PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 1~ CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon Kot. zebue' .\laska 0 Probably Balloon l-3-. _O_A_T_E T_IM_E_G_R_O_U_P--------+.,--T-Y_P_E_O_F_O_B_S_E_R_V_A_T_I_O_N J O PossiblY Balloon Local-=7 ' u Ground Visual 0 Ground-Radar p b bl A 0 ro o y lrcrah GMT :::2::o:"::'~0~:=2:0::=======--1rr.~Oi,ITAI,.VI.,al 0 Alrlntercept Radar Possibly Aircraft 5. PHOT' IS 6. iifCE 0 Was Astronomi col 0 Yes 0 Probably Astrono"'icol o Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OP.OBSERVATION I . NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other:-:--:---::---:-~---:-- lnsufficient Data for Evaluation 10. BRIEJI SUMMARY 011 SIGHTIN~ 'strata IGtto' a ATIC PORM 329 (RBV 26 S&P U) HEADQUARTERS ALASKAN AIR CO~l:'I1AND UNITED STATES AIR FORCE Seattle, Washington ATTr-l O F Th"':r- 1 s uoJECT : UFO Sighting in Kotzebue} Alaska Area) 26/0520Z Feb 62 Wright Patterson AFBJ Oh i o 1. In accordance with provi s ions of paragraph 13b and l4b ( 1) AFR 200- 2 the following Unidenti f ied Flying Object incident is reported in the format speci f ieC.. 1.n paragraph 15 of thi s regulation. (1) Round l i gnts. (2) Bigger than star. (3) First} red; second) bluei sh. I:l trail. (9) l'T..ro objects in trail 30 seconds apart heading SSW t.o NNE. (1) Movement across sky. 30 degrees elevation above. Faded out. 5 minutes. (1) Ground vi s ual. ( 2) Night. e . Kotzebue, Alaska 66-47N, 162-38w. (l) Six tmnamed c ivilians of Kotzebue, F-6. (a) J ames Hensley, Pvt, Co C, 1st Scvut Bn, F- 6 . (b) John w. Schaffer, Jr., lst Lt, Co C, lst Scout Bn., 33, recei~e d =eport f=om c i vilians and Pvt Hensley. (:) Clear. (2) 25/2314Z Mar 62 Winds ( 26/0530Z Mar 62 winds not ava1Jable). Not available Not ava.1 lable (3) l20COscattered, high scattered. (5) Unknown. See (3). (7) 21F/16F Temp/Dew Point. FAA and Alaskan NORAD Region reported negative air traffi c . weather bureau balloon activity a~ t ime of s ighting in the area . k . Capt W. T. Wilson, Intelligence Ofi'icer, AAC/ ACS Intelligence. A check was made with University of Alaska Geophysical Institute Mini- track and NORAD SPADATS for possible unclassified ESV activity. Nearest correlation was 1961 Omikron (Injun) ESV which was travelling in opposite directi on. Evaluati on: Possible classi f ied ESV activity. FOR THE COMMANDER H. E. BONNEY / Capte1 n , USAF Executive, ACS/Intelligence Copies to: ALCOM (J-2) NORAD (NINT)