5 111 IW ot B1a Delta, IIIIP ....... , OP IIOMTIIIO 3r:!ll yellow flash vith larp trail of h~avy black with '~1DI degrees o! '!.nten.~ity. trail larser than flash. l'rail of :.ob s~veral m.:es long. then object di~d ~award. earth b.1:ned out ou: l y after flash. 11. COMMIMTI Probab:cy a da.Yl II. CDMCLUIIONI a Prelt.Wr laaufflctent o ... fer Ev-.IMtlen PACt T\'0 RJKDNPA 8 ~IVERAL MILES AND BURNED OUT. (5) LONG THEN OBJF.CT DIPPLD DO~N TOWARD THE tARTH INSTA~ANEOUSlY AFTER FLASH. (6) ESTIMATE 5-la SECONDS. c. (l) GROUND VISUAL FROM AUTO~IBlE IN MOTION. (2) NONE D'El TA ON HIGHWAY. r. (1) CIVILIAN- UNKNO~N. 31111' U~KNOWN. 51111' UNKNOWN. 81111' U NOWN. (3) NONE (4) 51 MILt. C5) 6511' SCATTERED. (') NONE. (7) TEMPERATURE '' DEGREES DEW PCINT 38. DECRIES. H. NONE. I. NONE. J. NONE. K. CAPTAIN r.B. COLLIE, HQS 11 ADIV CDEF) INTELLIGENCE OFF'ICER. THF INFOR~ATION CONTAIND IN THIS ~IPORT WAS NOT OBTAINED UNTIL 13/20112 JULY 1963 BECAUSE MR KEI~ , wws CN A FISHING TRIP AT THE TIME Oi SHIGHTING AND DID NOT RETURN HOME UNTJl 13 JUlY 1~61. TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH MR KEI~ OBSERVED THE TRAll OF SMOK HOWEVER THE FLASH HAD OCCURRED PRIOR TO THEIR OESLRVATION. THE PREPARING OFFICER HAS NO EXPLANATION AS TO THEIDENTITY OF THE OBJECT. THE COURSE OF THE OBJECT AND TRAil OF SMOKE WAS PARALLEL AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE HIGHWAY LEADING TO BIG DELTA. A CHECK WAS ~ADE AITH FAA AT FORT GREElEY TO DETE~MINE IF ADDITIONAl SIGHTING HAD BEEN 'MADE: THERE WER[ NONE REPORTED. l NONE l./12111 JUl RJKDNPA PP RJWFAL.RJKDAC RJIDSQ RJI2HQ DE RJKJ)NPA 8 - fM 11 AIR DIV DEF LADD AFB ALASKA .. TO ftJWrAL/AC ENT AFB COLO RJKDAG/AAC tLMINDORF AFB ALASKA RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO ~JE1HC/HQ USAF WASHINGTON D C RJE1HQ/SECRTARY OF THI All FIRCE WASHINGTON D C UNClA3 F~0~1 JO: 133~5-G. ACTIC~ lit, AAC <ACS/Il, A!Ir., H~ USAf <AJCIN SICIITAIY If THE AI~ FORCI tSAfiS). IR A!C ANCl. VITI AFR 1-2 SICTlOI c, PARA~IAPi 1,, SUIJtCT: UNIJENTttiED rLYIH' IIJCTS l~FGJ, fiE FQLLOWl~G REPORT JS S~IMITf&Da A. i1) DRiROiN. (2) OtMf. (j) IRllLl,MT 1ILLOWI~8 FLASa. l> 6RF.. (~) ~6~. <J ~ORE. llJ LARG[ iRAIL Of 2IiVf ILACK SMOKE VIfft VAIYING DEGRIE3 r 1~1ERSIT~. T~AIL LARCtR THAN FLASH. (e> NONI. t9) NONF.. B. C1> T~All OF SMOK!. (2) DEGREES FRO~ HORI70N AT APPROXI~ATEtY 125 DEGREES. C3> 21 DIGRE[S FROM HORI70N AT APPROXI~ATELY 125 DEGREES. <4> TRAIL OF S~OKE HO~I70NTAL TO IARTH, ESTI~ATED ALTITUD 8301 Ub'O AA~AL Y~I:.; .:;ul~I:.'l' Description A ~ri.l.lia~t yeilow r1asn stze c-f rlimf! Lef t a l~! .. ~e tr~tl nf neavv ~la~k s~oke w!th varJ~n~ ie~rees of d sit deg, tra1l was horizontalto earth ~nd parallel with ~he ro~d, was viewed for about S to 10 seconds. Direction ot Motion descending Satellite a None rc~orted to be reentering at this Astronomical Phenomena (lvieteor Comet, Planet etc) ProbablY: a dayl i. ~ht Uatural Fhemomen9. (Ball Lishtning, etc) ----------------------- Aircraft, Balloons, Airships, etc. >:.ll.:;l ,.Jt-:1n --:~ft :--~=-""~t.e~ ~o nave :--c;sr:ed Evalu~tion ot 3ource Reliahility ~}o~s~s~re~-~l~i~a~b~l~e---------------------------- :An.'llfni s and Conclu:Jions: If it na ~ been a~ ac ft b 1.1 ~: !1~ i t would 1ot h:;ve avelled so ~ar and wou~d not ~ave left s u=n ~ lon~ L o~ smoke ~s at ~::at .apo~ed by tr,e witnP.sses. Tnere were n~ ~.~:'t c ra:;h re:;o~te:l. '!r-e o::;ject is typical of a larsP ~Pteo:-1:n1t is seen ~:h.l!"in:?: ~:":!yli.:rnt, burning ~p ~nd l~1vin~ a tr,il of s~oke.