L ENGTH Oi" OBSERVATION Ci 1/o:. E.o ll;on ? r o bob I y ilc-11 con Poss~ly t\olloon ;a:Ground Visual 0 Ground Rod or 8. NUMBER OF OSJcCH 0 Wos A ircra f t a P:obobly Aircraft 0 P"s;;i uly A'r-:rofr Hos Asrronom1 col . 1 L Probably A s tronomical Possobly At:onomicol 1 0 In 3uf!iei e n t ::>mo for Evoluato '3n i 0 Unkno wn \0, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING dl'r'ltion f;; Jocations . CO!wiMc~TS :.!~oo for Capt. Gr'3gor:r: H'3nca i s made to the tela9hona call f rom Capt. )T-31.'\on, .:mo, Sa.tmJ'-"Y n~h~. ~? ~!aT~h 58, r'3g a:-C.ing t:'l~ re90rt o f 4 3i..g!ltin~s rec~b"ld f-:-')m ~laj.,:-rAJnar<l, :ro::t.l...J. Th~ call .. .,as :na.d'3 becauss ~!ajor Leon.u-:1 :felt thb.~ the sig.n~ln,:!1 :na:r :'lav'3 C"'dn Suu~::1.:.k I I . Ca:pt. :uat1-3ch ca."lle '.:.o tha Genter an.i a...r1alyzed 'thern r':-om tl!s 1.a~d~oint of or'3dicted Suut::1~:-c II tra s and advi39d ilajor Leonard b:r vhl')ne that :,.i d id. not bel1~v9 th.a signtL"lgs to be ~ Sovist satelll'te. Ea r'3q'lested t ho.t ~TORA.D re-intarro..:;a'ta t:O.e r9porters of the'3e si,:;:O.ti:lgs a!ld for.otar'i tk!B a.tld.itional inio~ation t,o ATIC as no~al U10 re~orts. T~ data taksn from ~jor Leonard b:r me are as follows: -Fl ing ob j e c t vicinity of North~ay, Alaska; P~ading 90 degrees; . .-10 de&r e e s a bove tbe horizon; time: Si5hting 2--?laming object reported by acft 40 ~ilea southeast of Haines , AlaKka;-)0 d e grees above the horizon; time: 292027z. Sighting ) -Vartical-{ire at JO,OOO ft reported:(/~ ~i~e Hor se, Yu..~on and the tower operator there; --~L~e:, 292027Z. Sighting 4 -~laming ob,ject reported by aircraft _y1.c.in3 t~f '.vat a on Lake, Yukon; These 6ere all as of the timB the d.a~a :.!ajor Leonard had from the persons reporting the sigating s he talkad to me. Capt , USAJ' Staff Duty Offica r JOINT ,v,~SSAGEFGRM U iC_;lSS:FIEO COMDR; ATIC HQ AAC; EL\NOORF AFB, ALASKA that the ob.ject ~ other than a fireball, si :n; 1 a:r to the one observed throughout seyen ( 7) vestern states simultaneously o n 1 0 Oct 57 COORDDlATION: '1 .,~o.?GE . gREGORY, ,.usn. Page 3 of 3 Copy I of 6 copies T. J. COt'H'.lAIR Mo)or, U~H Admindro:~-.. O'rce' Cl~s.o;tf:r.a::on C,H;celled SQH0~7SQG1e9 YDB1r3 XYB178 ~XB182 QDBI49 KQC0~1SXA~7l RR RJEDSQ RJEDDI~ RJEPHQ ZFD RJKDEX KQB~S 4 AGB~C2 , RJCJS 1 RJZJJ~I !tJ=PH'l .; f GO!JD.~ AAC :J RJZDSQ/COMDR ATIC :irO RJEDDN/COMDR ADC .' ./ZPHQ/COFS USAF \ :i!C INCAL !'DLA/COMDR 11TH ADIV :~ASSI7IED FROM INT- 1 5 79. ~.~F ATTN: ACS/58 AND ISO. RrFERZNCE MESSAGE THIS HEADQUART~RS ~30, 29 MARCH, PART FOUR ON ~IETEOR-LIKZ OBJECT. CAPTAI~ 0 SHORT STUBBY WI~GS. CHANGE OF OPI NION MAY B PARTI ALLY DUE ~0 NERSATIONS CAHTAIN HAD ~ITH SEVERAL OT~ER PILOTS ~HO .~ ~) 03SERVSD METEOR- LIK OBJECT. PRIOR TO RET~ACTION H~ HAD : ~'{TLY AMPLIYI~D HIS ORI-..INAL STATE1'1ENT AS FOLL0 ,1/S "'Fl:~ST THROUGH :cT iJAS A PARACHUTZ FLAR~ ~HICH FAILED TO OPEN. S2C70N T~OUGHT