lli~rtSAH.SSi,;AK AFB, GHi-:i~l:LAND O'b, nc t, L'P: .~nr~d to cli:rtb V(!r~ic:'!lly off, c:'..i:tb <Jcn~n nn:i dl30f()C:l:-. : ::i1it. ld l;l.Jck .r;:il ~:.. t'l:i_:l:lninL. of asccr.t gr:}-:!u;ll:r l>~corr.ing !e~t.h~:r condit.ions &'terc c:1lt :: clear .... arfm of si~ht,ine ar~ as !ollcr...-s: L-='0, ono C-54, one SA-16 nnd oaa SD-17. OL.ioc t. v:as 18 Decelllberl9S2 an aldent.lflecl awlal object. wu aicht.ed to the northwest. or \hia air la7 an AS Force St.att Sor&ean\ and a c1 viUan. The unknown object. appear- ed to ollJib Yert.1cal17 and \hen lnel ott. I\ cave oft a black smoke a\ the ot lt.a aacen\. 11. Dlacuslon of lnclden\ !bore waa aa L-20, a c-SL, an A-16, and an SB-17 in the area. The air base t.be later not.itled ATIC \hat. the object had been detinitely estab- U..hecl the SB-17. III. Conclusion Wu aircraft. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii . DE JEXC 117 F~l CG NEAC PEPPERRELL AFB NFLD TO AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGD~CE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO NEOIN il142 ATTN ATIAA-2C REFERENCE OUR NEOIN IDNTIFIED AS SB-17 t ~ ... ;-flt,.J i 05/21302 JAN JEXC JJ::Z D2~V' TO ATIC \~RIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO ~l.!:OIN!907!5 ATTN: ATIAA-2C FLYOBRPT UNIDENTIFIED AERIAL C3JECT SIGHTED 1~ TO 15 NILES tJEST NORTil l.a7EST NARSARSSUAK AIR BASE GREENLAND ABOUT 18174SZ BY TWO ODSERVER~ STAFF SARGEANT IVILIA~ SECRETARY FROM HEADQUAiTERS tlUILDllJG OBJECT APPEARED TO CLH1B VERTICALLY THEN LEVEL OFF T~iEN CLI~ld AGAIN IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION AND DI SAPPEAR EMMITTED :SLACK TRAIL AT BEGINNING OF ASCEi'-JT GRADUALLY BECOi1ING LIG:rf~H \ISI~ILITY EXCELL~NT WEATHER CALM SPEED OF ASCENT 5 LOW WITH G:U\DU~iL ACCELERP.TICN ALTITUD~ UNXNO'IJN l<r:O i~ AIRCRAFT I~ T!IE A?.EA '::il\i:..: L-2Y) C-54 SA-16 Ai,JD SB-17 THIS INCIDENT HA~ BE[:J t1ULITPL[ aEADQUAP.TEP.S USAF Af~D HEADQUARTERS 1 S/2/jJl Z ror"r "~TAn EA (") C0 TLUL