Misawa AB, Japan, July 1960July 1960

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Summary

On July 19, 1960, a U.S. Air Force senior master sergeant saw an object near Misawa Air Base, Japan, at about 7:35 p.m. local time. The sighting was made from a taxicab and lasted about 6 seconds. The object was brilliant white with a bluish tint and was about the size of the evening star. No tail was seen. There was no sound. It moved slower than a shooting star and seemed to drop straight down. It was about 10 degrees above the horizon and dropped slowly below it. The sky was mostly clear. The Air Force concluded the sighting was astronomical, a possible daytime meteor.

Reported location

Misawa AB, Japan, July 1960

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 39

Original case file scans

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| MILITARY PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
| 1. DATE | 2 LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Wes Boll
19 Jul 60 Misawa AB, Japan QO Probobly Bellosn
| 3 oaTe-Tine croup a TYPE OF OBSERVATION I VR W—
LOH css ————— KM Ground- Visual O Ground-Roder s Bay Aiverele
GMT___19/10352 Q Air Visvel O Atr-inmtercopt Redey |B Possibly Alrereht
| 5S. PHOTOS » SOUR 0 Wes Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astrenomicel
0 No Military ¢f Possibly Astronomicel Meteo
0)
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE TRE TT R— —
QO Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
6 sec one 280° 8 Unknown
iy |10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Brilliant white cbject with bluish tint. Tail [Possible observation of daytime meteor,
net observed. No scund. Disappeared over horizop. tail not always being observed in these
Slower than shootinz star. In sigat 6 sec. cases.
Appeared to drop vermizally below horizon
from 10° altitude.
EERE —
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987854