Kunashiri Island, Japan, March 1958March 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

On March 1, 1958, off Kunashiri Island, Japan, fishermen reported two luminous objects in the night sky. At 8:34 p.m. they saw a glowing body that disappeared after about 10 minutes at an altitude of roughly 2,000 meters. Its color could not be determined. At 9:03 p.m. the same day, they saw another glowing body rise gradually for about 20 minutes before disappearing. Its color was not certain but was not red or green. The reports came from Japanese fishermen and were recorded by a maritime safety agency, which did not investigate further. The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force noted the witnesses would likely know local weather and clouds, and the case was marked as insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Kunashiri Island, Japan, March 1958

Date of incident

March 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
Ls eT CONCLUSIONS Fomor iii 0
[1 pate |2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wos Bolloon
1 March 1958 | kXunashiri Island, Japan |O Probably Balloon
CL MaECh PRE CL LL ATION 0 5 H B
3. DATE-TIME GROUP i TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ele peRutBly BE oon
SN Ea Lav As ¢ i
Local 2034 5 2103 CX Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radaor = Laie a eran
| GMT 01/11347, 120372 0 Air Visual 0) Air-Intarcspt Roder D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 4 4. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
| O Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
| 72% No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
Latah PIMRINON aah i RITE PBS 0 20 both nd MA LB TE eer
| 7. LENGTH OF ORSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Glt Others
§ Ek 10 minutes | 7X Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
53 te ¥ Fits | 3 Unknown
Lo 20 minutes one ea time not reported
jt. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
| 1) Luminous body that disappeared Observations by fishermen who !
after ten minutes at an altitude of would probably be familiar with
2,000 m, Color not determined. clouds and other weather pneno-
| 2) Lumigous body observed TO rise mena in the area. Insufficient
: gradually for about 20 minutes, Color data for evaluation.
| not identified but not rea Or Sree. |
Loni se RE EC er a
7 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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