Project 10073 Record Card — Anchorage, Alaska, 16 October 1951

On October 16, 1951, at approximately 2240 hours, two military personnel from the Alaska General Depot at Ft. Richardson, identified as a Corporal and a Sergeant, observed an unidentified object in the sky while approaching Merrill Field in Anchorage, Alaska. The witnesses initially believed the object to be an airplane, but upon closer observation, it appeared more like a star. The object was described as bluish-white in color and was seen traveling from the left of the moon to the right. Its flight path was from the north toward Anchorage. The witnesses noted that the object's movement was not steady; it would stop intermittently, and during these stops, it would blink for a period of five seconds. The total duration of the observation was estimated at three to four minutes. Following the sighting, one of the witnesses, in the company of an office manager from Alaska Freight Lines, visited the Anchorage Daily News to report the incident, though they were informed that no similar objects had been reported. The Sergeant involved in the sighting expressed surprise at being contacted by investigators, stating that he had not mentioned the incident to anyone else. The official conclusion recorded on the Project 10073 record card is that the event was a probable aircraft sighting.