Thursday 31 January 2019

U.S. Government UFO Document:
“AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION
REPORT – REPORT NO. IR-23-52 –
PAGE 4 OF 16 PAGES”


Unknown date
(Project Blue Book, U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.)

Source: NICAP.org

The document pertains to 1st Lieutenant David C. Brigham’s UFO encounter over Misawa, Japan, on 29 March 1952. Brigham flew a T-6 trainer airplane.

Quote from the document (the testimony of David C. Brigham) (not written in U.S. Department of Defense document format) (Page 3):
“(1) At 1120 hours 29 March 52, I was flying a T-6 heading approximately due north at approximately 20 miles north of Misawa over the coast. I was climbing at approximately 130 mph indicated airspeed, altitude approximately 6000 feet. GCI was running an intercept on me with an F-84 flight of two. Call sign of th F-84’s was Frosty Mike 3 and 4. I watched them close on me from about 7:00 o’clock around to about 5:30 and Frosty Mike 3 overtook me passing starboard approximately 100', and approximately 10' below me, taking my number. As he pulled abreast of me at about my 3:00 o’clock position and 10 feet low, a flash of reflected sunshine caught my eye at about 4 o’clock position. The object which had reflected the sunshine was a small shiny disc-shaped object which was making a pass on Mike 3. It closed from slightly above him from approximately 4 o’clock and flew an approximate pursuit curve, appearing to overtake him at around 30 or 40 mph over his airspeed, which I would estimate at approximately 150 to 160 mph. It closed rapidly and just before flying into his fuselage it decelerated to his airspeed almost instantaneously. In doing so it flipped up on its edge at approximately a 90° bank. It then fluttered within 20 feet of his fuselage for perhaps 2 or 3 seconds, pulled away and around his starboard wing, appearing to flip once as it hit the slipstream behind his wing tip fuel tank. Then it passed him; crossed in front of him and pulled up abruptly, appearing to accelerate and shot out of sight in a steep, almost vertical climb.

It was about 8 inches in diameter, very thin, round and as shiny as polished chromium; had no apparent projections, and left no exhaust trails or vapor trails.

An unusual flight characteristic was a slow fluttering motion. It rocked back and forth at approximately 40° banks, at approximately 1 second intervals throughout its course. It was very thin and resembled a round piece of shiny sheet metal.

The weather was very good. I do not remember any clouds that day. Duration of sighting was approximately 10 seconds.

/s/ D. C. Brigham”

Project Blue Book listed the case as “Unknown.”



Wikipedia article: “Misawa Air Base”:


Wikipedia article: “North American T-6 Texan”:


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Two U.S. Army Air Forces North American AT-6C-NT Texan trainers (s/n 42-43925, 42-43929) in flight near Luke Field, Arizona (USA), in 1943. (text by Wikipedia) (wikimedia.org
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