l'l "'rcrar ~r flbl f A:-.tr:')lO~'ir.;ol lrl thc1.-nl UNCLASSIFIED Lt r fr Hqs .lll~s !1 .dr Cor.r..snd d.t d 20 J a n 1 948, sub j : J u t l l i g '!::tc Attn: Director, I!:~elli_;er.~e ~iviGion h :i5 r19port rcstlt~d from ine.ddqua.t~ inv:esti;;n.:tio:L ? r l.or ~-:> r e ;Jo:--c. i r For ~:, Lt Col, r;--;r; Secr~tury J) i!l~ u. s. Army Intellig9ncc Jepor t ATT : Di:-o otcr o.f Citid.f' cf ~:>taff LJ. t a l1i.;en.c e ~ptrtnent of t,s Air Force ATT:f: Di_ec~or, I!1t.alli encd 0ivi3ion 1 . Ref.'erec.ca is made to ot.:r radiog r9.:ns A- 18327. . rG 1 C07 50 2 . I:1.0lOJd d lc t:t.e fin.s.l r eport nn "t.'l.-a inc.d~r.d; qu:>ted i.:1 t!:e r~ ~iJ~rRma maatic n d ~bova. .i::t ,idt:~at be is d3!11'tr d the.t all rne 3~663 p rta.:ni.!lg ~;u th dOW!l=-r'.ld9d to Con~i .. 3n~i)3.1 :~r Yu~on Sector r T "td ?ld, ~ .Ja.a bJ ti lCL. SSiFlED fiEAD~U.-13illR3 X1JKO:~ 3ZC'rGR ALAJK.\.:J AIR C0~.11L~rD (.,ffl.ce of tha :...c/ S .l-~ 13 J9.n~ary l 94d R~port of Sighting at Ladd Field, 9 Janu~ry 19~8 Director, Intdlli nc~ Di7i.;ion Ht~}t.lqu9.rttJrJ A1ask'3.!l .\.l.r Co:-c1and J.?O 9otl2 U S J.::-ay 'Ia:; .n a.ue a . A definite contr~il ~h:ch see d ~o ha13 n phospi1orc3cent ' l l i!l~erirti.t~.nt f'2.a 3h.,3 at po' nt or l)!"i~in. b . Fi~ Ct'l'i.;drz a~d m~r. ~f the 72.1.d P.ocr>"ln :.s3l"l:"1Ctt p.11dron ob -t"VS 1 C-~3 cc:mtrd.l and ga79 TM:-":fl07 d-33C:"~pti)nJ 01' !.. 'i.l oc:~ot ,)r L crnl"t .faR ~i~h~od in a. p..:>Jii:iOn l! rth Ot~ I().)~ or !..a.cd I-'l.eld u,;id or'c-ina.lly B.?? r d n.s a v3rttcal cf'Jn1:r::1i! c~1 t H:) h">ri.1:on ... nd aa i t c am9 J) r, it iN .~ hori "'ontF.tl. Th3 ccntr'l.i l .ra~ lo.rt in .. 1-:t ~=-ens~ ju.:;~ ~sr of ~\dd ;ieltl 2o Thd i,:1t r~o "''lt io~ ra--re l3d that ,h3 ob~ ct o:-e.::-ref"-. il in5 1:h... ,r,tt!lil i'f'O..~ no~ s ~n b u+. app:l.r~':'l.cly 'th3 ':h.! uUO r t'lact.!.n& ofe -he ::iUr'i'i~8 o f tre v':)j~ct Or U.l.:";:""-1'~ ,van~ no~iC:3\- 0 . Th~ ori.,.inal c!:.t3C.!: on Mil ": ~ir~r<il't flri.:u; in . , s ~: ported "that no 1.ircr:1ft l'~cn - .:13 2o v i3 .. ~lJ::lg LJ. :t'"";er the ori;Jinal renorts war ... ttnitt~d, i;1a.i.:~t_.,d approxinately 23002. 4. From th~ nbo;e information, the co~clusion waa re~ched tr~t tl"lo ~ontra.il s i?;htad -;rs.s caus"3d by a B-29 IJracti~in~ in:Jt:u:nent 9.'Jproacn~,s on the Ladd Field range. ~J CL.~SS/FIED