The Haneda Air Force Base Incident

By Crusader1307

The  Cold War was a constant thing at The USAF Base at Haneda, Japan in August of 1952. Soviet threats (real and perceived) cause many ''false alerts'' in The Pacific. What happen on the 5^th of that Month, still has never been explained – only dismissed. Around 1000 AM, Military Air Traffic Control Radars ''locked onto something'' approaching The Air Base at a very ''high rate of speed''. As was normal, an ''Alert Flight'' was launched. This was the then current F-94 Interceptor-Fighter Jet. Once in Air, The Fighter Pilot immediately picked up the fast moving Object on His Jet's on-board Radar. Voice communication was maintained with The Tower and Ground Radar. The Object was traveling in excess of 15,000-mph. At first it was thought to be perhaps an in-coming Missile. However, as The Fighter Pilot approached to within 2-miles, He saw that The Object was not in fact a Missile, but a ''bright Silvery Disk''. Withing 90-seconds of a visual confirmation, The Ground Radar (and Pilot) – noted The Object ''peel off, straight up into Space''. The speed was estimated at 25,000-mph. The Pilot was cleared to return to Haneda Air Base. Upon reaching home, He was ''met'' by Base Security. Taken to a secure area, The Pilot filed no official report and spoke of the incident to no one. All records of Radar and related telemetry vanished – all within 24-hours of the initial contact.