Project 10073 Record — UFO Observation, 25 September 1967, Teller, Alaska

On the evening of September 25, 1967, two civilian women, a registered nurse and a school teacher, were traveling by vehicle on the Nome-Teller Road in Alaska when they observed an unidentified aerial phenomenon. The witnesses, who were stranded and alone at the time, reported seeing an extremely bright, circular, orange-red object that appeared to hover, move up and down, and dart back and forth. They described the object as having a yellow body with blue flashes of light that reached upward into the sky. The sighting lasted for approximately one hour and fifteen minutes. The witnesses noted that the object made a sound similar to a car racing at high speed. The object eventually disappeared behind a hill. The U.S. Air Force investigated the incident under Project 10073 of Project Blue Book. Air Force officials contacted various radar and air control units in the region, including the 710th, 712th, 748th, and 729th ACW squadrons, but no unusual air activity was reported or detected. The investigating officer noted that the witnesses were not trained observers and suggested that their isolated and stranded state might have contributed to fear. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that the sighting was likely caused by the aurora borealis, which was reported to be unusually active and prominent in the area on the night of the incident.