Eof Kyushu Island Japan radar-visual unidentified-object report — August 1960

On or during August 1960, at or near Eof Kyushu Island Japan, Japan, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: AIRCRAFT OBSERVED BY GROUND RADAR. ACFT NR 081/KB-50/421 OBSERVED OBJECT APPEARING TO BE CHANGE COLOR LIGHT. CO-PILOT WATCHED OBJECT MOVE ACROSS HORIZON FROM LEFT TO RIGHT IN 10 TO 15 ARCH. RIGHT SCANNER OBSERVED OBJECT COME INTO VIEW LASTING APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 SECONDS AND THEN FADE OUT DESCRIBING OBJECT AS ORANGE BALL OF LIGHT WITH LIGHT FLUORESCENT TRAIL FOLLOWING CURVA- TURE OF EARTH. The object was observed to make a 90 degree turn in front of the observer and its estimated speed was several thousand M.P.H. The object disappeared within 4 to 5 seconds. Discrete of Motion: None Satellite: (AFCIN-4F3, Phone 69219) None reported to be reentering at this time.