Misawa, Japan, July 1960
- Date of account
- 1960-07
- Location
- Misawa, 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 only12. CONCLUSIONS PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Wos Bolloon Probably Bolloon 口 Possi bty Balloon MULTIPLE 2.LOCATION Misawa, Japan 口 Was Aieraft Probably Aircraft 1.DATE 6Ju1 60 DGround-Rodar 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Was Astronomical αGround.Visual D Air-Intercept Radar 口 口 Probably Astronomicol 口 Possibly Astronomicol 3.DATE-TIME GROUP D Ai~Vi sual 0120 Othor- Local_ 6.SOURCE 口 8 Insufficiont Dato for Evgluation 05/16202 Civilian Unknown GMT- 9.COURSE 5.PHOTOS OY. NW-SE 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS one 11.COMMENTS Probable cause of this sighting was a 7.LENGTH OF OBSERYATION 5min weather balloon which reached an altitude sufficient to cause it to explode and the following phenomena attributed to water 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Cne.round object appearing as a white luminous cloud at estimated 36.ooo ft observed to move The cloud was illuminated by the moon, at a slow rate of speed from Nw to SE. Cloud
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