NO. | IR-1-53 | PAGE | 3 | OF | 3 | REC'D  |
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D/I FEAF COMMENT:

1. Rawinsonde balloons are scheduled for release from Itazuke Air Force Base at approximately 1600-I time daily; however these balloons do not carry lights.
2. No other information is available which might account for this sighting.

E. M. Manganese, Maj USAF
for GEORGE D. HASTINGS
Colonel, USAF
Director of…

UNCLASSIFIED
AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM (Agency) APO 929-2
I/O 68th Ftr-Intop Sq.
REPORT NO. IR-Q-53
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# STATEMENT

I was returning from K-9, at an altitude of 30,000 feet on a heading of 155 degrees at 200 knots, indicated air speed. There were no clouds and no moon. At approximately 1955I over LE 0000 I sighted an unidentified flying object emitting an intense blue "flame," approximately 4,000 to 5,000 feet above me and about 20 degrees to my right, tracking on an approximate heading of 135 degrees. At that time the obje…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
UNCLASSIFIED
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
FROM (Agency) Report No. PAGE OF PAGES
130° 4 36° 130°
PUSAN
WJLE 0000
19551
34°
WJLD
0-436
19552
WJLD
0-436
19552
USAF
FUKUOKA
FUKUOKA
68AG-2264
UNCLASSIFIED
14-62870-1
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
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