PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATI I. LOCATION 12. COMCLUitOMI Q_ Waa Balloon IX Prollat.ly Balloon -3-. _D_A_T_I!.-T-IM_I_O_IIO_U_P-------~ .. ~n~,~I!~O~P-O~I~I""""IR~V~A~T~IO~N~-------1 Poael Wy Bolloon D Wae Aircraft Local--+--------CIO..unti-VIauel D GreufNIRader Pro .. ol.ly Aircraft D Po aei W 'I Aircraft D Wae Aetrono~nlcal D Y D Prot.aWy AetroneMlcal II He C1Y11 D Poaai .. ly Aetrono~nlcol 0 lneufficlent Data for Evaluation 1 br ODe W 0 U,.nown IRIIP OP liGHTING I. COMMENTS obJect witla :proJectloza at the eD4a ot fbere. was a weather balloon with a ' th8 er 11De. ~.rtaere vas a reel bud on the reflector which crossed the area at the obJect betveeD the projectioas. On the batt time ot the s1sbt1Da It is conclUded were two a which 1D an unduJ.at _..._ :~hat the obJect was a weather balloon. motion. Al.so, on the center bottom was a half' mooD sharPed object which whirled at varyiaa speeds. The object vas about ae big as an auto- mobile aud sUver 1D color. ATIC JPOitM 3D (lt&Y 2 8&P .2) PAGE FOUR RJKDAG 157 SEEM TO CORRELATE WITH SIGHTING, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING WIND DIRECTION AND VELOCITY. ITEM ILO: CHIEF, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION, HQ 10TH AIR DIV CDF). THE NATIVES WHO OBSERVED THE OBJECT STATED IT CAME WITHIN 2~0 FEET OF THEM. SEVERAL OF THE OBSERVERS DREW SKETCHES WHICH WERE VERY SIMILAR. WHEN THE OBJECT ROSE INTO THE AIR, A SUCKING NOISE WAS HEARD AND GRASS WAS SUCKED UP FROM THE GROUND. ONE OF THE OBSERVERS, A DEAF-MUTE, POSSIBLY INDICATED THAT A 5 GALLON CAN WAS SUCKED UP, BUT THIS WAS NOT ASCERTAINABLE FOR SUR. IN THE PAST, NATIVES HAVE OFTEN PROVED TO BE ACCURATE AND RELIABLE OBSERVERS OF UNUSUAL OCCURANCES IN THE ALASKAN AREA. NO REASONABLE EXPLANATION OF THE OBJECT IS READILY APPARENT. REQUEST YOUR OPINION OF WHETHER ON-THE- SPOT INVESTIGATION AND INTERROGATION OF OBSERVERS BY THIS OFFICE IS WARRANTED qfJ/0207Z JUN RJKDAG GOOD. ITEM GOLF.& Cl >. VERY CL::AR, NO CLOUDS. C2) WINDS AS OF 001~2, LITTLE CHANG THEREAFTER. SURFACE 270 DEGREES 10KJ 6000 FEET 35a DEGREES 10Kj 10 0, 31 DEGREES 16 KJ 16000 pGRES 2qKJ 31000, 50 DEGREES 30KJ 50000 330 DEGREES ilK; 80000, 071 DEGREES liKe C3) UNLIMITED (4) UNRESTRICTED<5> CLEAR TO LIGHT SCATTERED C6) NONE (7) TEMPERATURE INVERSION AT 4000 FT. ITEM HOTELI UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA; US WEATHER BUREAU ANCHORAGE AND LOCAL WEATHER Pl::RSONNEL FAIL TO INDICATE ANY POSSIBLE EXPLANATION. ITEM INDIA: NONE. ITEM JULIETTE: AT 2~/0545Z MAY 196a, THE 7~5TH ACWRON, ING SALMON, ALASKA WAS CARRYING A WEATHER BALLON AT BKFQ3045 AT 35,0~0 FEET. THIS HOWEVER WOULD NOT ENOUGH FOR POSSIBLY J MEN TO 3 INSIDE. ITEM BRAVO. <1) CAME INTO VIEW <2) UNNOWN <.3 > l.ASt SEEN HIGH, ESTlMAT~D 80~0 FEET, ALMOST DUE SOUTH (4) OBJECT WAS MOVING SLOWLY AND APPARENTLY FOLLOwiNG NO SPECIAL COURSE:. WOULD MOVE ALONG NEAR GROUND, LOWEST ALTITUDE ESTIMATED UNDER 300 FEET, THEN RISE AND HOVER AND DESCEND AGAIN. FINALLY ASCENDED ~ APIDL.Y TO ESTIMATED 80Za FEET AND MOVED RAPIDLY SOUTH. APPEARED TO HOVER OVER THE VILLAGES OF CLARKS POINT AND EKUK FOR SOME TIME. (5) SLOWLY TO SOUTH C6) .APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR. ITEM CHARLIE. Cl) GROUND VISUAL <2) SOME OBSERVERS USED BINOCULARS TO WATCH OBJECT OVER CLARK POINT AND EKUK. TYPE UNKNOWN. C2) Nl A. ITEM DELTAS <1) 20/05002 MAY 1960 C2) DAY. ITEM ECHO: 4 MILES NORTH or DILLINGHAM ALASKA OR APP BKGQ3306. ITEM FOXTROT& OBS~RVERS WERE A GROUP or NATIVES. THE PERSON WHO INTERROGATED THEM AND REPORTED SIGHTING IS SFC RALPH SORENSEN CALASKA NATIONAL GUARD> BOX 45, DILLINGHAM, ALASKA. BARGE PAGE THREE RJKDAG 157 OPERATOR, AGE 25. NO ESTit1ATE AS TO HELIA3ILITY BUT DID noT SOUND LI f.Z A CRAN . SFC SORZNSZN T Al.KED TO THE NATIVES THROUGH INTERPRETER AND MAILED IN A REPORT. ON RECEIPT, A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WAS HELD WITH SFC SORENSEN FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS. SFC RJDSQ/ATIC WPAFB~-.....- RJEZHQ/HQ USAF .. , :. ;. : RJEZHQ/SECRETAR~ OF THE AF UNCLAS FROM 10AD DO~! 0146. ATTN AFCIN HQ USAF. ATTN SAFIS UFO ITIM ALPHA: <1> CIRCULAR IN PLAN, ROUGHLY FOOTBALL SHAPE-D IN CROSS SECTION. C2 > 20 TO 25 FEET IN DIAMETER, 1~ TO 12 FEET IN THICKNESS C3) METALLIC SELIVERY WHITE, COMPARED TO ALUMINUM C4) ONE <5) N/ A Co> TWO FLEXIBLE TUBES OR FLAPS APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 5 FEET LONG DEPENDING FROM EDGE, A SEMI-CIRCULAR, WHIRLING DEVICE IN CENTER OF BOTTOM <7) NONE. (8) SOUND WAS DESCRIBED AS WHIRRING WITH SUCKING SOUND WHEN FINALLY ASCENDING. (9) OBSERVERS DID NOT SEE ANY WINDOWS. PAGE TWO RJKDAG 157 WERE FAIRLY SURE OF DIMENSIONS AND STATED WAS BIG Satellitea (AFCIN-4FJ, Phone 69219) Astronomical Phenomena (Meteor, Comet, Planet, eto)-"'t?r~...~f:!::. C.::;"' ..:;..;,~;_. , -- Rader Analysis (AFCIN-4El) (Ball Liptning, etc) _ Aircraft, Balloons, Analysis and Conclusions: 7'rlct?C. SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 ASCENDED AT 0 THIS POINT I 2 Mi (APP) DILLINGHAM WAII.NlNO: 'I"III. u-f NllfaiN llllfWatIJoll eof111' lite 11eli01111l de/eiiN ol the UIIJied Sttea withi11 the mNIIJtt. ol the l &piotua~ we, rJtle U.S. S.aHoN 1JJ ftfl 114. lie lrenem/Nion or the , .,,latlan o/ it1t aotttant ;,. 11 ,...,."."' ,,. ,.~ - !!- SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 11Z Hq lOth Air Division (Def) Alaska National Guard, did not see the object, but was the person who reported the sighting. He stated that many people. saw the object after it was well up in the air.; but he had heard of no one other than those listed below who saw it at close range. In a town the size of Dillingham, news travels fast end if anyone else had seen it, probably would have heard of it. saw the object at close range. af-mute native ...... e~ted. his sighting to his brother was not personall7 contacted. The account was 'gi , spealdns ~or. his brother. was in the yard of the house when he saw the object flying along the ridge. He noticed that it was creating considerable suction, in fact, enough to pick up two empty five gallon fuel tins and swirl them in the air below the object. He was alarmed becaus~ Yf!%7 .small children. were playing in the area and he was afraid they would be sucked up. The object passed about 50 to 100 feet from him and just cleared electric wires estimated 12 feet above ground. Apparently the cans were carried:. from one side of the ridge on which the houses stand, to the oth~r,.a distance of possibly 100 yards. The obje~t passed between the houses,rdippe~ slightly into the ravine. and ascended ~tan extremely high rate of speed. As it ascended, it swirled dead grass from the meadow high into the air after it. drew a picture of the object, (figure 1) and described it as follows: It was quite round with a projection at the ends on the ceo ter line. Whether this was "fore and aft" or a flange all the way around could not be determined. There was a red band on the object between the projections. On the bottom were two appendages which . moved in an undulating motion {the motion was described with arm movements) Also, in the center bottom, was a half moon shaped object which whirled at varying speeds. Apparent when the object ascended rapidly, it whirled very fast. According to account, the angle o:f incidence to the object of these appendages and half moon changed, but because of language difficulty, it was imposaible to determine what relationship this had with the movement of the object except that it possibly occurred when it turned. The object was about as big as an automobile and was silver in color. elt certain it was not a balloon and was metal 1 ic. It was impossible to deteiwine the three dimensional shape of the object. It is difficult to assess tha reliability of these persons but it is probably at least average. Conversation th indicated no reason to doubt the veracity of either or There was some language difficulty in communication with i Another possible witness was not interviewed because. he was then li in an outlying village. stated that he understood that was at the house and had heard the object mak~ 3. lound suc!~ing noise when it ascended. He 1'3-S not sure T..Jhether had seen the object. established the time of initial sighting at approximately 20 0500Z, May He is the proprietor of a pool hall and barber shop in Dillingham and was zeated at the rear window of his establishment. He noticed the object come into view from behind some buildings. The object was n ... .;. 1.r t:.nc !'t\lge and ep:9roximatcly par~l~.L.bg the .ciclge. lie d~-3c:::-ib~d. -c':!e object. J.~ the size or~ ..:t J.:!.c:sht :Lirpl .;ne ~"t th::1.t distance, silvery L"l. color and football shaped. When shown the drawing (figure 1) he stated it did not seem so round to him. He was nnable to cliscern any details at that distance ( about 2 miles) exc t that it did not have wings. The object appeared to be moving slowly. watched the object for a while, then went to locate binoculars. . From the window there is a clear view of the ridge and (S8CVItlrY INI'OitiWATIOif h~tlflletl Ill) COUNTRY Ofl' ORIQIII AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ARIA RIJIOitT AcmtCY 01 ORIGM DATI 01 RIPORT Mr Division DATI 0/P UIIIORMATIOII PREPARING Ofrdill EVALUATIOII M. eonrov RDlitii'C" (C."IPII t.,.,..,..,..., JWIoe ,..re, * u eppl .. llf) Mag lOth AD liO I 0~116 , \ UFO Observed at This report is an wuplitieation and partial correction of information 1n message lOAD DOI 0146 dated 2 June 196o. This info:rDtation is based on personal contacts made on 2 June 196o, reference ATIC message AFCIN-4E2 6-1881- d.ated 16 June 196o Actg Dep-ACS/Intelligence 1 copy USAF (AFCIN) 1 copy ALCC* J-2 1 copy AAC SUPPLEMENT TO AF FORM 112 ORIGINATIH Hq lOth Air Division (Det) house. The reliability of is difficult to estimate, but he vas not evasive and some deta'J.l a of his story correlated with that of There was some l~ae;e difficult;r.. was fl.yins in a Ught. plane at 250Q teet near Ekuk, south of' May 196o. He sav people on the ground looking up and in tr.yiDg to find what they were looking at, saw the object at an estimate 000 r,et and near}7 above him. He stated it was round, end silver,. with a small ~rapezoidal ,obJect belov-it and a much smaller o)?ject of 1ndetezsm1n- able shape .. b~lov--that. He descri.bed the trapezoidal obJect as nat .more than one-f1f'tb :~: aise of the ro\Uld ,~Ject flat, and with the horizonta.taides parallel~ (J'icure 2).. He atated\~t ~e round-object 1ras very large, much l .. ars~ .. the . baJ J o~s ~oated over from Japan during wwn.. He said he :r~he .. couJd climb up t~,the object., .~ut did not as. fog was . , envel0Jl,1D8~tbe-a1rf1el.d at and he vas afra:ld to waste the time. He. coult. give~ no other detaj J s. . is a barge operator and pllot.- He seemed to tell a straight forward st"or.y-end t