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UFO case file · UFO-31505

Misawa AB Japan unidentified aerial event — March 1961

CE1Japan1961-03-01

Misawa AB Japan, Japan

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Case description

On or during March 1961, at or near Misawa AB Japan, Japan, the source reports the following sequence: REFERENCE MOON DUST ALERT, THE FOLLOWING IS SUBMITTED: AT 1944 LOCAL 13446GCT 28 MAR 61 AN UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT WAS OBSERVED TRAVELING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. WHEN ORIGINALLY SIGHTED IT WAS AT AN AZIMUTH OF APPROXIMATELY 113 DEGREES FROM MISAWA AB AND DISAPPEARED FROM SIGHT DUE TO CLOUDS WHEN ITS AZIMUTH WAS APPROXIMATELY 092 DEGREES. THE OBSERVER WHO SAW THIS STATES THAT IT WAS AT A TREMENDOUS HEIGHT, HAD A PULSATING ORANGE FLAME AND A FOLLOWING CONTRAIL LIKE APPENDAGE WHICH SEEMED TO EVAPORATE AS SOON AS IT WAS GENERATED. THE INDIVIDUAL WHO SIGHTED IT IS A VERY RELIABLE WEATHER OBSERVER.

Recorded details

Local time
1944
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
MONTH_ONLY

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