Wof Noshironinato Japan unidentified aerial event — February 1959

On or during February 1959, at or near Wof Noshironinato Japan, Japan, the source reports the following sequence: COMDK 4F1S MISAWA AB JAPAN RJ JWFAL/CINCPAC ENT AFB COLO RJEDSQ/COMDR AIR TECH INTELL CEN WPAFB OHIO RJEZIIIQ/ASST OF TECH INTELL CEN NEDLIN AFB WASH 25 DC INFO/CC/CINCPAC/COMDR PAP WASH25 DC JPPADZ/COMDR SAPOFU CHU AB JAPAN RJHPKM/CINCPACAF HICKAM AFB TH THE SHAPE OF THE UFO COULD BE DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: THE OBJECT OBSERVED BY THE PILOTS WAS LARGE AND BRIGHTER THAN A STAR. PAGE TWO RJAPNC 203 ADDITIONAL INFO: THE OBJECT OBSERVED HAD NO DISCERNIBLE TAIL OR OTHER APPENDAGES. TWO OF THE PILOTS SIGHTED THE OBJECT AT APPROXIMATELY 0042Z SIX ZERO AND THE OBJECT WAS OBSERVED APPROXIMATELY DUE WEST OF THEIR COURSE. AFTER MAKING A VISUAL OBSERVATION OF THE OBJECT FOR SIX ZERO AND THE OBJECT MAINTAINED THIS HEADING FOR OVER SEVERAL MINUTES AND THEN APPEARED TO TURN AWAY AND INCREASE SPEED TO A POINT WHERE IT DISAPPEARED. THE OBJECT IN QUESTION WAS SIGHTED BY TWO F-86D'S AND THE WEATHER WAS CLEAR TO SCATTERED THE AIRCRAFT MAINTAINED AN ALTITUDE OF 15,000 FEET. UNKNOWN APPROXIMATELY NINE THOUSAND PILOTS IN THE VICINITY WERE QUERIED BY THE PILOTS AND ATTEMPTED TO PAINT THE OBJECT ON THEIR SCOPES - AND FAILED TO PAINT THE OBJECT VISUAL HEADING THE OBJECT SEEMED TO REMAIN STATIONARY AND THEN CHANGE HIS COURSE IN A DIRECT LINE WITH HIS COURSE PROFILE THE F-8S LOST ALTITUDE THE OBJECT APPEARED TO MAINTAIN ALTITUDE WITH THE F-8S THE PILOT OBSERVED THAT LOSS IN ALTITUDE OF THE OBJECT THE PILOTS COMPARED TO A RUNWAY LIGHT AT ABOUT ONE HUNDRED YARDS.