UFO case file · UFO-29845
Chitose Hokkaido Misawa Japan unidentified aerial event — December 1957
Chitose Hokkaido Misawa Japan, Japan
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File 5542 December 12-25, 1957 Chitose-Hokkaido-Misawa, Japan 6 photos The image contains three photographs of what appear to be unidentified flying objects (UFOs). 1957-12-6975037-Chitose-Hokkaido-MisawaJapan-5542-.pdf2.txt Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan Date: 15 November 1957 Time: 1830 hours Two Air Force pilots, 1st Lieutenant Kenjiro Yoshida and 2nd Lieutenant Isao Akita, were on a training flight in a T-33 jet aircraft over Chitose Air Base, Hokkaido, Japan, when they observed three unidentified flying objects. The pilots reported that the objects were round in shape, approximately 30 to 50 feet in diameter, and had a metallic or aluminum-like appearance. The objects were observed to change direction and speed rapidly, with the pilots estimating their speed to be approximately 600 to 700 mph. REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT 1. Time observed: 5.
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