March 27, 1950 — Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa, Japan
10:30 a.m. USAF antiaircraft radar operator Cpl. Bolfango tracks a stationary target on radar over the Motobu Peninsula, Okinawa, Japan, at 18 miles range for 10 minutes at 13,000 feet. The object then moves on a 220° heading for 16.9 miles in 2 minutes (about 500 mph) to a point over a mountain, where it is lost. [Eberhart]
Sources:
Brad Sparks, Blue Book Unknowns Catalog, Case 353, p.85;
NICAP, “Tracked Stationary Target at 18 Miles”;