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Misawa AFB, Japan, January 1953

Date of account
1953-01
Location
Misawa AFB, Japan
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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1.DATE-TIMS CROUP 2.1.0 1ON 9Jan 53 9/0950Z Misawa AFB,Japan 3.SOURCE 10.CONCLUSION AF Pilot &Radar Obs. POSSIBLY BALLOON 4.NUMBER OF OBJECTS One 5.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11.BRIEP SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 2 Min. Visual:Stationery light which ontinuously changed color from red to vhite to green.Ho aerodynanic features were 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION obsorved.Observed by AF pilot of F-94 a/c at altitude of Air-Visual 35,coo'for a period of one inute. Radar: Ojbect appeared on radar scope of F-94 a/c as a weak 7.COURSE fuzzy stationary speck for a period of 2minutes. Reported Stationary OOILENTS: 1. Radar set had umusual behavior throuhout 8.PHOTOS nission mt object am radar return seens to coincide. Y 2. Plane overshot object-object seemed to be rising 50 No minutes after Misawa balloon launch. 9.PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Yas RN FORM FTD SEP630-329 (TDE) Provlouaodittonaol thla form may beusad.

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