Fairbanks Alaska — November 1957

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Keywords: egative, richardson, rvnrn, rhnnt, ittdic, chical, pattzrsc, 11cci, tsorlikz, vjhi1l, fcllou, rivli, afrupt, secct, clllr, cotlptrcller, rlieaele, brokei, sigh1it, elfphcne, l14laat, intelligsnc, itltslligence, subfiitted, histling
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATIOH 3. DATETIME ~ROUP .C. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 5. PHOTOS }: 0 Ground Vi suol 0 Air-V I suol 0 Air-lntercspt Roclor 7. lENGTH OF= OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE COHCLUSIOHS Wos Sall(')an 0 Probably BaiiOGn Passl bly Balloon Wo'!l Ai rcroh 0 P ro bohl y A ircraft D Po ui bl y A I rcroft 0 Prol,obly Astronomical 0 Pouibly Astronomical 0 Insufficient Ooto for Evaluation tO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Round object, c rvnrn and l 'C'd with I l::~s:lC; Stren.t<.: o f 1i;?,ht blue o1 pu..~.a phite. De..;cl.i..pt.:ion ' rhnnt.io:l of :3i:r ht. ing ittdic~Lcs Met~ot. o J I o e:- CC RJl~DAG RJ ZDZN RJ E DSQ RJE:PHQ DE RJ KDL A 4-- FV Cct:DR 11T'{ AIR DIV Di::F TO RJ:=:Dt:i~/COHD::t AIR DEFEt~SE COtWAND ENT ?J ZDSO/ COMDR ~I~ T:CHICAL I~T(LLIG~NCt CE~lTER WRIG~{T PATTZRSC~ ]J~:P~O/DIRZCTOR CF I~lTELLIGENCE HQ USAF ~Jl<DAG/ACS INTELLIG:~.CE AAC J',CI:ASSI.f.'IC:D FROt~ 11CCI 19 . UFOB (1) ( A) t:F.TSORLIKZ <B ) PE:A ( C) INITIALL~ YE:LLCH ORANGE TO BRILLIANT IHTE T O SRIGHT BLU HHIT~ (D) GNE <) ~ZG.!\Tl\F cr , }FTf?.LL SHAP~ v!ITH POit\T S JP f'l'lD J)CU~ <G> STRf:l\l< OF LIGHT Cit) t-.EGATIVE. C I) FP.CNT APPEARED BRIGHT r LUF. vJHI1l:. t~ITH PURC:: .. t.I'i .:. Oi~ FCLLOU I ,JG SIDE: ( 2 ) ( ft) !:RIGHT t CVT'::NT IN Si<Y C f:) c ; ) SLIG::1 [':!.C: \!)Il'!G A~C TC :..AST, t:c~ rIVli=ITIC:KS, HIGH SPED() AFRUPT FADt:CUT (f) FIVE SECCt~DS ( 3 ) ( /\ ) GRCU~:D VISU/-lL ( B ) NEGATIV~. TH C RJ l<D LA 4 SIDF. CF EUILDI~.G 1; 4 S LADD AFP, ~LI\SKA ( 6) ( A) NEGATI\JE: ( B) Gt~ORG~ L. CLLLr:Y, LT. COL. USAF, CotlPTRCLLER 5 \ '6r'. AE l;.!G, RLIEAELE (7) ( A) Ci...E:AR WITH NC UI~!D VERY CL:.:AR ( 2 ) s,: r~ Fr-i:.T l 3:Z DZG~:!.ZS AT 1;. l<~:OTS, AT 1 5 KNCTS ( C) 7,5.::0 FEET BROKEi~ CLOUDS ( D) :59 r'llLES CE ) 5 TO 8 T fl'!THS (f) NE:GP"TIVF. (8) Nf.Gl\TIVE: ( 9 ) t-:EGATIVE < 1r:) 13-47 ~.~ID KC- 9 7 Ir~ P.R"i!.f.\ C 11) t:AJOR r.ILTON '. KARELL, CHIEF DIVI Sl 01\ I~ITELLIGE.nCE l t T H A I R D I V I S I c, h C D 2 F ) At-~ D CAPT A I~ J AI 1 E S F . S !': I Tii I NTEL L I G E NC F. OFFICER 11TH A!~ DIVISION (DEF), THE GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE, UNIVERSITY GF ALf-\Si<A CCl'iTP.C1E:D ABOUT SIGH1It~G, THE..Y HAD 1r. T O 15 T ELFPHCNE CALLS < KQA l14LAAt~ 38 F:'l COtiDR 11TH AIR DIV DEF TO RJZDEN/COMDR A I R DEFENSE COlIt!AND ENT RJEDSQ/COMDn AIR TECHNICAL I NTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIG.fT PATT~RSON ~JEPHQ/DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGSNC HQ USAF RJKDAG/COMDR AAC ACS ItlTSLLIGENCE UNCLASSIFIED SITS 20 FROM 110CI Tht: FOLLOtJI:~G UFOB SUBfIITTED BY THIS HEADQUARTERs: 1. A. ROUt~D J . iSTI\lf\TZD 2 TO 2 l/2 FT I N DIA;1ETR. C. CREA~1 AND RED HITH F LASHES vi=' rL.::D. RED TAIL OF SPARI<S AND FIRE rt. HIGH sr~ZED '.!HISTLING 8. NEG. 2 . A. BRIGHT t10VE :.:t~T I N s::Y. :, . OV~EHEAD Tv SOUT H SOUTd EAST C . HORI ZOtl D. STRf.IGnT :IOV: 2t\T 3 , ,'l . GROUND VISUAL B. !~t:GA. C. t'\ZGf\ 4 A . 010 13Z2 D2C ZSTP\f\T~D. J . DUSK 5 . 145 25 EAST 63 35 t!ORT H APPROX 6A. fl . :'!ISTE:R RICHARDSON HIGP. ~JAY, 1\GS AND OCCUPATIO\! Uil!o~t!0 PAGS TWO RJJCDLA 5 HILZ 2S8 , RICHARDSON HIGH~JAY, AGE AND OCCUPATION UNKNOHN ; . N~Gf-\. 7 A . PARTII\LLY BROKZN, VISI3ILITY CLEAR B, 5 ,000 FE!.':T 2~,~Z0 FZET 190 D~GREiS AT 2~ Kl~OTS, 30 , 0Z0 FEET 230 DEGREES AT BilOl<:!:t-1 CLOUDS D. 310 ~1ILS E, 5 TO :!:IGHT TC: THS F . ~iQt.j!:: 8 , ~lZGATIVZ s , ~EGATIVE 10, NEGATIVE 11, JAMES F. Si~IT~l, USAF ll TH AD I NTL OFFICER, RELIALII3I LITY UNCSRT.O.IN AT THIS Tlt1E, PZNDHlG rU2THE:R INVESTI GATION TO I NCLUDE PERSONAL INTERVIE~v. 12 . PZRSONNEL -THIS -STATION HI-t-1:. DE?A-R-T-~D-TQ-INV-eSTIGAT Ar FIRST LIGHT 2 DSC 57. BY ~L!:LIOCOPTER, PERSONNEL TO INCLUD'S 2 QUALIF I2D PA~ACHUTIST ~1/Z9 11Z DEC RJICDLA