PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 5 July 1956 between-Skagway & Juneau, Alaska o Probably Balloon Local-----------XIGroundVhuol 0 GroundRador Waa Aircraft Probobly Aircraft 5. 1 HO't v,. . 6. D Woa Astronomical 0 Yea 0 Probably Aatronomlcol :t\Hfo Military 0 Pouibly Aatronotnlc.& 7. LENGTH Oil OIIIRVATION 1. NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Insufficient Ooto for Evoluotlon Ito. BRIEJ' SUMMARY OJ' SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Observation of object dark against cirrus cloud background observed at 5 dgr elevation in flight fm 10 dgr azimuth t o 100 dgr azimuth. Duration 1 min. Speed about twice that of DC-6 vhlc h traveled same route 1 hour ear1iar. Silhouette only observed. No win o r tail. Object observe d both booad~ide and fm r ear. Also states thEt 3 bump s on wings looked like nacelles A1'JC FORM U!l (R&V 26 I&P 52) Conflicting statement of b umps o n wings yet no wings obs~rved. Report probably af a/c. Descrip tion of flight and route as well as speed indicates that this consistent with a/c analysis. 81ECUJUTY CLA.a81JI'Ic:ATION U/. _,) DISPOSITION FO (U) Request tor J/C Intor.wation FROM AFOIN-4E4 . ctAT~ July 56 COMMENT NO. 1 : hFJt/Capt G.T:a~'sory/le/69n6 1. In accordance vitheatablished polielea tor the analysis ot UFO reports, requeat 7011:' ret!ev and comenta regarding the attached report from the 5004-th .AISS 2. The ~11abll1ty ot cro reports or1gill8.ting -!rom USAF illtelli&enee units is sener.ll7conalcl8red sooc1 and, therefore, merit other than routine treatnh!>nt. .3 Toltarda. cloa!Da out this ease. also request your conunents as to the poss1- b111t.T ot aigmted.object being a USSB aircraft. either lost or violating u.s . air space. It is uawDecl. that intormation on Soviet aircraft activities near the Alaskan area are ~ tile with your division . 4 In order to correlate ts and other intormtion from other agencies coordinating in 'hia matter. request your CD aments by 16 July 1956 'rr Msg RJ'KD.AG #16 TO: AFOL"'i -4E4 Actg Chief, Air Sciences Division Deputy tor Sciences and Components FROM: AFOIN-4F2 DATE: 16 July 56 COMMENT NO. 2 AFOIN-4F2b/Capt Courlas/agp 1. There is no int'or:-::3.tion on file i n this office concerning Soviet air activity in the area of cubject UFO sighting. 2. Ther e is a CIA report, subject, "Soviet Activities in the Alctic and .Antarctic," ATIC Br . 269915, which describes USSR air activitie s in the Arctic regions in general. 3. Descri~ion of subj ect UFO ~oes not identity it as 7ny known aircraft DAN J. GARERI 11 14101-1 tt U. 8 . OOV.IINN.IIT PIIINTUe OP',.IC:ao "" O -lneo R JKD~r 1~.) ~t-ttA;Dott.r 4 4c..Jt..J - 'RE IJ/tiiiJcJf/f'lriP FLYIA/~ _ 7 .J'~4.Y rt... tJP~fiJtJaT sr~ru.s ~J!'Jtn,J~ t; :.VPB<JJJ YDEW-J 1 XY~ '"' ~X~ 16 OD"" 17 KQC345 KKCJ 16XAGC005 <~ RJEDW RJEDtN RJEPHQ DE RJKDAG 16 fi't COP1DR 50~4TH AISS ELMENDORF AlB ALASKA TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADCENT ArB COLO HJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WPAFB O~IO ~J~PHQ/D!R Of INTEL HQ USAf WASHDC I iO ZEN/DIR or INTEL AAC COMDR IN CHIE:Ji AC Eu"1ENDORF AFP. ALASKA ...... t;ROADS!DE VlW SILHOUETTE Of AIRPLANE. NO TAIL OR WINGS VISI~LE. tu.~i18LD EAGLE r-ur MUCH LARC:tR, GtNRALLY OBLONG. B. HALf SlZ REGULAR C..LLtARiTTE. c. DARK A~AINST STRATUS BACKCROUND) D. ONE E. iO~E ; . okOADSID VIEW RESEMBLED FUSELAGE or AIRPLANE. NO TAIL OR WING~ ~lSCiRNAFLLe BROADSIDE AD REAR Vltwa NO FUSELAGE OR TAIL. THREE <~> 3UMPS ON INGS LOOKED liKE EN~IN NACELLES OR JET ?ODS. G. NONDf. NON HEARD. CONSIDLRABLt NOISE fROM TELETYPE C:QUIP~ENT AND RECEIVERS IN CONTROL STATION. I. UNUSUALLY Hl'H sPIED. APPROXIMATELY TWICE THAT Of DC6 THAT iOLLOVED SAME ROUT ONE r~b~ TWO RJKDAG 16 h~uk EARLIER. 2 . DESCRIPTION Of COtJ~SI: OF OBJECT A. RAPID MOTION \.: r uBJECT ti;.{IU: OF SERVING CLOUDS TCPP I NG ADJACENT MOUNTAINS -' r' l V ( 5 ) DEGREE ANGLE 0 # ELEVATION. AZIMUTH tJ-100 DEGREES '!~G&,..i:.TIC 4lC~T!f C.APPROXIMATELY SAME AS 2? AEOV J A~?ROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE 3. ~ANNER OF OBSERVATION A. Go<OUND VISUAL P. NONI: C. NOT APPLICABLE 4. TIME AND DATE Of SIGHTING A. 0521,,Z a. DAY TM CAA CONTROL STATION 582523N, 34, CAA RELIAPILITY -GOOD. RELIAP!UTY -GOOD. 7. 2J-534S !Zb0 SCATTIRED 250~ SCATTERED, MEASURED CEILING: 5~0', OV~CAST VISIEILITY ~ MILES, LIGKT RAIN SHOWRS, i;J IND NORTHWEST 6 MPH 8 NON 9. NON ~. NONE 11. CHIEF, FIELD OPERATIONS, ~04TH AIR INTELLIGENCE SERVIC SI)UADRON