USAF record 28972438 (1957)
28972438
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 25 October 1957
2. LOCATION USN Weather Station Koktlik, Alaska
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 25/1357Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Visual [HW: Ground Visual] Airvisual [HW: Airvisual]
5. PHOTOS [ILLEGIBLE] Yes [ILLEGIBLE] No
6. SOURCE Military
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 40 minutes
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 2 lights
9. COURSE Southsoutherly [HW: Southsoutherly]
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Star shaped object approx 3 times size of first magnitude star, red, white, blue, purple and orange in erratic pulses of 1/2 to 1 second. Two separate lights were viewed through binoculars one over the other as if suspended balloon with reflection from bottom. On two occasions a tail of luminescence was observed. Size at last sighting was 1/3 of that at original sighting. Moved in spurts hovering then moving rapidly for period of 2-3 seconds.
11. COMMENTS This has all earmarks of running lights on a balloon.
STAMP: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 25 October 1957 2. LOCATION USN Weather Station Koktlik, Alaska 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 25/1357Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Visual [HW: Ground…
- Page 2 PAGE TWO RJKDG 63 AT 168.4 DEGREES TRUE C. 15.8 DEGREES AT 176 DEGREES TRUE D. MOVED IN SPURTS, HOVERING THEN MOVING RAPIDLY FOR PERIOD OF TWO TO THREE SECONDS. ALL MOVEMENT IN A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION…
- Page 3 This case. contains 1 8"x10" photo. [STAMP:]
- Page 4 25/13572 Multi ATIC N RC683 29OC157 00 35 [REDACTED] PP RJEPHQ RJEDEN RJEDMP DE RJKDAG 60- P 263522Z FM CONDR AAC ELMENDORF AFB ALASKA TO RJEDEN/CINCORAD ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO RJEDWP/CONDR ATIC…
- Page 5 RADIOSONDE MODULATOR AND TRANSMITTER WITH LIGHT ATTACHED. DAY PHOTOGRAPH