PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 0 Was Balloon 1956 . Elmendorf; AFB, Probably Balloon 3. DATETIME GROUP 4. 1 n t: OF OBSERVA1 0 Poasibly Balloon Local JGroun d~ Vi ual 0 Gro'undrRador 0 Was Aircraft Probablr Aircraft 0 . Possl.bly Aircraft 0 Air-Visual 0 Airlntercept Rado'r 'Milit.ary 7 LENGTH Ofl OBSERVATION L HUMBER OP OBJECTS 110 . BRI.fl SUWAARY Ofl IIGHntMt .Resembled rocket exhaust. seen ahead of glow. Color~-orange yellow to white. Exhaust 2-3 diameter--flight level s igbting .occured. 18 Jan 56 1800Z except flight . A'I'IC FOitM :12t (RBV 26 SaP 52) 0 'Was As~ron~mical Meteor 0 'Probably Astronomical ~'< Pquibly Astronomical 0 : 'Other 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 0 Unlcnawn Meteor sighting. IJNCLASSi F I ED RR RJEDN RJEDWP 'RJIPHQ RJKDAG I ~ COMDR 1JTH AIR DIV DEF EDF AFB ALS t - , . . - '-4 .J J . 3 ; - TO RJEDEN/COMDR AIR DEFENSE COMMAND ENT AFB COLO . .. _.., RJEDWPRXCOMDR ATIC WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO LJ,.. tJ.. ..t,?: r; XRJIPHQVXDittt.TOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASH 25 DC I . ; :_..~-- INFO RJKDA(;/COMDR ALASKAN AIR COMMAND IDF AFB ALS / '""'C .. , .1 ,... ' RJKDA(;/COMDRIN"'CHIEF ALASXAN COMMAND <ATTN, J2W) \... // ~-- 1iDOI 11-1021. REF ArR2a~-2 PAR 7D UFOB EXAUST .NO OBJECT COULD BE. Sl:N AHEAD OF GLOV.CB) HALF DOLLAR .(C) ORANGEYILLOV.TO WHITE CD> ONE CE> N/A <F> .ONE (G) EXHAUST TWO OR THREE TIMES AS LONC AS DIAMETER <> NONE (!) NONE (2) (A) PASSED INTO FIELD OF VISION CB>35 DEGREES TO 41 DEGREES ANGLE .or ELITION A'ND 9' DECRIES AZIMUTH (C) 3 5 .DEGREES TO 41 DEGREES ANGLE OF ELEVATION AND ,. DEC:RIIS AZIMUTH CD> VERT FAST, .. LEVEL, PARALLEL 10 )IOI120N ([) ABRUV'nY PASSED OUT OF SIGHT ( F) TWO TO THREE SECONDS (3) () GROUND VISUAL "<NO OPTICAL AIDS (C) NIA (4) CA> 19RJiWZ . . <B> NJGHI (') TOWER, ELMENDORF A~B, ANCHORA, ALA KA (6) CKlNYA CB> ( PAC:E TVO OJ' LJUJD Sll T/SC:T UII[N ;. RAMSET 1~ 1ST AACS, CONTROL TOWER OPERATOR. HAS .. IEIH C TOWI OPERATOI FOR SEVEN- TARS. COMPLETILY RELIA!LE. ( (1) (A) 2111 Till SCATTERED, VISIBILITY 1' MILES CLEAR WITH SLIGHT Hi2E .CI) SUR~Aa 31' DEC:RIES ,.1, INTS ,,HI UIDCREES 35 KNTS, 111 151 DECiiiES 31 XNTS, IC,IH 11 DEC:RES 37 KNTS, 21,111 151 t DEGREES 19 KHTS, ,1,111 Zl DEC:RFES Z INTS, 81 MTS. CCl 8 1 .. -BROIEH, Cl 15 MILES, (E) C 8/11, (f) NEC:ATIVI (8) NONE (9) INSUffiCIENT TIME, SIGHTING LAS1tD ONLY 2 TO 3 SECONDS NO IADAR .IETUJUI FROII A~ACENT ACV DIRECTION CENTER C 1 ll NO AIRCRAFT IN DlliDIATE VICINITY (11) CHIEf INIILLIC:ENCE DIVISION, 11TH AIR DIVISION . CDIF> 11!111> MOfiHENT PRECLUDES POSSIBILITY OJ PLANET OR STAR, ARPIY llRIJC AT TIME AND IN IRECTION OJ OBSERVATION. HOWEVER OLY MORTARS AND BACBINE ~JS WERE USE. PATH OF UFOB VAS PARALLEL TO HORIZON ELIMIBATIC lOTH MORTAR fiRE AND METEOCS AS PROBABILITY. DESCRIPTION D0S NOT RESEMBLE MACHINE GUN TRACER FIRE. NH VEATHR BALLOONS RELEASED IN ARIA OBSERVER REFERRED TO UFOB AS AN EXHAUST RISIMBL ING JET BUDER OR HI'H SPEED HU;H ALTITUDE ROCKIT MOVI~G IN HORIZONTAL # LANE, NOT FALLING LIKE A MITEOR.OBSERVER STATID THATHE MADE AN : . ALMOST IDENTICAL OBSERVATION AT 1~/0211 LOCAL TIME EXCEPT THAT IN THIS FIRST INSTANCE MOVIHINT WAS FROM VEST TO EAST. (12) N/. CC<: LINE ~ PAGE ON SHUD READ AS FOLLOWSI . /839 (A) GROUND VISUAL CB> NO OPTICAL AIDS (C) N/A (4) CA) 19/04422 (B) UNCLASSIFl0 F:1 ~.J!:CADICOt!DR t : TH JO ~J!:Jc; ICO!!I:R ADC Er'T AFB COLO riJZ2 .'":-/ COtlDR ATIC ''-'RI:;HT-PATTER:~. li.F.C ~.JKDAG I COi iD2 RJt: I ..~ I C rr. CAL UtOI 6.:3 1 ATTN:J-2 REF l :JDOl 01.-.0t.:-2!3 UFOB RPT. REEVALUATIOi~ o: It~ I TI ,:..:,. r.PT Ii~D I CATZS PG S IBI LITY TnAT UFOB 11AY HAVE BEE!: ?lET0~ PASSI. G l iTO EART~'S AT:iOSPHERE II'~ ~:oR~!AL ARCII':G TRAJECTORY OPTI CAL ILUJ'l0~ OF A PP.TH PAR AL!..ZL TO T H~ EARTH' S SURFACE COL L D R:SLiLT ~F.Oi1 -c.~t" c:HoR-'RI T.T surr A TPAr~' 'TQ!IJ ~