Itazuke, Japan, January 1956January 1956

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 Itazuke, Japan, January 1956 in January 1956. The full case file (4 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 24.

Reported location

Itazuke, Japan, January 1956

Date of incident

January 1956

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

FRA PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ! |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; 0 Was Balloon
18 January 1936 Itazuke, Japan XP robably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0. Rassibly Dailodn
Local ooo O Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar & Brebably Alresefs |
GMT 18/ 0100Z XXir Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probobly Astronomical
XTNo Milit ary O Possibly Astronomical i
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oho [117 Ph Ra SEED
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation i
O Unknown !
45 sec one southerly : |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS i
White, appearing to have shape of Object moving in opposite direc :
project balloon at 40000 ft, moving tion of sighting. Probable |
fast. NoSmoke, no contrail. balloon sighting. |
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964584

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Itazuke

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1956 1956-01-01