PROJECT 10073 RECORD 8/ TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION 3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION 2 A7 Pilot 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11, BRIEP SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION GROOID VISUAL 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Round brilliant obJ appeared to be a t'all1Il8 lea1'. Ob~ hovered a fev seconds and began t o cll~b ~tb zi~ Z81 maneuvers disappearing at a high alti~ude. C-1 PRIORITY . FM CG AlAC ELMENDORF AFB ALASKA~ TO CS USAF WASH DC CG ATIC WPAFB OHIO CG ADC ZNT AFB COLO INFO COM ALASKAN SEA FrtONTIER KODIAK NEAC PEPPERRELL AFB r~FLD FAF TOKYO JAPAN 5~01ST COMPOSITE WG LADD AFB ALSKA US ARi~Y FT RICHARDSON ALASKA CINCAL ALASKA ATTN ATIAA-2C AAOID-42237 FLY OB RPT. FOL REPT REC FR CO AACS DET BARTER ISLAND, UN~DENTIFIED OBJ AT THIS STA ~81450Z FIRST SIGHTED AT APPRX '000 FEET DESCENDI NG FR THE ~EST FALLING LEAF PATTERN DESCENDED TO APRX 2000 FEET OVER THIS STA AND HOVERD HAD BRILliANT ORANGE ~HITE LIGHTS WHICH ~AS FLASHED ' SEVERAL TIMES ATTN ~AS ORIGINALLY DIRD TO THIS OBJ BY ~ .. SOUND SIMILAR TO A HELICOPTER, THE NOISE WAS NOT LOUD AND WAS NOT AUDIBLE ABOVE AN tSTD'5~Z0 FEET, THE OBJ CLIMED BACKUP DOlNG SAME PATTERN AS DESCENDING AND I N ONE HALF MILE OF FWD MTN CLIMBED TO APRX 15~20 FEET THE Ft:JDND CLI:1BI~G SPEED INCREASED AS IT CLIMBED TO THE EAST AT 081458Z THE Q~.C,-"~SJF.JI':'r-1 WAS OiJT OF SIGHT , Sl ZE WAS ESTD AT APRX C-47 ACFT UN ~ E:t1 . DIMENSIONS, THE WEA AT TIME WAS 5~00 SCATTERED WITH A SURF : VISIBILITY OF 7 MIU:S. 'PHIS OBJ WAS VIEWED BY TWO RATED PILOTs.M. . . _BITTEN R.tPOiT !\FOLLO D AT 3 YEAR IN rERVAUh ! DECIASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS. AF FORM 112-PAiH I lJNCLASSIFlED "'errit,r-; of .Uaska ?LY')ER'Pl' AIR JNTELLI E INFORMATION REPORT \ l (JI'OR'E:> CN I~telli~once Ji~ec~0r e, \ ' C ' OAT o r INrOP \lA TION I l'.ALL.A liON 20 Fe lr.1ar:r Febru~r:r 1953 , iji(J 8 Y fi:JrfTJ ':i!:=ST" N E . BO!JTELI.E, Capt., TJS-\F Caotai n R. E . 3Br.'les, :l! l l J t Lt . }rif! :.n T~n'1C~ t ontr l tllllllbtr, Jlrt(tlrt. lif'" "UI rrpdr/,11' , ' U apJ.IICulli'l ?I~AL upper :llr S")'ll".din , .~::ic~ was :-epr,rte.!l:.-releas~d 1t OS 1-. -: Directr,r of Intelli:once DOD DlR 52UJ.l') t\F FORM 112-PART II UNCLASSlFlED. ~ -'~OVEO I JUNE 19-!d AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Intelli,s::?nce Dire~ta=a~, F!q, .\A9 .ffi-2-53 7he r...,llovi~ report 1 3 Oil sed o n persoMl interrf") ;atio n o f ~he srnrce (Ca?tain Fobert ~. ~B.r.'les) a.."ld ha3 b-e~J:'l :-evievej 07 S1urce f'=>r acr::.u-a.c y and c~!nnlete!less. On the mcrrdng of' 8 February 1953, Captain Barnas \las thaW'in.~ and hea t in,; a C-47 .!..:~15 3.t tbe 8artor Isla.Tld air strlo , 3art<?r Island, Ala31.-;a. 3 ru-nes '.tas ,_,,....r!<ing-in t h e ri~::t 1.1beel well \.Then h e h~nrd a ntJ:se which seP.oed tf') be "'ut .... r s;nch.N>nize.tion Ji th thl! rmon ~elson beat.er3 runnin.j nea rby F!e 1UC ted I")Ut of the ,_,heel Veil ani .;:il.<ed ...,.,~r t:) t.he heaters l~cated in f:--~!lt " :" tee lert main _seu. He i ""':!1edia~el7 :-nalized -:r:::1t the nev noise was nnt c a'.l.,eJ cy the ne3.ter 3 , ~ut was em e::. i n.3 !"rem a lar1 e , :-.,u:-.c, ":.;ri .:-ht o'oj ~ct, ..:hich w.'3.s descer::i.!.n aver :.r.e b ~J..rea an;roxb~tel J / 4 :tile s....:ay. ":'he time .1aa l450 Z (04 50 _ocal) cy Ga p;..ai n Jarneq 3:.s.tes w..,.l.l:i be accur'.l te t o .ri thi:1 ol".ls o r ::'li!:Us "t.r..re~ ~:'lUtl!9 -1as desce r.J:.::.~ in a Sf")r t ,,f Culling lea.:' cat.t e::-n e::ccept. t.:~at :.~erJ was no U?Wa_-.i S".ri j ~t the ~nd o f each s icte t~ 3irle mnvement ns in a t~Je fallin~ lear descent. Capta5n es P.t!!:.h:ated distance C"','fi~d cy the 3id e to s:!.:ie u:ovAmenta at ubt1ut 200 feet. ~:ith!n apor,xi~tel7 4 i sec~nds, the ~bject ha1 reac~ed an estL~ted 2000 fe~t j ctly ,ver the building area ~here tt hovered for ap~r,x1mately 45 SP.cnnds. At this pnin~, the object blinked out twice for intervals estimated at l / 50th of a second. The object was described a s round in shape and brilliant white in color. Small ray-like appendages an'J.IU~d nn ei th~r lover side (see eketeh) vhlch Captai."l ~arn.,s c ould not accurately d9~cribe as li~ht beams or solid mat-erial. 'l'Cey vere defbrlte in shape, as h e not~ 1 in t l:e s k etcl:. ne c~uld. make o 1t t hese a.p;:er.da~s only vhlle the object vas 1-n1nw I. ')(X) :eet . The c~lo:-of the light v;.1s 3i:dlar t~ that 'l~ v r_i te hot metal except. that it did not appear .to 11ltainate t he area and left absnlut8ly n~ afterglow when it blinked a-.lt. He described 1 t as a eold but brilliant light. Captain Barnes estimated t.'Mt size as smaller than a C-47 ~r apor..,xi"nately 30 to 40 teet in ter. Ca-otain Barnes f eels that his estimates for the size a.."'rl altitudes of the ~bject are vali d due to the so the fact that the object later d~ rectly overhead. The objeet s to be affected by the vind !.S 1 t hnvered at 2000 feet, and Captain Barnes stated it acted at all times li(e some sort nf controlled craft. After apparently d:-irting uhile hovering at zero speed, the object mnved aot'lut 50 feet a~\&iDst the w~nd to near its original position. The souoo emanating from the object Ja.s descrf'ood as not loud t-:.1t a. dee p , beery 'l~"'llnd such .9.9 lar~e concr~te-m~ur.ted el!!ctric g :aner't'tryrs " " ,lid m.ake . .,;,ile cpe1at~. eed a_-ri .a.:-:,P ''.::>rtical !!lor~.:a~: -..ras ~ate~ t ha.'"1 tl":e ls.ter3.1 m"vor.;o-:~. -t s it 'l3CP~.!!:d t 1e builJ~r. ; area nmm to ! e obje c t for Lieatenant et an est1~nted 10,000 t o . irifin's ~A~eh. (NnTQ. _s t Lic~tenant Lewis ~. }riffin ~as lr :n a ensel the P.i.rcraft. t.,ben h e arr!ved, Captain "'n:-:1cs pnL'lted o-.. rt Jriffin. \ t t his t~, the object vas directl7 ~v~rhead 15,000 feet, and the t~e ~as 0458 local by ~eutcne~t ~F FORM 112-PART II UNct:AZ~U:.lED AP"OO\ EO I JUNE ,)4 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT 'L'1 ta lli;;t cce Jirectorate, P~, .\AC I D-2-53 ~h:~e minutes fast). Cap~ain Barne s 1ij not nnte the t e o~ disary~erance. ~he tvo obser-1er~ continued tl") :Jatc h the li*t f:>r appM:ti:-:~:ltely t~ r:'?r e ~ir.ut::-n, e.s it i ~r..,veled a~terly bl t~d n g a3 tt Yc n t and disappec.rD<i ~n ~he dist.mce. .\3 !.t ascend- . , tte l')i1j e"ct 3eemed t.? pick uo speed; the li ;1: t di. -med so:::f'.Jhat and too:.C on an ( -:ran e tint. J::m~e!'. :r~ :~elt it impnss1' 1 ).: -:he "'=->j~c"t, since he ha.J ~o Llea ~f '/~at ':l:e ..,"~ct. \:as. ::e i i J .J-:.:lt.e that it 3.r.peared L'ir e r than a lar .~'-3 at u. 7he .~eP. :.he r 'lCC'1:--i :.::1::; ~o :...te1i:.en:Ult 'Jri!"fin W'33 L1e~ter..ant 'Jri!"fin i s n pilot \.f1. th &";>!)l"cx-4_'JI8tel;7 ll:JO ho.u-s 8 yi~ tL-:1e . Re has a t,.,tal or 10 ye:u-s service , 5 ~ars ,r \lhich have been on ac~i,,e :iut7. He has been statinned in Alaska since december 1 951. ~catt.:.reJ. 7isihll~ty 7 miles, very 9 Kn~ts temrnrature, -~9 dev pnint -),0 L~ ~ snnw, 'Sol ~ 5IJOO' scattered, visibility 7 miles, very li~ht snnw, wirxi SW 8 Knot~, t arature - 32 dev ~int -42 ?~llo"'~ncr are vinds alort fr'm t!le 0/ 1500Z s"uming: The r..,llmr. infl1rm:tti(')D ar:iin.,. the 0815X)Z ,re.llt !:er oalli')Cn '!'~lease ~s .3'l~lied ~J t r. e Ba.-ter I sla.-.d :.Jeather D~t.I!U!hment: lJNCLASSlflED 'f FORM 112-P.ART II ~r'PROvtD I JUHE 114 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT I:ltelligence Di:-ectoTate, C(]ltMt:f!'S of Pz eparing Officers Altho r. the time or si1htin~ d t~e ~r ~1L rele~se d~es not ccrr9lata ex~c 17, many ~ther fuctors s~ch ns rat e of m~v~Pn~, coxrse ryf tr l and ascen3ir n r~ta seam to a~"le 1Jith the ?PA:.. 30 :..--:l!n~. ? a:-:Y)n::el of - ;:a 7~h Air ie~r;~e::-~rcu':) g:Oa:.~ that the U.J.Ct time or relea.se 8.3 raoorted ::JV ~!;a !larte r Isl.:ll'Xi :is&ther De:achrtent :J~ poss!=l:r be the t1me th:tt the snurdi~ "'as c"'moleted !.nst.ea.:i ()r the ti-ne :cat !t aoundin~ s"tarted. In re ~o..-ds to the snun::t reoorted, Capta.L~ Barnes agrees to th~ ?OSSi bill ty th.et, I . due to his initial surpris. at 3e9!n~ n str3D; e ligtt, he m ha~ jumped t~ conclu- siou 1n associating the s n'.lnd v1 th the ll:Iht. Captain Dames teel8 sure ~hat the object vas descending vhen he first n~ticed it. However, the possibill t y erlsts that a n ilhlsion of descer.t !l'ay h~7e beAn created by the 11~ht variabl~ s1~face winds and the r~sultant ch s in ~irection ot travel of the ballon. Tbe f'al ling-leat pattern ~'"ld blinking of the li~ht could have :,-:.en caused by tba oacillation DOrwlly &s3oc!ated with P~AL releases. idering all factors, it is the opinion nr the preparin; officer that the , o~ML a16fltad vu j4obabl;r the light trca the 081500Z PI9.\L S()un:iin.g. The obser- 1 ...;.:-am the pteperiag officer vUl witness a Prut release from Merrill Field in ~ to dete:omine 1.t arry s:lmilar1 ty erlats. - ... -.is felt that the ilD?'rtanee ot Nda report lies in the fact that a qualified ~-w --obaener 111a7 have aistaken the light on a PIBAL for an uneonventioDiil fiying er.d Ccll~c~ion Div A1R 1NTELL1GENCE I~FORMA TIC REPORT SEAl/FORT SEA BERNARD HARBOR TlfACX OBJECT MA.JE OVER GROIJNO L()C~ TION OF OBSERVER UNCLASSIFIED Barter l3land, Alaska S Febntary 1953 Dedcription or Incid~nt Two pilot,s trom th13 s t.ation made a ground-Yisual. obs~rv.:ttion or an unlden- \itied aerial object, comine in over their base in a !allin~ l,ar p~ttorn from the wes~. Time ot the observation was 0450 local. It hovorad, con~ist~d or brilliant orange white lights e"en for a p9riod of eight minut~s a!t4r which th~ objec~ climbed ~aotward and di~appeared, Throughout it gav~ orr a noise similar to a helieoptAr's and was estimated by the vi~ers to be the approxim3t~ aizo of a C-47 aircraft. Discussion ot Inc1rlent This report is on t he brief side and gives no information on air tra f fic a t the tim~ of ~ighting. It 1s possible, however, that the abov~&verage s ource s ~A3 have obeerv'Jd a helicopter. and beca.u:e confUsed. Any evaluation will have to be on addi~ional infor~atlon onhellcopter traffic which ATIC has req uested. III. Canclusion lnsu!ticient data, UNCLASSIFIED