POO~.!I. r:At1PBELL, '.HERF.y., Ql.fE LL. DUNHAM; MOORE DATETIMI GROUP LENGTH 0, OISUVA T10N 10. IAII' SUWWAitY Ofl SICHT1NG PROJECT 10073 RECORD CAR~ 2. LOCATION CONCLUSION$ Adak, Al a ska D Woa Balloon D Proiaa .. ly Bali-n TYP! 0, OISI!ItVATION D PoaaUtly Boli-n D G.."""-Vlauol D ~-~Roder D PtOiaa .. ly Aircraft ;o AI.-Vlwol D Alr-lntorcept Re4or D Po .. IWy Aircraft D Woa Aatronolftlcal !l!i 1 it art D Pro .. aWy Aatronolftlcol D Poaalltly Aatronolftlcol L NUWIIIt 0, OIJICTS Other Satellite . D Insufficient Ooto f.r Evaluation I. Ho-wever Jb,Ject terist ics bright ?vn._u~ted satellite AnC PORW ll9 (REV l6 SEP 52) 8Y ORAHED BY C:XT. NO. FM COMt~LSEAFRON TO 'RJKDAG/COMAAC RBH?B/CINCPACFLT RJHPKMP/CINCP ACA~ ?.JKDAG/CINCriL OOP-2, OOP-CP-1 O,EPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH VM(IUSife MUSAGl M;\>lt c 0 M ACTION: CIN-17 INFOSMA ~0~5~' OOP-CP-1, SAFS-3, DIA-2 (26) ZCHQB062ZCQJB334 DE RJKDAG 49 FM AAC ELMENDORF AFB ALAS TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEDSQ/FTD t~PAFB RJEZHQ/COFS USAF RJEZHQ/OSAF t~ASH D C UNCLAS FROM ACS/ INT-08-A-2. <ADC FOR !NT, GOFF'S Foq AFOOP-CP, OSAF FOR SAFO!) FOLLO'~ING UFO f.ASG RECEIVFD FRm COMALSEAFRON RETRANSMITTED AND SIJBI"1ITTED !ALl ~Fq ?tllrt- 2 A. 1. CIRCULAR 2. BB SHOT 3. VERY BRI~GT tJ4ITF 4. ONF 5. NONE 6. NONE 7. NONE 8. NONE 9. ~OVING AT A 4IG4 RATE OF SPEED. B. 1. COPILOT NOTICIED T~E RAPIDLY ~nvrrn OBJECT AFTER TliE A/C LEVELED OFF AT 8000 FT AND CALLED cqr..r-> ATTENTION TO IT. 2. 089 DEGREES 190 DF.GREES T. 3o 000 DEGREES 060 DEGREES T. 4. OBJECT 'liAS TRAVELING IN A GFNF.:R~L Y STRAIGHT CUS APPEARED TO MOVE LATERALLY AT TIMf.S. T. DIS- ~EPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE ST A1F ~ESSAG BRANCH PAGE TWO RJKDAG 49 APPEARED OVER HORIZON 6. 8 MIN. C. 1. AIRBORNE-VISUAL 2. NO OPTICAL AIDS 3. P2V-7, BUNO 47958, 8000 FT., 194NM, , LTJG USNR, PIL , J. F. JG tJSNR, PILOT, ERVER, ALL OBSFR- CLEAR ON TOP AT 4 000 FT SCTD CL DS BELO'' 4 000 F'T. 2. StJRF WIND CALM 3. CLEAR 4. 20 Ml 5; ZERO 6. NONE H. NOME fo NONE J. NONE REPORTED K. LTJG L. LACKEY, AIO, ADAK. WAS SIGHTED AS THE A/C LEVELED OFF AT 800~ FT AFfFQ TAKE OFF FRO~ ~l. S. ADAK. OBJECT HELD V'ISTJALL Y FOR APPR0X 8 MIN BEFORE DISAPPEARING OVER Tl-iE ~ORIZON. NO t~X AALLOnNS HAD BEEN RELEASED FROM ADAK AT THE Tif"E OF SIG~T!NG, l\~ln ~'IJ AIC t~ERE REPORTED IN THE AREA. POSSIBLE SATFLITE. L. NO F C TEXT ?AGE 1 LINE 4 GROUP 9 BRIGHT IMI BRIG~T 08/2313Z JAN RJKDAG