Misawa AB, Japan, March 1961March 1961

Insufficient Data

Summary

On March 28, 1961, an object was reported near Misawa Air Base, Japan, about 10:44 a.m. local time. The object was at tremendous height and moved on an azimuth from about 110 degrees to 070 degrees, in a general direction from south to north. It had a pulsating orange flame and a contrail that did not last. No other information was given.

On Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, the comment said there was insufficient data to form a conclusion.

Reported location

Misawa AB, Japan, March 1961

Date of incident

March 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 AL N Vi a 0 Wos Bolloon
: 28 March, 1961 Mysawa AB, Japan 0 Prebebly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Ballesn
F ) lal ; (= TE Ai f
104k G o bs os ircraott
i Local @ Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar 0 Prebebly Aircraft
CMT O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rodor DO Possibly Aircraft
E 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probobly Astronomical
a Ne MIlitary OD Possibly Astronomical :
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Ee CE SA SS Ne
0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
O Uni
13 sec 1 070° ETE
‘rs - - a 1 { or * "
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Up JC travelling im 110" 11. COMMENTS Insufficient Data given to
az to 070° az in general southerly to Northerly form conclusion.
direction. Tremendous height w/pulsating
orange flame and contrail which did not persigt
No other info. Moon Dust report.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 16 SEP 52)
S.

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