Japan, December 1960December 1960

Insufficient Data

Summary

On December 29, 1960, the crew of a T-33 aircraft over Japan reported one object near the Miho radio beacon. The object had an indefinite shape, about the size of a basketball at arm's length. It showed a bright light that changed color in a definite cycle, from intense white to cherry red to green to blue to white.

The object appeared at about 10 degrees elevation bearing 330 degrees from Miho. It disappeared at about 10 degrees elevation bearing 270 degrees from Miho. It moved straight and level and faded to the rear of the aircraft. The sighting lasted about 3 minutes. The observers were two senior Air Force pilots.

The Air Force comment lists the cause as the reentry of a Discoverer satellite.

Reported location

Japan, December 1960

Date of incident

December 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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| ¢ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
"|". pate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
a - OD Wos Bolloon
29 Dec 60 Japan o Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
0 Was Aircraft :
Local TT E— 0 Ground-Visval 0 Ground-Rador a Probably Aivarelt
CMT 29/12372 X Air Vial O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
OYes =o O Probably Astronomical
Cl No Military 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ‘0 Othey_oBtellite Fgura y
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Wd 3 min one descending |9 Unknown
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| Indefinite shape, aprox size of basketball at | Reentry of Discoverer ly ON
; arm's length. Bright light changing from
intense whita to cherry red to green to blue
| to white. Appeared 10° elevation bearing 330°
srom Miho. Disappeared 10° elevation bearing
270° from Miho. Object appeared to change colo
| in 8 definite sycle. Faded to rear of a/c.
1 ATIC ORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
ig PE) EEE RT :

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