Itazuke, Japan, January 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-01
- Location
- Itazuke, Japan
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 18 January 1956 Itazuke, Japan αXProbably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT_18/0100Z XXirVisual 口 Possibly Aircraft D Air-Intercept Radar 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical ONKDX Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 45 sec one southerly 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS White, appearing to have shape of Object moving in opposite direc project balloon at 40000 ft. moving tion of sighting. Probable fast. Nosmoke, no contrail. balloon sighting. ATIC FORM 329(REV 26SEP 52)
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