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USAF record 28976517

28976517

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 4 Jan 58 (2 sightings)

2. LOCATION Tachikawa & Yokota AFB, JAPAN

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local not given by 1 obs GMT 2150 [ILLEGIBLE]

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS O Yes O No

6. SOURCE Military

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2 or 3 secs 2 - 4 secs

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE down

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Obj broke up, gave off smoke, changed brightness & shape & flickered, Color of star first, then turned green just before disappearance, Seemed to have shape of football 2 ft in diameter. Obj flickered, white to greenish white, tear shaped, size of quarter, had trail about half as long as main obj.

11. COMMENTS [REDACTED] data given, obj appears to have been a meteor.

ATIC FORM 399 (REV 26 SEP 58)

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