Declassified UFO / UAP Document
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD — Kodiak, Alaska, 25 July 1960
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A civilian in Kodiak, Alaska, reported a one-second sighting of a red, fast-moving object on July 25, 1960. The military investigation concluded the object was a meteor.
On July 25, 1960, a civilian in Kodiak, Alaska, observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The incident was documented on a Project 10073 record card and subsequently reported via a routine military cable from COMALSEAFRON to CINCPACFLT on July 27, 1960. The witness described the object as a red flame, approximately 200 yards in length, traveling at a high rate of speed in a horizontal flight path toward the east-southeast. The observation lasted for only one second, after which the object disappeared abruptly. The witness reported that there was no sound and no visible burning effect associated with the object. Weather conditions at the time of the sighting were reported as clear with few clouds. The official conclusion reached by the project investigators was that the sighting was a meteor.
RED FLAME QUOTE SHOOTING OUT OF SOMETHING UNQUOTE X LENGTH OF FLAME ESTIMATED AT 200 YARDS AT ALTITUDE OF QUOTE SEVERAL MILES
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Official Assessment
Meteor sighting.
The object was identified as a meteor based on the visual description of a red flame, high speed, and abrupt disappearance.