Project 10073 Record Card and Outgoing Classified Message regarding Unalakleet, Alaska

This document consists of a Project 10073 Record Card and an associated classified message from the Alaskan Command, Joint Communication Center, detailing reports of unconventional aerial phenomena near Unalakleet, Alaska, between January 23 and January 26, 1951. Six civilians reported observing orange-colored objects that appeared for approximately 10 minutes before disappearing. The objects were described as being 15 to 20 miles distant, just above the horizon at a bearing of 230 degrees. The original report was compiled by Mr. Hamilton of the Alaskan Native Service. OSI agents conducted an investigation, including interrogating the witnesses and performing aerial reconnaissance, but concluded that the information was not reliable and that they sighted nothing unusual. The official conclusion reached by the military was that there was insufficient data for evaluation, suggesting the phenomena could have been reflections from the sun beyond the horizon, flares, or searchlights from a submarine. CAA personnel in the area reported no such sightings. Additionally, the document includes a separate report from Westover Air Force Base regarding three radar targets tracked on January 24, 1951, which exhibited high-speed maneuvers and remained in a 'cone of silence' over the station before disappearing. This separate incident involved the 1917th AACS Squadron and was reported to the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.