Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 1952May 1952

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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 Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 1952 in May 1952. The full case file (4 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 10.

Reported location

Misawa Air Base, Japan, May 1952

Date of incident

May 1952

State / country

? / XX

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 10

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4

Transcribed text

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V. oate YEE LOCATION  (HOWSHU)  ( 12. concLusions |
! 8 1p 52 ie Misawa Air Dase, Japan [O Wos Balloon
Ie Probably Balloon :
3. OATE-TIME GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION TROUT a
SR TI. NX round: Visual O Ground-Radar = Probably Aircraft |
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5 PHOTOS 1 8. SOURCE DO Was Astronomical!
; 2 Yes : O Probobly Astronomical i
& No 2 soldiers OC Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION “18. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 2 Other oie
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| 2 minutes each | 3 E ng a for Evaluation
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: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
(2) blue flashes, one red color. (Three flashes observed by soldiers
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"Flash". on guard) #1 flash and #2 flash were
go spaced 20 minutes third flash had arcing
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3 ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) : ;

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28941920

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Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Misawa Air Base

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1952 1952-05-01