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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  23 Aug 49 23/0630Z | Misawa KX AFB, Japan  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Military | AIRCRAFT  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS |   |
|  ONE |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  Not Reported | Object appeared to resemble a tow target. Observers report that the object could not have been a Japanese kite due to the speed, and also that it was not an a/c due to its shape. Observers were four pilots. Three T-6s and five F-80s were airborne at the time of sighting. These pilots reported no unusual objects.…

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AF FORM 117 - PART I
SECRET
1-102 674
Japan
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
Unidentified object
Northern Japan
Headquarters Far East Air Forces,
September 1949
23 August 1949
S-2
Captain Samuel F. Hepford
Four (4) USAF Flying Officers
Air Memorandum Number 4, dated 15 February 1949

An object which appeared to resemble a tow target was observed by
four (4) F-30 pilots from the steps of the operations building which is
located along the ramp at Misawa Air Force Base. The observers agree
that the object resembled a tow-target, however, no tow plane was seen.
Sighted on 23 August…

AF FORM 112 - PAST 8
SECRET UNCLASSIFIED
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

Headquarters, Far East Air Forces IR-266-49 2-105849

Report of sighting of an unidentified object 23 August 1949 at Misawa Air Force Base in accordance with AIR Memorandum Number 4, dated 15 February 1949.

GENERAL
1. 23 August 1949
2. 1530 K
3. a. Ground
(1) Misawa Air Force Base, Japan
(2) Front steps 49th Fighter Group, Operations Building, located on the ramp approximately two thirds in from the west end.
(3) Lat. 40°32'N, Long. 141°21'E.
b. Air
(1) Personnel airborne at time of sighting report nil sightings.
c.…

UNCLASSIFIED
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
3-1-3

Object seen at three (3) miles --- six (6) feet by thirty (33) feet

Last sighted here

P-80 warming up here

Apparent flight path

Trees

49th Ops building

First sighted here

Line of sight interrupted by RB-17 parked here

MISAWA AIR FORCE BASE

AIRROXIMATE SCALE 1-76,000

Broken clouds

Object

Apparent flight path

Trees

UNCLASSIFIED

AF FORM 112 - PART II UNCLASSIFIED
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
Headquarters, Far East Air Forces
IR-266-49 4-102641

20. The object disappeared behind an RB-17 which was parked
on the ramp and was not observed again possibly due to
heat waves caused by the F-80 warming up on the ramp.

RELATIVE TO THE OBSERVERS
1. Major AC-34880
Captain A0-40948
Captain A0-45766
Lieutenant
2. 49th Fighter Group, 49th Fighter Wing, APO 919
3. F-80 pilots.
4. Misawa Air Force Base.
5. Flying and related subjects.
6. These officers are qualified F-80 pilots one of which
has 1400 fighter hours. These offic…

AF FORM 112 - PART II UNCLASSIFIED
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
Headquarters, Far East Air Forces IR-266-49 5-11-51

# CERTIFICATE

At approximately 1530 hours on 23 August 1949, the undersigned observed a light or silver-colored rectangular object traveling at an estimated speed of 400 miles per hour. This object did not resemble an aeroplane but appeared identical to a rectangular tow-target.

The object was traveling in a northerly direction at approximately 200 feet altitude or less and paralleling the coast line. This officer was about three miles from the object and observed it du…

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