PROJECT 10073 RECO'<D CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Vlos Bolloon .,9 mb 1956 E j b k Al \c 0 P robably Bolloon 3. DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION t~rouncl Vi ~uol -s-.. -:-P.,-HOTOS 6. TcffiRCE 0 Gro und Rod o r 0 Airlntercepl Radar 0 Was Ai r craft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 Po s s l bl y AIrcraFt 0 Wos Astronomi col Q Yos Tower IJpera tor o Prol>obly Ashonomi c:ol 0 Possibly A!.tronornic:ol 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE lD.t( Oth'----F~l..4'a"'".r~e'-:-::--:--- arc t 0 r i r'>"h t o fnsufflcient Data for Evaluation 2-5 seconds one and downwatd 10. BRlEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One object, circular, size of pea. Color red, bluish-white, green w/ ATlC F ORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 11. COMMENTS This sighting was determined to be a flare fired by persons unknown; by tbe territorial police and by others. KQ B014KDA0l3LAA013T MM RJKDAG RJEDEN RJEiftJP RJEPHQ FM COMDR BET 2 5~04TH AISS LADD AFB ALASKA TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WAS1i 25 DC INFO RJ~DAGICOMDR 5004TH AISS ELMENDORF AFB ALAS~A RJKDAGITI I AAC ELMENDORF AFB ALASKA RJKPAG/~INCAC ELMENDORF AF9 ALASKA UNCLAS INT-SS 7516 ATTN J-2 EDF 1. A CIRCULAR C RED, BLUISH WHITE, GREEN PAGE TWO RJKDLA 7 2. A 9RIGHi'NESS B APPROX TWENTY DEGREES Mr1 A a IMUTH ~ SEVENTY TO TWO }[UNDRED NINTY DEGREES TRUE. r C APPROX TEN DEGREES ELEVATION CMM AQIMUTH TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY TO T~TO HUNDRED NINTY T~JO DEGREES TRUE. D ARC TO RIGHT AND DOWN WARD E WENT BE}I!ND HILL OR HIT GROUND F Tt,JO TO FIVE SECONDS 3 A GROUND-UISUAL AGE .32 CMM CMM COLLEGE ALASl~A Cl'1t1 A I R CONTROL TOtVER OPERATOR CNM AGE 31 BANKS ALASKA CMM PILOT WIEN AIRLINES CMM AGE 47 CMM CMM FAIRBANKS ALAKSA CMM CO-PILOT WIEN AIRLINES CMt1 FAIR- 7 A SCATTERED CLOUDS CMM CLEAR CMM NO WIND CMM ~TEATHER DRY. CMM TEMPERATURE OLD C HIGH OVERCAST AT 3 63Z DEC 56 91~og&E AIC ON FINAL APPROX 0 15 DEGREES TRUE FROM TOWER O~SERVER 11 COM~1ANDER, DETACHMENT 2, 5 4TH AISS, LADD AFB, ALASl(A THE; 1:1;R;E OBSERVERS REPORTED THEIR FIRST I MPRESSION THE OBJECT tvAS BLY A METEOR .J OR JET AIRCRAFT. THE TOWER OPERATOR J WHO SAW THE OBJECT THE 'LONGEST, WAS DEFINITE THAT T WAS A FLARE AS SHE HAD WITNESSED THOSE SIGHTINGS BEFORE IN THE SAME AREA, AND WAS ABLE TO PINPOI T THE EXACT itiME. JET AIRCRAFT WERE RULED OUT AS NO SOUND T,TAS HEARD BY OBSERVERS OUTSIDE, AND NO JETS WERE ~NOWN TO BE IN THE PAGE THREE RJKDLA 7 AREA AT THE TIME. TWO TOtJER OPERATORS REPORTED THEY Hfl.D vTITNESSED WHAT WAS.THOUGHT TO BE FLARE ACTIVITY, TN THE RIDGE WEST OF BEEN REPORTED TO THE TERRITORIAL POLICE IN FAIRBAN~S. A CJrEcu WITH r THE PTLICE CHElF CONFIRMED TitAT THEY HAVE REPORTS OF RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE RIDGE AHEI\ THAT APPARENTLY HAVE FLARES IN THEIR POSSESSION AND FIRE THEM FROM TIME TO TIME. THE POLICE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO APPREHEND THE RESPONISIBLE INDIVIDUAL TO DATE. THE SIGHTING"CANNOT BE DEFINITELY INENTIFIED, BUT ANALYSIS OF ALL INFORMATION, t~TOULD SEEM TO INDICATE THE OBJECT WAS A FLARF: FIREFJ BY PERSONS UNYNOWN. 01/~235Z JAN RJl<DLA