Stlawrenceisland Alaska — March 1951

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Keywords: believed, gambel, message, forbidden, friendly, meters, alaska, awzence, rlntarcopt, aetronolftlcal, filita17, lneufflcl, contis, marldnga, nunrs, consiatent, knowd, bepjh2, declasslpyl, laskan, ards0n, alasxa, ingtor, eielsol, ftqrichardson
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS st; I.awzence IslAnd, Alaska 0 Wos Balloon 0 Proboblw Bolloon 3. OATITIMI OROU~ 4. TYPE OF OISERVATION Poui PIJ Ball c.on Lecel ------------.,...--XJ Groun.,_ Vi auol 0 GrounciRodar OX Wos Aircraft I~ a Probably Aircraft ls:~C~M~T~r=1~9~r i~2;2C~()~O~Z~=====-+a~O~A~i~r-Vi suo$ 0 A I rlntarcopt R odor PossiblY Alrcr oft S. rHO'fOI . .... U",. 0 Woe Aatrono"'lcel 0 Yoa 0 ProboWy Aetronolftlcal XJ He l.filita17 0 Possibly Aatronomlcol "' 7. LINOTM OP OIII.VATION I. NUMIIIt 0, OIUICTI 9. COURII 0 lneufflcl~t Oota for Evoluotl of\ 2 1/2 -3 Jldn one Northerl.1' ~ 111P IUMMAY OP IIOMTINO 1 l. COMMINTI A/C aightinl ot tJ"PO not previous:q o ,j,-., Believed to be USSR aD1 beliend. to be similar to MIG-15 contis" tion. ot a/c, nc$ ot UFO. Hip speed (jet) tl,ying in and out ot tog No marldnga distinguished. Made nunrs consiatent with those of a/c. No sound. Si similar to r-86 or F-80. No knOWD friendly a/c in vicinit7 at time. Radar bent.. ATIC I'ORM Ut (ltllV 21 I&P 12) A/C. Report; DL._ A_ .. 'ME T OF THE At .. FLACE STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION COMING CLASSIFIED MESSAGE PARA ffi"RAS E NOT RE;;Q~Ul~R~E~D-o lN~QVJT;:rJ"'t'?--.._ nv P'('OC~Litl'Eti BEPJH2 DECLASSlPYL.:O NClASSIFIED LASKAN AIR COMD~ FT RI~ARDS0N~ ALASXA CSA?, WASP.INGTOR, DoC~ I~JFO: CON AU.3~<AN SEA ~RONTIER 5010 COMP H!NG, EIELSOl'f AFB, .t'\LASKA ?T~ RI~A~RDSON~ ALASK~ USARAL, FTQRICHARDSON, ALASI~ lOTH !\IR DIV r (DEFENSE) EU1ENDOR!i' AFB. ALP.SKA Foll 1a ~pt o~ ooservetlon cnident1fied ncft in vi~ Gambel, St L~vrpnee leland; 1. f..t approx ?200Z /'!9-yAr 5..:l. one of~icer t\lo E)1 or US Axmy St'C'.1r1 ty Agency ooae!'ved /l.3ue1!y ~n un1dentlT1ed 1\Cft, believed ~1 ~t t.vpe, t~o to ~.hree t!1:lleS. rft-l 011o~el St Lav .. ,rence Island. Acft, ~1!1'Jellng ,~t V<.)y;y-iiighr of spe~d, t:'.l t 3,500-4,000 rt on oee .., r"' ~o:: Oo -90 .d~gs 'i' fly1.ue;; in ~.nd out of tops of heavy fog bank cont- i.l..i,d on C".! t:o point 2 .) :.'".lea lYE Grr:nbel 'tihen P ob.,e~ver!\ believed -: :_""'~ "sn!<ec o.., turned to nor:;n. 0""~ ~n)ver~, n taterl s.~r t in sight fA or t:=t:.!l i:.!'o c.o.d ?../2 t u ;~h~e ~ rn1'1Jte~J, .ere tH1Rbi.e to d! t1ngtlish ~o\o-r ':1!~rz!.n;.; n r ~-:tl'..g tan!~a. i:o :;onnd d~tect~d~ rlo sroo<e or contt"a!l~ .::~en. Silh:nJ e c :~ ~ or aci" t ' lnB:; i'o,J ba:":C pr~a~n~ed c lean linea, no o1on bP1~es or brenka in fus~lnge4 Size eati~ated a!mllar USAF ~ C'i n r 7?-fS. '(~n E?~ cbs ,e~.s be::t ted c c:.ft h~d at~e::>t vlng di::Jtins-- ui"'lee es it tuzned to nortb. All th~ee ob5arv s believed aort more ~ee~ly reae~bl~d So~ Set type -15 en o1de vievo USAJ C-~7 snd F-8~ ~ c. cr~. vere se2n on previous occas!O!\S in vie or Ga;D'oel by theae ob!Bel'-\ verG vho ~tate~ ~n1dent1fied acrt a~rinitely not 0~ these types. High~ S pe~d Ot SCft :as princi ~al faetOl" COU.sing Ob3arlers to believe it t~ .....::1 b e .::et tYJ~e. No knoS7!1 friendly acft a1r'borne vic Ga~oel at time or ....._ ai.G~l'~ing. Qgmb~l r~dar, inoperative a t time or oighting due to mainti "-> .. :a-:1 !10"t deteot. To da~e n.., cth~r !'epo~ta this sighting by CAA amd Mi p a or nstt 1 Yen on St L~:!:~,r~!'lCe. ~ THE MAKING OF AN EXACT COPY OF THIS MESSAGE IS FORBIDDEN . I I Dl. AI\-MENT OF THE At.. F CE STAFF MESSAGE DIVISION INCOMING CLASSIFIED MESSAGE IJR"C(ASSIFIED rm : AAOI-1-3016 tr ALAS N AIR COMD. FT. RICHARDSON-ALASKA 2. Wes AB Gsmbel 19/2320Z a~ tolls: trhir 0 '/C ~0000 ft, 5?0, t emp plus 8, ~,ind Inrw 6 knots, f e y ecattered cumulue. Pers making thie sighting stated vea cond1t1ona trom Gambel to rog bank to North ~ere clear and eBtimated as suitable for reconn opns from v1e~po1nt or un1dent1t1e d ecrt. Oa:t!bel at C ent: AP pers Oambel advis e that heAvyrog orr . ti~a sighting va3 a t greater distance than reported by of the aoft. I t is believed nrooe~le acft u1ghted ~88 origin en reeonn of Beri ng Str~1t~. Evaluation B- 2 UNCLAS.31FIED COP, OOP-OD, OOP~ZI, OPD Page ? of ~ p4gea THE MAKING OF AN EXACT COPY OF THIS MESSAGE IS FORBIDDEN AFHO roN 0-309 8 IfM>RIIA'.rlOll 08LY Lum1noua flying object over Iran 'l'bere have been aigbtinga reported ot unknown obJects observed on the Soviet-Irania border and tbe tolloving represent a cross-cut ot sight- Description: Lauainoua green, red, and yellow obJect, about two meters long, moving from W to E at about 500 meters altitude ( eva1ua tion: Probable METEOR)