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AF FORM. 112—PaRT | APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 GXED + / (CLASSIFICATION) , COUNTRY ‘ REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANK) mp er Ryukyus Islands __ R-1-53 i im tee (2/ DAP l AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT Unidentified Flying Object Report AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Ryukyus Island D/I, fq 20th Air Force, APO 239 DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION ‘ . EVALUATION 27 June 1953 24 June 1953 C3 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE Ca Lawrence E, Randal} ather Service, Naha [Diz Current. Intell, D/1 20th Aty Force Base Weather Service, TAB, Okinawa ~ REFERENCES (Control number, directive, 8 report, etc., as applicable USAF BAIR 34-1521 AFL 200-5 ata 29 Apr 52 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 object, spherical to star shaped was sighted both visually and through a theodelite by 9 Okinawan and Japanese weather observers on Okinawa from approximately 1900I to 1920I 21 June 1953, ‘The object, estimates of size ranging fron a small star to a baseball, had no propulsion or exhaust trail but seemed to be traveling in a NW direction at an estimated speed of from 20 to 45 miles an hour at about 20,000 feet, Although the ebject was discribed as being a silvery or metallic coler, all observers discounted the possibility of it being a jet aircraft, APPROVED, EVALUATION BY PREPARING OFFICER: gk a W. F. WILKERSON Deen SPF Major, USAF 0 . LEWIS Chi theckot Deputy for Intelligence [Ay v0, \ | Dc Oe USAF os -_ a 7 lA, SA F tm, & Pe ow . id way 738 Lf) rh § oP | a ae i ng | oan br "CY 6920 Scty Gp \ ~ CY USAirA, Tokyo v ~i lm Te FIL Alas ban~ Av Cammand hoe na \ (" “Le aree, wP-AFE ras if) Lon Dir Feat, AT2 INCLS. (1) Map of Sightings DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR G-2, Rycom, 1 cy with inclosures VP-1, US Navy, 1 cy with inclosures DO #3, OSI, 1 cy with inclesures 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 !N WHOLE OR IN PART, BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AGENCIES, EXCEPT BY PERMISSION OF THE DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE, USAF. 0165-—-FEC Printing Plant—-12/49-—6M Declassification Authority: NND 57565