MIHO AB, JAPAN, October 1954October 1954

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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 MIHO AB, JAPAN, October 1954 in October 1954. 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 21.

Reported location

MIHO AB, JAPAN, October 1954

Date of incident

October 1954

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 21

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 5

Transcribed text

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; PROJECT 10073 RECORD :
1. DATE - TIME GRuUP 2. LOCATION
28 ocT 5k ke
23/08327, MIHO AB, JAPAN
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
MILITARY UNIDENTIFIED
4. NUMBER OF CBJECTS
AND
UND .
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
DE : Round to oval. Brilliant white. No sound or trail, initial
+5 SECONDS observation at 12-15 deg elevation im SSW with disappearance
nT ee ee pe RS es LHR CO) BUC) fo oc elevats 4 W Wd climbing at same «
c TYPE OF OBSERVATION at 20 e5 deg pela ol in SW. Oba climbing at same ax
passing in front of cloudmlayer at 21,000 ft. Grew larger
GROUND VISUAL and brighter. After 45 second flight obj made right angle
\ J. COURSE turn to North. Movement lateral, disappearing behind cloud
| at 4,000 ft. Observed through TX50 BX. Lateral movement was
| NTO S
| eee een MMT
| 3. PHOTOS GO : Fa ;
: Clouds visible behind obj eliminates star/planet observation.
: O Yes Motion of moving clouds in frontof obj cauld account for
| 1 No motion of obj if this were not the case as presented.
B. 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Therefore, UNIDENTIFIED.
D Yes ;
3 0 No
.
; FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28959990

Connected across the archive

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

MIHO AB

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1954 1954-10-01