Sea of Okhotsk USSR-Japanese Area, January 1958January 1958

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Sea of Okhotsk USSR-Japanese Area, January 1958 in January 1958. The full case file (6 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 32.

Reported location

Sea of Okhotsk USSR-Japanese Area, January 1958

Date of incident

January 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

6 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 32

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 6

Transcribed text

1 i PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD pi
! 1. DATE | E LOCATION (12. CONCLUSIONS
3 i | Sea of Okhotsk G6 ae Balen
| 22 Jan 58 | USSR - Japanese Area 8 Brondbly Balen
3 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF DBSERVATICN Fagubiiion Said
G Sa § CO Was Aircraft
Local ie ner | 3 Ground-VYisucl 4 Ground-Redar = Probably’ Aireroft
: SE had, 2 De ed “4
4 GMT 22/ 10 407 | O%Air Visual 0 Air-intercept Radar | 0 Possibly Aircraft
Bo 5. PHOTOS { 8. SOURCE 2 Was Astronomical MO LoOr
4 0 Yes I Probably Astronomical
| £ No | RB_50 Crow (USAF) 0 Possibly Astronomical
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | oiilo ty yf piston er fe Ae
0 i O insufficient Data for Evaluation
A] x | 0 Unknown
E les s=20s one SE to NW
L 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [WE CORES
1 Brilliant blue-green obj w/trail of Descriptions, characteristics &
4 ‘I same color observed by RB-50 crew pattern are those of a typical
E while at 15,000 ft. Appeared to pass |bolide (fireball), a number of whic
y close to a/c in flat descending have been rptd fm that area.
trejectory, disappearing w/whitish-
2 v2llow flash,
E ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
Fo
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28976826

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Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1958 1958-01-01