Kadena, OKINAWA, April 1961April 1961

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Summary

On April 28, 1961, an Air Force pilot saw an object about 2 miles west of Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, around 10:40 p.m. (GMT) at night. The pilot, a lieutenant colonel and assistant director of wing operations, was rated very reliable and was flying an F-100F at 24,000 feet, heading southwest at 300 knots.

The object was bullet shaped and bluish white, with a fiery tail about the same length as the object itself. It followed a descending arc in a northerly direction and appeared to burn out around 24,000 feet. The sighting lasted a few seconds. The sky was clear.

The Air Force found that the description given by the witness fit a bolide. A check showed no satellite reentries at that time.

Reported location

Kadena, OKINAWA, April 1961

Date of incident

April 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
re 3 Ly EEEER 4, / 3 O Was Balloon
« 'K/ rh w/ A O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon
" 0 Was Aircraft
ROO) ei » Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador QO Probably Aircraft
GMT. vo (a so “4 “£ AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS - SOURCE 0. Was Astronomical 2
0 Yes § “- Probably Astronomical
D-Ne Y 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE SSR UN TE Es MAA
0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
: 3 O Unknown
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| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
. seription © n iect ziven by the
2 ‘nt tnesses conforms to a nolide, Check
; , 0 r'Ce ot | reveals no satellite reentries this
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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