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Tachikawa-Ykota AFB, Japan, January 1958

Date of account
1958-01
Location
Tachikawa-Ykota AFB, Japan
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 2Jan._58(5 sightngs) Techikawa-Ykota AFB.Japan 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possi bly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Locol1915-2200-1858-1915 口 Was Aircraft DGround-Visual Ground-Radar (one not given) 口 Probably Aircraft GMT02/0715Z DAirVisuol D Air-intercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft S.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE Was Astronomical Meteor Ys Probably Astronomical BNo Military 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS9.COURSE 口 Other. 4-6 sec-15sec-not given 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluotion 口 Unknown 10 sec-15sec ouo SW-W-S-NE-NE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS lst-bright redobj, like welding tordh The earth is snow entering a meteoric shower called the of cigar.2)obj shape of pinhead glow- ouandrantids," which have ing red w/bright red tail approx 2o ft long & slow paths of medui

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