TOKYO JAPAN radar-visual unidentified-object report — September 9, 1952

On or during September 9, 1952, at or near TOKYO JAPAN, Japan, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Targets observed on ASA report of GCA units traveling at high speed. No sound reported. Targets varied from one to three, did not change in reported sighting. This type of observation frequently reported in Korea. OCR text output: AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT COUNTRY: JAPAN SUBJECT: UFOBRT DATE: 25 October 1952 LOCATION: TOKYO Area DATE-TIME GROUP: 2 September 1952 SOURCES: Lt Col USCAF GUSTO, Comndr, USAF AACS, Far East Air Transport Wing, APO 925 This report concerns unidentified flying objects picked up by the GCA Unit at Haneda AFB, Japan, and later contacted by GCI at Shiroi AFB, Japan. SUMMARY: On 2013 LST, 6 Sept 1952 source observed an unidentified object on the scope of the GCA radar at the Tokyo Air Base (Tachikawa Air Base). The original target remained on the scope for 15 minutes while others were only observed for a period of from 2 to 3 minutes. There was no aircraft traffic reported in the local area at the time of the sighting. Their flight is generally low, take place from sunrise to midnigit, and usually range from 500 to 15,000 feet, while the altitude when circling in local areas is generally much higher, in addition to local civil and military aircraft, there are often sighted in the area. This contact was in approximately the same position as the contact on 5 Aug 52, and reported on FEAF IR-55-52, dated 12 Aug 52. SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects, Tokyo International Airport (Haneda), 9 August 1952. The 5th Gunnery Squadron of the 3d Air Division, USAF, reported the following information: a.