PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 3. DATETIMI! CROU~ .Local-2210 . GMT N0610Z S. 'PHOTOS 7. LENCTH Ofi.OISEitVATION 2. .LOCATION 112. CO~CLU~H':NS D Wo~ Oolloon Guard Island (vicinity Ketchikan) o Probably Balloon .C. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Alaska O Possibly Balloon -G ..J_V I 0 Ground"odor 0 WM. Aircraft -rounu-i sua " 0 ? rob obi y Aircroh 0 Air-VIal 0 Airlntere.,pt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft 6. SOURC ----------,.~---!0 Wns Astronomical <..M'~LLA 8. NUMBER Ofl OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Probably Astronomical X3 Possibly A~tronamieal 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 10. IRII!fl SUMMARY Oft SIGHTING Brilliant white, circula~tl. COMMENTSSlow movement and flight path . obJt, between grapefruit and basketball in of objt is characteristic of an astro- size. Color: fm a brilliant white light to a nomical body. Star Capella was in positjon fierce orange color to a brilliant green-blue~reported for objt, and this star is a as a l arge electric arc, then obJt disappeare~bright 1st magnitude star. Changing of 1 en sighted angle of elevation ebtimated 60~colors was probably due to clouds and/ol I 45 llhen disappeared. Objt moved at very slow water spr ::1.y which is prevalent around I velocity in a straight line. Objt disappeared large number of islands in this area, ar~ with a brilliant green flash. wlich would break up light into differed~ ATIC PORII 329 (RitY 26 SltP 52) FM CONDR AAC ELMENDORF AFB ALASKA TO RJWJ:AL/ADC ENT--ArB COLO. RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT:PATTRSON Ara OHIO RJEZHQ/COFS USAF FM CCGD SEVENTEEN TO RJKDAG/AAC ELMENDORF AFB INFO RBKAC/COMADRSEAFRON REPORT OF UFO SIGHTING BY GUARD ISLAND AT l4~5l0Z. A. AFR 21~-2, OPNAVINST 3820.9. 1 DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT& A. SHAPE; CIRCULAR a. SIZ1 BETtlN GRAPEFRUIT c . COLOR: dRILLIANT wHIT~. D. NUMBERI ONE. AND BASKET dAL L. F. DESCRIBA8LE FEATURES: RADIANT LIGHT. PAGE TWO RBKAH IJJ H. NO SOUND MAKE BY OBJECT. I. NO OHER PERTINENT FEATURES. 2. COLOR AS FOLLOWSI FROM A BRILLIANT WHITt LIGHT TO A FIERS ORANGE COLOR TO A BRILLIAN GREEN BLUE, AS A LARGE ELECTRIC ARC, THEN OBJECT DISAPPEARED. A. ~EN TO MAKE A SECOND CHECK ON CAAMANO PT LIGHT AT 221~2 AND NOTED A BRIGHT LIGHT THA WAS NOT THERE AT 2200U. B. ANGLE OF ELEVATION; ESTIMATED 5~ DEGREES. c. 45 DEGREES WHEN DISAPPEARED. De MOVING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH, SIGHTED DUE WEST FROM STATION. WHEN DISAPPEARED IT WAS IN THE NW. OBJECT MOVED AT A VERY SLOW VELOCITY IN A STRAIGHT LINE. E. OBJEC DISAPPEARED WITH A BRILLIANT GREEN FLASH. Fe VISI8L FOR APPROX 37 MIN. '~ MANNER OF OBSERVATIONI B. OBJECT WAS SIGHTED WITH NAKED EYE AND OBSERVED BY BINOCULARS. * DATE AND TIM OF SIGHTING& A. SIGHED OBJECT AT 505U,2 I PAGE THREE RSKA ~33 5. LOCATION OF 08SERVRI A GUARD ISLAND LIGHT STATION, LATITUDE AND LONGITUD UNKNOWN. F 6. INFORMATION ON OBSERVER: A SIGHTED BY WISDOM, PAUL H. EN 2 USCG ~ 7e WEATHER CONDITIONSI A. OBSERVERS ACCOUNT AT 1~0&10Ze a. EAST AT 11 KNOTS. OTKER ALTITUDES UNKNOWN. c. CEILING ESTIMATED 3101 SCATTERED. D . VISISLIITV ESTIMATDD 21 MILES. E. J 'PERCNT CLOUD VOCER. F. NO THUNDERSTORMS IN AREA. G. TEMPERATURE 38 DEGREES. l 8. ANY OTHER UNUSUAL ACTIVITY OR CONDITION WHICH MIGHT ACCOUNT FOR . SIGHTING; GOOD VISIBILITY AND CLEAR NIGHT, AND THE BRILLIANCE OF THE'"LIGHT 15/203~2 MAR RJKDAG