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Pitot Sights Small Flying Disc. Chasing F-84 Over Japan By the Associated Press UNITED STATES AIR BASE, Northern Japan, Jan. 28.—The United States Air Force last night reported a small, metallic, disc- shaped object made a controlled, Sweeping pass at an American jet fighter-bomber and was ob- served at very close range by another pilot. The report, from Air Force | intelligence files, said the sight- ing was made over Northern Japan at 11:20 a.m., March 29, 1952, by Lt. David C. Brigham of Rockford, Til. _It was a bright, cloudless day. Lt. Brigham said he got a very ‘g look at the object from about 30. to 50 feet for about 10 secqnds, e€ pilot described it as “about eight inches in diameter, very thin, round, and as shiny as polished chromium; had no ap- parent projections and left no} exhaust trails or vapor trails.) He said it caught up with an’ F-84 Thunderjet, hovered a few moments and then shot out of sight. The F-84 pilot, whose name was not revealed, did not See it. It. was the second disclosure in a week by Air Force intelli- gence of mysterious flying ob- jects over Northern Japan near the Russian-Siberia area. On January 21, the Air Foxce disclosed that “rotating clustbrs of red, white and green lights” had been sighted over North Japan by American airmen: Tolson Ladd Nichols Belmont Clegg Glavin Harbo Rosen Tracy Laughlin Mohr Winterrowd —_ Tele. Rm. ___ Holloman Gandy Fa ne cceamanen| OM SORDHD FER 2 1953 Times-Herald Wash. Post Wash. News Wash. Star N.Y. Herald Tribune N.Y. Mirror Date: _/ -J5 5 3