April 5, 1952 — Kadena AFB, Okinawa
Near 12:00 midnight. Four members of the 372nd Bomb Squadron stationed at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan—A/1C P. T. Burnett, T/Sgt S. Ball, A/1C J. W. Johnston, and A/1C J. C. Holder—watch a white, steady light flying an erratic course at about 20,000 feet from the north horizon to the base area. It moves over the base at high speed (faster than a jet), zig-zagging, stopping, and maneuvering again. After 10 minutes, it shoots straight up and disappears to the west. [Eberhart]
AF-112 / Air Intel Report:
Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknowns Catalogue, Case 531, p. 124;
Robert Powell, UFOs: A Scientist Explains What We Know (And Don’t Know), 2024, p. 40;
NICAP, “Object Zig-Zags over Base”;
