6 Mi NE Over Itazuke AB, Jap, January 1958January 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from 6 Mi NE Over Itazuke AB, Jap, January 1958 in January 1958. The full case file (6 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 31.

Reported location

6 Mi NE Over Itazuke AB, Jap, January 1958

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

Ebi BE Ea Gah Zh TTY my RET Ew, Sr — at GS wv . i “
: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
: 9 Jan B68 6 Mi NE over Itazufe AB,Jap 5 ‘Eionably baleen
: 3. DATE-TIME CRCUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION SRE NY MItLe9n
3 O Was Aircraft
[A Cf eR CE he OOOO RE - 0 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
MT... 08/Q9457 XKAir Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |B Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS » SOURCE @ Was Astronomical Me teor
QO Yes DO Probably Astronomical
; RK No Militar O Possibly Astronomical
EE ————————————————————————————
7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATICN 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Ofh@uracaco nin
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown {
La 3 sid secs ane Westerly
RO Yas aane—— ——————————n@ster.\y | ee |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Flaming, light blues ball, lzaving tzail Typical fireball characteris-
of flaming pisces which weve apparently tics,
1 breaking off, Disintecrated. |
:
:
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)
ARR SR as ARTEL ONE dy EESTRAE dr ik i i ib eli

/ 6

Use ← → keys to navigate · scans hosted by the U.S. National Archives

Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976589

Connected across the archive

Craft and vessels

T-33

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-01-01

Related case files

Chicago, Illinois, June 1952
Project Blue Book
Shares: T-33
Gordonsville, Virginia, [ILLEGIBLE]
Project Blue Book
Shares: T-33
MEADE, KANSAS, June 1952
Project Blue Book
Shares: T-33
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, [ILLEGIBLE]
Project Blue Book
Shares: T-33
[ILLEGIBLE], June [ILLEGIBLE]
Project Blue Book
Shares: T-33
Fort Monmouth, N. J., July 1952 - Incident Number: [ILLEGIBLE]
Project Blue Book
Shares: T-33
RAPID CITY S D, July 1952
Project Blue Book
Shares: T-33
ATLANTA GA, [ILLEGIBLE]
Project Blue Book
Shares: T-33
BISMARK, N.D., July 1952 - Incident Number: [ILLEGIBLE]
Project Blue Book
Shares: T-33
ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO, July 1952
Project Blue Book
Shares: T-33
KIRTLAND AFB, NEW MEXICO, July 1952
Project Blue Book
Shares: T-33
ORLANDO, FLORIDA, August 1952
Project Blue Book
Shares: T-33