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UFO case file · UFO-31153

40mi SEOf Misawa AB Japan unidentified radar-target report — September 1960

CE1Japan1960-09-01

40mi SEOf Misawa AB Japan, Japan

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Case description

On or during September 1960, at or near 40mi SEOf Misawa AB Japan, Japan, the source reports the following sequence: LOST WHEN PASSED THROUGH STATION'S RADAR BEAM. It moved rapidly at about 20,000-25,000 feet. 1244000 SEP RUN END Transcribed text from the document: AJCB 239 RUJBD 99 14J3927 11, NISHABA AS JAPAN ATTACHA1R DEFENSE COMMAND INT APO COLORADO COPY TO 3ECTRETARY OF THE AIR WASHINGTON DC THRU: HQ USAF WASHINGTON DC THREE ONE ONE ONE YOUR FIGHT FROM AGAIN UAT UFO PARENT 92 ON ONE FOUR SIX ZERO AT ONE ZERO EIGHT ZERO THAT ITEM IS ON ONE FOUR SIX ZERO AT ONE ZERO EIGHT ZERO DURING SQUADRON MISAWA AB GRP REPORTED AN UNUSUAL LIGHT OBJET HAS FLASHING AN E FLASH FIGHT OF FIVE TO SEVEN SECONDS AND LASTED FOR ABOUT THIRTY MINUTES ONE HUNDRED YARDS TO BE LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF MISAWA AB GHQ JAPAN ON A BEARING OF SIX ONE DEGREES APPROXIMATELY SEVEN MILES SOUTHWEST FIVE NINE DEGREES OVER CAST HAVE PERS BE AT TACH WHICH WHITE OBJECT SIGHTING FROM MISAWA AS GUN JAPAN. FLARE TWO JULY 1960 ABOVE OVERCAST AND FELL STRAIGHT DOWN 0.4 AND EITHER FADED OUT OR DISAPPEARED IN OVERCAST BELLY DOWN.ESTIMATED LIFETIME SIGHTING SHOT NO 7 ELAPSED OR OTHER CAUSES IN THE AREA TO ACCOUNT FOR ABOVE SIGHTING CAN AND THEREFORE THE FOLLOWING USAF REPORT IS SUBMITTED WITH USAF TWO ZERO ZERO DASH ONE FOUR DISPATCH AS PER FIVE NINE NINE MISSION AO SIGHTING OF OBJECT COLONY PAREN OLN FAREN CIRCULAR OHGO PAREN TWO PAREN PAREN THREE PAREN GREENISH WHITE PAREN FAREN SPAN PAREN ONE PAREN FIVE PAREN M SLASH A PAREN SIX PAREN PAREN NOPE PAREN COUNT INITIAL OF SAME COLOR PAREN FAREN EIGHT PAREN NOPE PAREN NINE PAREN NOPE PD PD DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OBJECT COLON PAREN ONE PAREN BRIGHT LIGHT APPEARS PD JUST STARTING PD TO PILOT WAS ZERO MILES SOUTHEAST OF MISAWA AB JAPAN ON A HEADING OF 270 SEVEN ZERO DEGREES AT TWO THREE M PD AZIMUTH WAS TRACKED OBJECT HAD NOSE DOWN FD AZIMUTH WAS ZERO DEGREES WHEN DISAPPEARED FD PILOT MAINTAINS STRAIGHT DOWN FD PAREN FIVE PAREN AFTER FIVE PAREN DISAPPEAR ED OBJECT OR DISAPPEARED FD PAREN 3 PAREN SECONDS FD PAREN COLUMN DESCRIPTION OBSERVATION COLON PAREN ONE PAREN H PAREN TWO PAREN N PAREN THREE PAREN PAGE THREE RECORD 32.

Recorded details

Local time
1910 HRS
Craft description
Point of Light
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
MONTH_ONLY

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