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UFO case file · UFO-35884

Xxxx 11 6783355 Kagoshima Japan radar-visual unidentified-object report — an undetermined date

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Xxxx 11 6783355 Kagoshima Japan, Japan

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Case description

Object round in shape, bright, metallic in appearance, moved silently at high speed. COMMENTS: "Radar contact obtained, unidentified target." BK 06/11/52 HPCTS/SPRAT/9PSA37SCUI18 GO RAJRAD RAJHC RJHMHH RJJAG RJEDDN DE RJJAPSC lA O 272915Z FM CDNDR 65TH FIS TO RJJHMH/CDNDR PACAF RJJAPD/CDNR 5TH AF RJJPAD/CDNR ALAAN AIR COMMAND RJEDDN/CDNR ADC INFO RJJAHC/CDNR HIST AIR DIV ZEN/CDNR 5143D AB3 BT /// UNCLAS///PS-GC-O3 IW. lUFO8Z. (A) A STEADY LIGHT AND SERIES OF LIGHTS. (B) PILOT JUDGED ITS SIZE TO BE THAT OF A WING TIP LIGHT. (C) A SINGLE WHITE, TWO WHITES, BLINKING WHITE (REDDISH HUE AND ORANGE) WERE REPORTED BY DIFFERENT SOURCES AND IT DIFFERENT TIMES. E)UNABLE TO DETERMINE, HOWEVER TWO RETURNS IN THE SAME VICINITY AS A137TH WERE REPORTED BY RADAR SCOPE OPERATOR. ALSO, TWO LIGHTS WERE REPORTED ON EITHER WING BY A137TH. 2) LIGHT OR LIGHT SOURCE WAS REPORTED(STEADY) AT 7 O'CLOCK POSITION. WHEN DISAPPEARED AFTER A TWO TO THREE MINUTE CHASE BY A137th, WHO MADE A 180 DEG. IT DISAPPEARED A SECOND TIME IN GO BANK AS A RESULT OF A SECOND 180 DEG. LIGHT WAS SIGHTED OFF EACH WIND, CORRESPONDING WITH CONTROLLER'S REPORT OF TWO RETURNS ON THEIR SCOPE. FOUR FIFTEEN SECOND FLASHES WERE OBSERVED BEFORE DISAPPEARING FOR THE LAST TIME. A) RAJAR OBSERVED SAW TWO RETURNS IN SAME LOCATION AS A137P AND REPORTED SAME TO A137th. C) LIGHTS DISAPPEARED 23 TO 32 MILES NORTH OF KAGASHIMA. PAGE THREE RJAPSC 1A C) C-47, AIRCRAFT NBR 08976, ALTITUDE 6,000' TO 9,222', ORIGINAL HEADING APPROXIMATELY 235 DEG 162 KM FROM KAGASHIMA, TURNED ON 188 DEG AFTER FOUR MINUTES, RETURNED TO ORIGINAL, SECOND 158 DEG RETURNED TO ORIGINAL, SPEED NEGATIVE, HOME STATION - OSAN, KOREA.

Recorded details

Local time
220
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
UNKNOWN

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