Evidence Explorer

This document contains multiple requests for information regarding a UFO sighting reported by a Japanese airline pilot in November 1986. Various individuals and organizations are seeking documentation, photographs, and other materials related to the incident, as mentioned in a broadcast by Paul Harvey.

…uch violent acrobatics, that he sometimes blacks out, as Was the oase here, it would be very diffimilt if not impossible to judge at the same time what another object was doing. In the seoond place, if the pilot kept his eyes intently on the object, as © also was the case here, he would have great diffioulty in knowing and reporting later what he himself was…

…in. respectively.) General Discussion and Summary oe SEENON. in the preceding section the hypothesis has been advanced that nost reports of unidentified flying objects have been the result of persons failing to identify femiliar phenomena, such as reflections from bright surfaces in the day or lights in a night sky. It is believed that this explanation will …

…nute. First of all, it is obvious that it would usually be impossible for observers to make reliable estimates of the speed, distance, or size of such stimmlus objects. It is not possible to estimate accurately € the distance of smll bright objects viewed against a clear sky, unless the object is identified first. If you know beforehand that an object is a w…

…ely bright and luminous and it was the opinion of Mr that there was insufficient light at that hour of the day to produce that bright a reflection from a solid object. These streaks of light, with an overall span greater than & normal aircraft, were all similar. Reeds Rams Adve After seeing the first three objects called upstairs to his wite to bring the cam…

…ght and luminous and it was the opinion of Mr, Maxey that there was insufficient light at that hour of the day to produce that bright a reflection from a solid object. These streaks of light, with an overall span greater than anormal aircraft, were all similar. After seeing the first three objects Mr. Maxey called upstairs to his wife to bring the camera, Wi…

…e Hs | : {5 SECONDS | (Os ee aes “LOST SIGHT FOR IO'SECONDS = = sia (1) RELATIVE POSITION FIRST SIGHTING. “PILOT co HEADING NORTH 360° AT 30,000 FT AND SIGHTED OBJECT — o.. 7 MILES TO HIS” LEFT AT 10,000 FT HEADING | le | | ne PILOT ON “360° HEADING AT 30,000 FT AS OBJECT PASSED: IN FRONT OF A/C IN A TURN TO THE LEFT. AND DISAPPEARED ON HEADING: “OF 270° oad…

… > ec. Observed from sri F~51 at 25,000 feet 210 IAS, Visual observation. d. Location of observer at time of sighting was FJMQ 1720 (Geo-ref~ eria) Location of object at time of sighting was 100 feet above and to the left of the - ° » Direction of travel East. @. Observer to be considered as fairly reliable. f. Minneapolis weather teletype sequence: MSP 0 15…

…red to pe, a dail of |’ fire appearing on the horizon from the South and Disappearing on the horizon to the Werth. I have no ides whatsoever the altitus of the objects however, tas speed was create I vould estimate the sceed as well over 1500 wiles/hr.. Duri-g the tice that I observed the "object", I saw two snaller balls of fire appear to leave the large on…

… SOE SETASSIFICATION) , (AFA46612 Fe ~ REPORT NO. AZ3W—6—52° 1 COUNTRY (LEAVB-BLANR) eA LLE p29 Germany AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Unidentified Aerial Object AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) ; Germany — 433d froop Carrier wi DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 26 April 52 26 April 52 C-2 SUBJECT Albert 5. Prudence, Capt., USAF “Albert 5 A RS…

RESTRICTED 39. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object? (Circle One) Ves) No IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? . Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the object was? (Circle One) No IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was? Please give the following information about yourself: William Las…

…FORM 112--PART | APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 COUNTRY UNITED STATES secs 3s 1 ak poasli } Y () mn = 3 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT REPORT OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT “AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) LARSON AFB, WASH INTEL OFF 62D TROOP CARRIER WING (4) DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 19 JAN 53 8 JAN 53 Be2 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE Maj CHARL…

…f report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin tert of report on AF Form 112—Part I.) An unidentified flying object was sighted on 11 Jamary 1953 by approximately twenty(20) citizens of Gadsden, Alabama. The incident was reported by anaes after many citizens confirmed his own observations. ne object was of s…

… report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on AF Form 112—Part II.) An unidentified flying object was sighted on 11 Jamary 1953 by approximately twenty(20) citizens of Gadsden, Alabama. The incident was reported by the manager of the Gadsden Airport after many citizens confirmed his own obs…

…LORIDA MIFPW 9 January 1953 SUBJECT: The Testimony of Mr. V. L. Black Regarding Unidentified Citing: QUESTION; Mr, Black, would you please briefly describe the object with regard to its shape, size, and color, ANSWER : The object was diamond in shape, elongated from wing tip to wing tip, similar to a B-29 and no larger than a B-36, As to thickness, I would j…

… OQ 27 January 1953 at about 2100 CST, lowa State Highway Patrol Headquarters called this Filter Center to say that Patrolman #178, Robert Iutter, had, seen an object, both red and white, hovering in the sky west of Davenport, lowa, This was immediately called to the ADDC but no interception was made. 2. Upon questioning, Patrolman Iutter described the objec…

…nce in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower « On 29 January 1953 at about 2100 cst, Iowa Stat Called this Filter Center to say that Patrolman object, both red and white, immediately called to the 2. Upon questioning, ball of light over the hortzon. The ball changed color from white. It seemed to glow a brighter red as it the horizpn, it hov…

…view, Illinois, upon leaving his place of employment observed three (3) large, intensely bright, self-illuminated lights in the skye Mr. Reidel states that the objects were fly- ing in a loose, widely spaced "V" formation at a point due west of his position at the time and moving toward the south. Mr. Reidel noted that the only light or object trailing the f…

…sions of Air Force Letter 200-5, dated 29 Avril 1952 are reports of interviews held by this office with Mr, & Mrs, Robert Chandler, who sighted an unidentified object at Warner Kobins, Georgia on 6 January 1953. Both observers identified the time of sighting at approximately 2100 hours EST. 1. Unidentified Flying Objects: a. Observer: Mr, & Mrs. Robert Chand…

RESTRICTED ay Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object? es. (Circle One) Yes «No ) IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estimate? . Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the object was? (Circle One) Yes No IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was? . Please give the following information about yourself: …