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* ns SST Pee TE ELSE ES oe memes we =; r i" FED i | (CLASSIFICATION) % ‘ae > i « AF-FORM P—PART I APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 COUNTRY Taras ‘ ‘ REPORT NO. m-3-53 (LEAVE BL Cr L, ” 2: 2 F T | , AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPOR SUBJECT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) ASHTYA AIR BASE, KYUSHU, JAPAN 4334 Troop Carrier Wing (M), APO 75 DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 14 Mareh 1953 7 March 1953 O-3 PREPARED BY (Officer) k SOURCE ROBERT W. MOORE, 2nd Lt., USAF 1955-1 AACS Detachment REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) AFL 200-5, dated 29 Apr 52, SUBJ: ‘Intelligence-Unidentified Flying Object Reporting. SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report, Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112—Part II.) One unidentified flying object observed both visually and by GCA by eight (8) personnel at 2137 ITEM, 7 March 1953 at Ashiya Air Base, APO 75, Kyushu, Japan. Other flying objects observed until 2212 ITEM by GCA only, one (1) F~94 and one (1) crash boat dispatched to the ares both reporting negative sightings. JOHN J, BRINLEY Gaptain, ‘SAF 8 Wing Intelligence Officer eS I Qh lh HM Te A 8 Tost a SE.SMPRUY anata wt Pg a een, is nae MOORS DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR HEADQUARTERS 1 copy to: USAF ATTN: Director of Intelligence Washington 25, D. C. NOTE: THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE ACT, 50 U. S.C.— 31 AND 32, AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAW. IT MAY NOT BE REPRODUCED IN WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF. lean yx U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1950—O-918331 Declassification Authority: NND 57565