Motobu Peninsula, Island, Okinawa, March 1950March 1950

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Summary

On March 27, 1950, at approximately 10:30 a.m., a radar operator at a gun position on Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa, detected an unidentified object on radar. The object was first picked up at 13,000 feet and tracked in a southeasterly direction toward a point over a mountain. The initial radar pickup remained stationary for 10 minutes before moving southeast. The object moved on a heading of 220 degrees for 2 minutes, covering a distance of 16.9 miles. An additional radar in the area did not pick up the object. The object moved faster than an operator could track. The observation lasted approximately 10 to 20 minutes and was tracked by radar for approximately 2 minutes after the object started to move. The Air Force concluded the sighting was unidentified.

Reported location

Motobu Peninsula, Island, Okinawa, March 1950

Date of incident

March 1950

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 7

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

1. DATE - TIME GROUP
27 March 50 27/0130Z

2. LOCATION
Motobu Peninsula, Island, Okinawa

3. SOURCE
Military

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
1

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10 min. (Gmd-Observed)
2 min. (Tracked)

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Radar

7. COURSE
Not Reported

8. PHOTOS
D Yes
EXNo

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
D Yes
EXNo

10. CONCLUSION
UNIDENTIFIED

Not submitted to Radar Analysts at time of receipt in 1950. [illegible] not consistent with A/C. Weather and other known objects. Gun Radar picked up object at 13,000 ft tracked in SJ direction to point over a mountain. Could not track beyond this point. Initial pickup ob.ject remained stationary for 10 minutes prior to moving to SJ. Range to initial point of pickup was 16 milo. Object moved on heading of 220 deg for 2 minutes covering a distance of 16.9 miles. Additional Radar in area did not pick up.object. Speed faster than Operator could track.

FORM
FTD SEP 43 C-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be used.

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