Project 10073 Record — Red Devil, Alaska, July 1959

This document is a U.S. Air Force Project 10073 record concerning an unidentified aerial phenomenon sighting reported by a civilian in Red Devil, Alaska. The sighting occurred in July 1959 and involved three witnesses, though the primary report was completed by an 18-year-old male on June 9, 1961. The witness described a solid, bright silver object that was visible for approximately five minutes. The object reportedly moved in and out of clouds and traveled in an eastward direction. The witness noted that the object made no sound and appeared to move sideways. The witness also mentioned that their brother had seen the object as well but had since forgotten the details. The witness estimated the object's distance to be between two and six miles and its speed at five miles per hour. The official conclusion reached by the evaluating agency, the Aerospace Studies Institute at Maxwell AFB, was that there was insufficient data for a formal evaluation, primarily due to the significant time delay between the event and the submission of the report. The document includes a standard U.S. Air Force technical information questionnaire, a hand-drawn sketch of the object's motion, and a brief narrative description provided by the witness, who initially mistook the object for an airplane before observing its unusual movement patterns.