Honshu, Japan, October 1960October 1960

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Honshu, Japan, October 1960 in October 1960. The full case file (5 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 40.

Reported location

Honshu, Japan, October 1960

Date of incident

October 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 40

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

3 MILITARY ATR PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
. DATE LOCATIO 2. CONCLUSIONS |
LD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSION
3 Qet 60 Honsm Japan 0 Was Bolloon
4 i - oe fies dev 1 Probably Bolison
f ee eee fen eet eer reer eee ere eee | (7) Possibl Balloon
{ 3. DATE-TIMZ GROUP A. TYPE OF DASERYATION : olds 4
: Fgal z Tn BLP Ret
1 ATT ERA a NR EAS A " 0 Grownd.Visvol [J Ground-Radar uF Sow AA GIOTN
, { oy ETERS 0 Probably Airzral?
i i 0 / \ Fy Pp # Passih Moreraks
3 17 mea 7, 24 Sabet CO Aj Vizunl C Alr-intsr=apt Todar 0 Pesaibly Airerof
BT ET A eT ee po amr Ta (SET To 0 7 CHE eo ee agin Ga
: 5. PHOTOS §. SOURCE 1 Was Astronomical
3 0 Yas 0. Probably Astronomical [abe !
3 “ \l Mil Ad apy ¢ 0 Possibly Astronamieni
3 5 ND Vili val y
4 7. LENGTH O2 0A5EZRVATION 8. NUMBER OF 03J=2CTYS5 | 9. COURSE TE ISRO er I TELS
y 0 insufticient Dora for Evaluation
l sec | one SE Descending |O Urknown
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i PRESS S—— p— — | PUNE. —— an — - - — nc pr  —  — ————— — A ——— a — —
10, BRIZF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11. COMMENTS
2 Cne round white object with tail 16-20 time Probable meteor. Other pilots in area
as long eas main body close to observer, very report seeing meteor.
3 Be EC EE Sag CER ANE Lar rm 0
k- brilliznt appeared at 30° above Je at 020°
ozimuth, Disappeared instantaneously at 0=5°
3 vove g/c at 315° azimuth, Tail faded in
F intensity. Visible for only 1 sec.
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E ATIC FORM 329 (R2YV 25 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28989758

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1960 1960-10-01