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MILITARY GROUND
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  25 Oct 60 | Okinawa | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  Local 1915 GMT 25/1015Z | ☐ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Military | ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 5-7 mi…

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PP RJEDSQ
DK RJACKA 196
P 251635Z
FM HEDADIV 313 KADENA AB OKINAWA
TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO
RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
RJEZHQ/HQ USAF AFCIN WASH 25 DC
RJEZHQ/SECRETARY AF SAFIS WASH 25 D C
INFO RJHPKM/PACAF HICKAM AFB TH
RJAPAA/SAF FUCHU AIR STN JAPAN
BT
UNCLAS E F T O 3130C-I U-18-168. UFO FOR AFCIN AND
SAFIS USAF ALL OTHER ADDRESSEES FOR INTELLIGENCE. REFERENCE
PAR. 15, AFR 228-2, DATED 14 SEP 59. DATA IS SUBMITTED AS
FOLLOWS: ITEM ALPHA: DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT: (1) SHAPE:
ROUND (2) SIZE: EQUIVALENT TO MARS (…

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POINTED OUT TO OBSERVERS BY TWO UNIDENTIFIED MARINE OFFICERS

(2) ANGLE: 45 DEGREES FROM OBSERVERS VIEWPOINT. AZIMUTH: TO SE MOVING EAST TO WEST WHEN FIRST SIGHTED. (3) GOING FROM NW TO SE WHEN LAST SIGHTED. (4) FLIGHT PATH: CIRCULAR, OBJECT WHEN FIRST DETECTED APPEARED TO BE 58MM EAST OF OKINAWA AND CONTINUED IN A CIRCULAR (ROUGHLY) AROUND THE OBSERVERS. DID NOT FLUCTUATE IN PATH OF ORBIT AND DIS-APPEARED GRADUALLY TO SE. (5) GRADUALLY (6) DURATION OF SIGHTING: APPROXIMATELY FIVE TO SEVEN MINUTES. ITEM COCOA: MANNER OF OBSERVATION (1) GROUND VISUAL (2) NONE (3) N/A ITEM D…

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BE VERY SINCERE AND ANXIOUS TO PROVIDE ACCURATE DATA IN A
CONCISE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE MANNER, WAS DEFINITE THAT UFO WAS
NOT A WEATHER BALOON. (OTHER TWO OFFICERS WERE CERTAIN OF
THIS FACTOR TOO AS THEY UTILIZE THESE ITEMS IN THE PERFORMANCE
OF THEIR DUTY) MAJOR OTTO I. SVENSON JR. USMC, 851271, Hq. BTRY
12TH MAR, 3RD MARDIV, DUTY: ASST. COORDINATOR FIRE SUPPORT
COORDINATION CENTER. ESTIMATE OF RELIABILITY: SAME AS FIRST
OFFICER. MAJOR HOWARD A. WESTPHALL USMC, 847151, 2ND BN, 12TH
MAR, 3RD MARDIV, DUTY: EXECUTIVE OFFICER BN. ESTIMWUE OF
RELIABILITY: SAME AS FIRST TWO OFFIC…

UNCLASSIFIED

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RESULTED IN NEGATIVE REPORT ON AIRCRAFT IN GENERAL VICINITY AT TIME OF SIGHTING. ITEM KILO: OFFICER IPEPARING REPORT: CAPTAIN JOHNNY W. SHANKS, AO 590455, CHIEF OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE 313TH AIR DIVISION, APO 239. POSSIBLE EXPLANATION: BECAUSE OF DEFINITE OPINION OF OBSERVERS THAT THIS WAS NOT A BALLOON AT THE TIME DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RELEASE AND SIGHTING, THERE IS NO EVALUATED ANALYSIS OF THIS SIGHTING. HOWEVER, THESE OFFICERS DID REPORT THIS IMMEDIATELY TO ADCC, NAHA AND APPEARED TO BE MATURE, INTELLIGENT INDIVIDUALS, (JESPECIALLY IN THEIR PRESENTATION OF …

JOINT MESSAGEFORM
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
UNCLASSIFIED
SPACE BELOW RESERVED FOR COMMUNICATION CENTER
1960 NOV 1 18 11
21A1
21A1
21A1

|  PRECEDENCE | TYPE MSG (Check) | ACCOUNTING SYMBOL | ORIG. OR REFERS TO | CLASSIFICATION OF REFERENCE  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  ACTION ROUTINE | TRUE | AF | 3130C-I U-10-168 | UNCLAS  |
|  INFO |  |  |  |   |

FROM:
ATIC W-P AFB
TO:
KADENA AB, OKINAWA
RJACKA

UNCLAS FROM: AFCIN-4E2x 10-3175-E
4Q 313TH ADIV. YOUR MSG 3130C-I U-10-168, DTD 25 OCT 60, REF ITEM B(2) OF YOUR MSG, THE AZIMUTH OF THE OBJ WHEN FIRST SEEN IS RPTD TO BE TO THE SOUTHEAST. IN …

RECEIVED
1960 NOV 3 07 10
2

RB375
MCZCSQD525ZCQYD409
RR RJEDSQ
DE RJACKA 58
R 030516Z
FM ADIV 313 KADENA AB OKINAWA
TO ATIC WPAFB OHIO
BT
UNCLAS E F T O 31300-I U-11-29. FOR AFCIN-4E2X.

THIS MESSAGE IN TWO PARTS. PART I. REFERENCE YOUR 11-3175-E.
IN CLARIFICATION OF OUR REPORT ON 25 OCT, THE FOLLOWING IS
SUBMITTED: REFERENCE GOLF TWO, SURFACE WINDS 12 KNOTS NNE
GUSTS TO 20. 6000 FEET, 20 DEGREES, 18 KNOTS. 10,000 FEET,
360 DEGREES, 12 KNOTS. 16,000 FEET, 330 DEGREES, 14 KNOTS.
20,000 FEET, 310 DEGREES, 22 KNOTS. 30,000 FEET, 280 DEGREES,
25 KNOTS. 50,000 FEET, 240 DEGREES, 41 KNOTS. 80,000 F…

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GOLF FIVE, CLOUD COVER, SCATTERED CUMULUS W TO NE ON HARIZON. GOLF SIX, NONE. GOLF SEVEN, TEMPERATURE GRADIENT, 75 GREES FAHRENHEIT AT SURFACE, DEW POINT 63 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. WO3 EVANS, FORECASTER FOR THE 10TH WEATHER GP, DET 7, KADENA AB, PROVIDIDED THIS INFORMATION THIS DATE. PART II. REFERENCE ITEMS BRAVO TWO AND BRAVO FOUR, THIS INFORMATION WAS RECONFIRMED WITH ONE OF THE OBSERVERS, MAJOR BURROUGHS, THIS DATE, WHO REITERATED THAT THE INFORMATION HE GAVE WAS CORRECT AS STATED AND THAT ELEVATION OF OBJECT WHEN LAST SEEN COULD NOT BE DETERMINED BECAUSE OF ITS GRA…