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25- Mi SW of Tokyo, Japan, January 1958

Date of account
1958-01
Location
25- Mi SW of Tokyo, Japan
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 30 Jan 58 25-Mi Sw of Tokyo,Japan 口 Probabiy Balloon 口 Possibiy Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROJP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION not given Ground-Yisual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 Probably Aircraft Air-Intercept Radar 口 Possibiy Aircraft GMT KAGrVisual 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes C ProbablyAstronomical Military Possibly Astronomical KNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE D CtherPoss Missile 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown Flashes- sec duratibn twelve flashes 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Flasbes oflight sighted on three After investigation,it was separate occasions in groups of 5,4, determined this may have been and three. Flashes were descrihed as test missile firing. being yellow to yellow-orange,between the size of a basketball & a bushel basket. Flabhes were stationa

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