Fairbanks Alaska — August 1962

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 12. CONCLUSIONS 2. LOCATION 4. TYPE O F OBSERVATION 0. Ground Visua l 0 Ground-Rodor s. PHOTOS 6 . SOURCE 1. L ENGTH ::F OBSERVATION 8. HIJMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 A'rlC F O:U. 3~ (REV 26 SEP S2) Wos Ball oon Probabl y Bal loon Po::asi ol y Balloon Was Air c raft obobl y Ai rcroft Po s:si bl y Ai rc:roft Was Astronomi col ' . 'U ! Probabl y A!itronomical Possibly Ast ro nomical "'ilAiriM:Nr OF 7H~ AIR ~O:~CE S f AI f MLSS:\CE BK1\NCH Page 1 of l~ . IliFO : CIN-17., SAFS-3, OOP-2, OOP-CP-lJ DIA-10_, DIA-CIIC-3 ( 37) ZCHQD50 1 ZC ~JE3864 DE RUKDJA 53 A T~ A3WG EIELSON A?B ALASKA TO RUKDAG/HQ AAC ELMSNDOR? AFB ALASKA INFO RUl<~A3/CINCAL ELr::_N-ORF AFB ALASKA RUWGAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RUCDSQ/FTD WRIGHT PATTERSON AFS OHIO RU[AHQ/COFS USAF WASH DC RUEAHQ/OSAF WASH DC lliCLAS ILJA 2604. ATTN: CINCAL 4J/2, ADC FOR INT, COFS FOR AFCIN, OSAF FOR SAFOI. FOR INT.UFO: A. DESCRIPT!O~l OF OBJECT 2. PENNY, WHEN FIRST SIGHTED; SILVER DOLLAR, WHEN LAST 3. \~HITE AND BRIGHT. 4. ONE; 3 OR 4 t.t!HITE f-1tlD BLUS STR:..AKED OBJECTS APPEf\REO TO DROP FROM MAil~ OBJ:CT AND QUICKLY 3URNED OUT. S[1ALL:R OJJECTS WERE A30UT ONE-FOURTH SI~E OF MAIN OBJECT. D~i'.\; T M ENT Or T' F AI~ FOI{Cf: Pag~ 2 of 4 PAGE T\JO F?Ur(JJ.~ 53A 7. RED AiJD 3~ UE EXHAUST S I ~-1 ILAR TO 4TH OF JULY SKYROCKET B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE C7 OBJECT 1. O~JECT ~AS EX1REMELY 3RTGKT Al~D APPEARED TO BE VERY CLOSE AT FI~ST, THEN FAR A~JAY. 2 . 3 0 8~GR.::~ A~1GLE ABOVZ -:RIZON; AZ!f1UTH 255 DEGREES. 3. 29 DEGREES 50 MINUTES A30VE HORIZON; AZIMUTH 253 DSGREES. 4. NOT DISCERNIBLE 5. STRE.4KSD 03JECTS APPEARED TO BE D~OPP ING FROt1 THE SKY AND HE A D IN G T 0 .1 A R D 0 B S E RV E R .tJ HEN THEY D I SAP PEAR ED r~1 A I ~ O~JECT DISAPPEARED IN THE CLOUDS. 6. APPRO;~ IMATZL Y 4 SECONDS. C. r~Al~NER C? ... BSERVAT I ON 1. GROUCJD D. Tir1E AND D/~TE OF SIGHTI~lG \~ flt/,(N r OF TilE ,\1:~ FencE s r At!-= 1\\c!;,Sr\CE n~Ai'lCH PAGE THREE ~U~<JJA 53A .fc:E T'.J IL I GHT AND N I 3HT. E. LOCAT I ; OF' OBSERVER 148-31 W; 54-02N. 50 TO 6~ MILES SW 0~ FAIR3ArJKS, ALASJ{A F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATI:N 0~1 OBSERVER , ISLA(~l) HOMES, FAIR3ANKS, ALASJ<A. OCCUPATION: ~NGINE~R FOR CITY 0? FAIRBANKS. RELIA3!LITY: UNKOWN G. \'EATHE:i A~lD \v INDS ALO?T COfJDITIONS AT TltlE AfJD PLACZ;{Of 1. TEMPERATURE-65 DEGREES, CLEAR VISI3ILITY ~JITH A FE~ SCATTERED CLOUDS. DIRECT I ON 130 DEGREES 170 DEGREES 040 DEGRS~S 073 DEGREES 0 10 DEGREES 010 DEGREES 0 10 DEGREES D~:i'.~ifiMENr Oi n1~ .\1:"?. FJKCE S'(,,lr Mt:s:~A' BR.A.:'-ICH 3. CE !LING! 3 , 000 SCATTERED, HIGH scr~ TT RED 4. VIS: 25 .~ILES 5. CLOUD CC~ER: 5/10 7. T Erl PC.: R A 7 ~! ~ E : 5 4 D E G R E E S FA H R EN HE I T AT L OC A T I 0 N 0 F l . t!O ~AD.~.~ It~STALLATIO.l ::--i VICINITY HAD .4NY OBJECT ON THEI R J. ASSOCIAT~D ACTIVITIES NO AIRCRAFT I N AREA AT TI.~Z OF THIS INCIDENT. K. REPORT OF PREPARING OFFICER <LT ANDERSON'S COM~ElJ[S) I. EVIDENC~ C6/2203Z SEP ~UKDJA