P ROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Elmendorf' .AFB, D A7t: ; IME GROUP ... TYPE OF OBSERVATION QcGround Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 A;,.. Vi suol 0 A lrlntercept Rodor 7. LENGTH O F OBSERVATION a. HUMBER OF OBJECTS S RIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 111. COMMENTS Inde finite outline. Dark witb oranse Poeaible Meteor. f'ollowins. tail vaa 7 t1wea at beginning of' obsezvation , reduced 1D fo length aaae s ize ot obj. WX clear. ATtC FOR:-1 319 (REV 16 SEP 52) CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon 0 Possi bl y Balloon 0 Was Aircraft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Possibly Aircraft 0 Was Astronomical Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical 0 In sufHci ant Dot a for Evaluation I~ RJEDE~. RJEDWP RJEPHC DE RJKDAD ~2 11-'. COMDR li!TH AI R DIV DEF ELHENDORF AFF ALASKA "td 'RJtDEN/ COHDR ADC Et\ T AFE COLO f / .; ~.:ll~EntJP/C0~1DR ATIC \>JRIG -~TTE~S?N . :AFB ' RJ!PHO/ DIRECTOR OF I NTEL LIGENCE HQ USAF lRL: AI R SPSED ~DF AF E ( 4) ( A) 2 S/ 0551Z ( E) NIGHT C5 > K 1 ST L T 5 4 FIS G OI~:c VERY FA~1 E~Yct~D RANG CF RliDAR CR A VSR'f S~:ALL C ?JZCT .\: ~Los: :v;11..:..;-.Tict~: St-:Gi<T DURATIC OF SIGHTI~G, COLCR Cf. t:'JTHH~ :G Tc=:.IL, I: L~:".ILI'lY TO ~::E CEJECT ."\FTER CCt: PLZTIHG 18A~ TURN \iHICH T\...G:< O.LY l:.. TC 1 5 SZCC..i DS TO CCt.PLETE~ L ' AE I LITY OF GCI ST.;TICN ~C ?AP,T, Tt: s-.;~m: .. \::J THAT H'E I~ FA''ILIAR WITH APPEARANCE OF 1.TCRS FRC! THE-G.RC'JND AND F ZLT ~ZE:N A~ :Tl::CR AT 25:'i~ FT WHICH SEELD CLOSZ TO '-1I~ ~IRCRAFT. CE:C~< '.~IT!~ ~ fiLITARY STATI CNS AL m lG EXTStlDED FLIGHT PATf FOR 'JFCI OR : :::TZC 1 ':F.P C?.T -~ :H t\ :-G.\ T IVE R 2 SPCtl ~E. C H .::c K ~Jl T': l_';. IV R S I TY OF A LASKA