DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE9619125
DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1950
REPORTED LOCATIONSouth Central Alaska
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1. DATE - TiIMe GROUP | LOCATION
30 Nevenber 50 £12/0355z South-Central Alcuska
3. SOURCE 10, CONCLUSION
ulti ple Astro (iZTDOR)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS ,
; One Evaluated as a Meteor chservation. |
1S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS |
2- 3 Seconds Observer locked up and saw a blue-white mteorite traveling about
NW by N from the SE. Zi was just a flash. He would jude abou;
6 TYPE OF OBSERVATION ; +. em, es ° , JUar Ls
five miles up. About thirty seconds later he heard en explosi‘on
 Ground-Visual overhead where He saw the meteorite. Then he heard the second,
TD. COURSE third ard fourth amd fifth explosions in rapid succession, ;
each one @ little further away. The last one was very faint cad
North fer away. All explosions were almost overhead and a little td ir:
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AF FORM 112—PART Il net UNCTASSIFIEL:

| AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

FROM \. Lyeneg) REPORT NO,

MLATKAN ATF CONAND IP. 78 _— A a / Y

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&, 4 talserem received from the "'niwereitv of Alazke, Sairhenke, Alerva, inte
catad no «i-ne of Alieturbance en thoir mo-t cencitive ceicmorrenhe, :

7, AT SLNTYDCPF APR, ALASKA THE FOLLOTING TIPORYATION AS Facer yd:

an, At noproximetely 19fO an officer on dity with the S?Fth 4C#" “q recertal
that he «aw a flash ef livht throuch » window of the tiildine where he was Iccected,
te then stenne4d outside and heerd 9» rumbling acizo two (7) to three (7) minite-
leter, “ource wes unehle to detarmines heicht or direction 0° the flech and Srthor
etatad thet nerthine wae cickad un on their racer ecrsen,

h, Two nevizaters on 9 CoF4 aireratt (!°8°R) while Pivine frou “eThord 1F9,
“aqghineten, to Dimenderf 8P2, «tated thet et 1/954°7, while eheve 190 miles wart ef
‘aknak, Alaska, (88° ant . LReOo 29°") they caw whet honerrad to +e © eraen flare shout
twanty (20) miles shead ond about ten thousand (17,090) feet altitude, which wurst
inte yellow, ‘lo turtlence war felt and 10 noics wer heard,

o, An "ir Trenartor et fimonicr® APS stated that et anoroxinmetaly FOC hare
he sow a Mach of Ti rht which wee wary hith in the air to thwecrt of Snehoreewo, 5
S rther stated thet he then heerd 9 lew pinata Crom o eertharly iraction,

o, Tho follewine ie one ef the wo-*% cenorahenciva aoveewitnase eeacinte 7% the
“frhtine, "Cn thea evanin= of Inv A, VON «tt avertiv 7:59 ™, tha eky Lit on simoert
ce Srieht e+ dav, 7 leokad us end cow © SIngewhite mateer trevallins ‘TIerthwact hy
North fren the “erthee-t, Tt wee dirtoo flesh which esceerat te he ehout “ds rile-
uc, fhent thirty earonde leter T hae ten ayvelorien overhesd whero T -ew the raters,
Then IT heard the cacent, third ert fourth axctecsiene in recit ~.ecerceion, aren ena «
little Mirther sway, The leet neica wee very “rint «nd euite fer from the ch-arvor,
All exploscion~ were *imo-t ovarheed, » litt! to the reuth”,

9, A 3necial Sent with the C3I reported thet -t 197° he caw » weird lirht, .
very brilliant, resenbliny thet civen off hy =n ccastylene torch, whith cemrietely
illuminated Fire Island, Alaske, (AIS Of'T ~- 180° 179N) The li cht was revinae ecroes
ths sky from Yorth to South in mech the sane manner xs *® mateor: it diseposarai in
approximtely thirty (20) saconin, — .

10, «COYY SITS CP Peaparine Officer:

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Ts -owres* concerned in thir renort ers concitere? to ‘ww raliehtla individie!
Tn al) rrohetility the incident nentioned in thie rencrt wee censed bv + meteor cr
moteoroid trevelin= throu rh snece, which, wien it encountered? the eerth's stmosohera,

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NO CASE (INFORMATION ONLY) December 1950

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jovember, 1950 aes eels Coca lle Ay achve duty
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destciae eccucced abovk 44. middle of Deccan
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mult. The do. was Parfict- Warm, no Cloud Comer
A Calum — L beheve +h. time Was eacly ablernoow os “W4e

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ccewed all Pe Ceadmas Wilertary , urhen LL. Wetieek Some—
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dvd woh. think Gny thing of i+ byt as WwatAcd
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mnente d 4, aoa alrout+ seniny Saw fhingys le. didw t+
reve We and whin S- Saw Wore at Tham, tucwnd blew
$$ over te kim. Ka alte Saw Hum ~- 4 order +

nw awn ; w-e had Ano Avian qaye ne Catlht ws ign lh whie

Tho Pree halite ow\ oOnNen Pont , Thircky Feces i+ +> tvem
bs Aly. i sighted ovr over Powwt L.o ma, Which tS \u

Geneca | N och westerly Arccet ow tre ws he aie Station, ow
mad ately Pretced vl a Mum ber oF +hese oJects
vallimg Aecer as if I Formation, Thire wesld Lx
wvps. of there er foe, & bare and even Single

s, all Allowing The Sawn Covrsa ~ they a Ppenrceh +o Le

velllu “at "'”A ve high Spud aS \A.. eocdaer +e Los||ow
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c vaaare alas Vrameds ately Sighted Hem = his reper T

vq kt eve ruows al au the oF. The obdects Wtre no +
bu with Tle Via kod aye, Ver @€Vtn wot th “aO~ pare af
otvilars lorought On wr, fan. he theakie Cane | Sawer.

As + Hhoeir appucance , They hak « areuish - wh be
mH Bnd wees teac-dref shaped. Lf You Werte +> cyt

vah an Ore} lane wing, The Cross-cut le ould L- Very
ct thee appae cance: .

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he iemws oF course, Imdscetes The, Avreetiow ef hair
cadtls Qh The’ reacemd Thire was a Cottny- looting
det’ whic ‘Stewed Fo wave . abt but did not
leuger iw 5124 - i+ Ay dh uot laoki. Iien 4 Jet
longer. They were Heavallins in & N oc tt

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cal asi lk qraw ho

Sovtt, cicechou, Seeving ly running parallel with The

Ca Coast}, 4 Thin Very Suddenly waking & 4°. +uch a* hig
eed amd Artap pearing Pee View neod.i ns tw werk Th 6 C Car

ewerd ann wet ). 4 i re qro-y of Thain and. L eli eve

4 labt rem pearing , &> (Fe thug were OW Q Citcvlac Course
uvad and Acreoved. We had @S man as 30 peek le w ated, -
4 Ha a , Meluding Navy ’ tei Atreg re has , tel « Cntr |
caters, the witescoley y ia dll fanwm NAAS Holtiville lw s
vubte of U.S. Arie Force pilots ‘whe were USing our baté
lorima 4) Marine fas f- bite Cases fam “he Chuny chin Re Servore
le 1% Korea. Our Com mandi us oficer , Commandiur ae.

ke Ceptarn), watchel Hum Gre almost thr enhre time Ure
r¥ek Mew, whick was De @ebout aw heave and Va + Was
latec that Suc bese Cader had Huse oblects omd Miy
e quer ts0,009 Lent, Cynder. Qbmmembbe ce Sighted ome which was
+ moving - we all had a Chance +o loetice at it and @ fur
ves jater while - was wate. na it, he Sach the re
@ Suddian white pe Voom i4¢ lprase and it shot Hout
View at Thi te of The euepicce — We Said it looiteh «5 if
wmarme had “dAreppea a large bag o£ fleve eut of Hu
we Amd Van ih wes Gone. Th S tats onarn once Ah wet
© a woetallic Op pecance — sb had e Grays white, ra thie Huy
Cancer but Ord a ppuan te be soliQ- L could wef be
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wire quite larye. The eb Sects vate Soddem(y sh ped appears
we wetlia Ge a lene while atter Than Ba parted — we loo kad
oe) days Lhe nua rel i Saw ws hens. LArte weet Completa
fs &e Me Navy lub TL wever beard ee Tas wa Woe Ce Te fading

obkets. T Lelt “Mev vight Lud This f£ inberesde many
\peo ple amvelved unre Career Naw pecsonmuA Gus {recede

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Tho following report is a compilation of in? our Vion from woos segvecs pe we
$ng an unseuel colectiol obsarvetion ~ poss"hly nm usieor, cb neptonk tet TOUS We
\39 Hoverhar 1959, in South-Contral Alncho. :

Rewwacth Fron the weather Log of the United Sistes “esting Buse, Jose:
Morviil Mold, Anchorage, Alaska: enbcred by tho voathey chaewss ca fate 7
of the sightings:

"Observed bright: blue flosh in oky at 7:55 Ti! nesepme.ed te Mel mete ct: etc ates
to thumder wich lncted abss tro (2) ce thse (2) winric triton tr Satine + Levens
najoor siruck earth not too aistani’."

Extract fron the Plight Control tor of the Civil Asvonauiies Ad irinie®: 0 Werte
Tomer, lerrili. Mold, Anchorage, Naskes cxtored by the Seutow Airpers ta “Sa Gonizod ic
Vorriia Tiold Control Tever on duty a the time of tho incidents:

"Sav witiite flash, vory bright lighting entra avon ad 203. Fil. 9-2, 06 3.
OR DIA 0553 chocrved come, advised bolicved to ve moteor, Tech alse ogan hop werts
facilitios at Vervill Field, also several percons veportsed beris me geon is Au: veviovs
points in Anchorage." (tors: The coda: ES-2, DC. 3, OL2 Dil. 0553, vers 8 o> & elek3.
aireraft acproachins PIR as the time. ))

On 1 December 1950, tho following tnfornation was reecived tvon Govinie Wyeth,
USN, District Intoliigence Officsr, 17th Thnvnl. Districts, Medio, Aiccion:

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"Unusual Jaght was seen apwvowinately 309507 New by 2 weich of Years 24 OD,
Kediok, and by a USI vessel fifty (30) mites South, of Vodio's. Larivs Casestne. ‘yr
officers of tho vossol es travelling on course 020°,

A Civil Acronautics Adéminictration Fnginser, off éviy mi ic SaGidenas * nace’
the incicent ond reported as follows: "This _Plonesena aspanvod to ba on: fan soon &
Southoasterly direction, lasting about 2 or 3 ascaxis 2% aypretient Ma 0: D one
Irmnediotoly afver the fleph there was a eequenee of Shine cous ov: ~ mak 7 h0h

I thoughs to be caused by Air Perce mancavers ct the Air Tove."

A telogrem recoived froa tho University of Alasim indteniad no sims of @-rturbcne:
on their most sonsitive sciemographs. ’

Tho following is one of tix most comprehensive ero-wLinata ccecantia of 7
sighting. The parson making the statement vos abeuts four miles fvon Arahocncn, Mes,
outside at his hene, and thoro were no Lights or sound in the jnmediaie visiniay ab wine
tine:

"On the evening of November 30, 1950, at 7:50 ria, tho cky 14% up alicosi cn bei
ap day. I lcoksd up ani sav a blue-hito motcorite érevelin: about Nertizrest iy worth
fron the Southesst. It was just a flash. I wowld judgs cbous Pivoriles uw. Mout
thirty sccords Inter I heerd én explosion overhead whore I ces the meteorite. Thea T
heard tho socond, third and fourth and fifth explosions in repid succersi.o1, cach o9
@ little further avey. ‘The last one was very faint and fev asoy. ALL explosion g TTS
almost overhead and a little to the south. T live om 2 hescsiced chout fox mites ccith
of Anchorage end there was no other Light or noise to hinder mo fron petting 2 Pirss
hend observation."

A reporter on the staff of o local newspaper in Anchorage, Alaska ms on ve e's |
at the time of the incident and ocotained "spot" interviews wi ‘th sows oh sino Lye Pann9' a3

AVL persons vho had besn outside indicated that there vac ea very large Tiash of bh w-
whito Licht lasting about 2 or 3 ccoonds, although within the city no oa anparcntly
heard tho subsequent cxplesions. Prople inkorvlewed by the reporter indiexica ghey
thourht 14 mi¢ht bo firing of rhote-flash for .criel plewre talting at aicht; oc sv
sort of military action originating &i Fert Nlchardson. There was no undad oraitenont

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Msianrs, shasta thes (4 sot wiinees “he tnestdton’ but a Pore td ints As: . +s,
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ea. is. “ort senorcliy, S10 ovinion' of tho “mole ws No bs rma ot reise, >. spibie |
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Unusual blue Jirht lit wp aky approx 0105552. “tlos
flying about <5 miles frow Port Richardson etetod saw biuve
Plesh hitting ground end ci.vaing grundle or ezvlosion.

Many individuals saw light out few heard eny gound. Clreok

al with ono individual at Sevard indisased flesh ef light diruci
ly overhead apparently sove 5900 fret high but no noise
heard. Check with Whittior Indientas blue white flash Lit
up entire cren. Apoecrad to directly overboud and hig: in
the sky. It lestod chout one second nec noise wus heeri.,
Check with Palmer indicates object vosovoling photo
reconnaissance flare hiuo white in color evpsered just ba-
low ovorcast approx 1200 to 2009 foot vith ne noisa heerd.
Area suddenly it up vith “vo fleshes for abcut ono tacck
second, Object resewnicd Rowin Candle droppin in gener
direction of Anchoress. Leen. commercial radio static
commenting on grent number of calls state flash helisved
due to metcor.

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Urradnote-its tte 2 Tée Ceo APOTN-B/c I Hull. At ay )pPOx
eee gu ivoes. wns suddenly illtminatod 1), %

lo105 §32 the entirs
PiTiiant blvro white Licht “hich rapidly ineroneod in intons iy

most to daylizuat inte: wity before it disapponred high in tho msye
Mountains were olonely Visible at a distanco or 70 miles. ‘iis
light flash was olssivcd for caly a fov seconds by hundreds of
sep idente icoluding c tt ote in¢cors at the tima. Tho flash waa
followed inc fow secones by ¢ rusvling noises. Tne light vas
reported obser’ ved trou Gboa a ship 50 milcs south of Kodi: at
Kodialt and as fer nortin ¢ &9 Yew ly (1857 miles north of Anchors;>),
It was not observed et VPotrhouks. Redar contact was nega tive.
Varying dosuripticas of the eivic? object causing the flash, its
direstion of trevol enc tha rosult’og noise have boon received.
Samples ere as follows: ,

1. Official weather bezoun report noted that a bright blue
flesh accompaniscd by 2 lond roocblinz like thunder swopt the sicy.

2. It blossersd out im the sky quite high end a littie to
the south. It ressomblod a flare traveling Cast to West and in a
second or tro crosrsd about 15 dagross of the sky, thon wort cut
like ea metch. It travolled in a Mant trajectory curving downvard.

3. Icavabluas white flevh travelling north northwsst.
Thirty secem:is letor I hcerd en explosion, thon a second, third,
fourth, end fiftia which got su seossively fainter.

"he «Side nly thers was ® blirndirs flesh and the whole sly
lighted up, follevsi, b Tas g2rat Prunbling crash.

56 "Tt Looted "14 the sort of flane that might result if
a trensfcormsyr expicise ahis brishtcr and vas followod in ton or
twelve seconds by « lew rundls lite distant thunder.

6. Ap Nos épproeching Anchorage from the south said the
object aeanios directly ovorread increasing in brilliency until
it was blinding to lcck at thea ssened to explode northesst of tho

Plane. The object left a faint trail end ves visible only 20 to

30 scconds. Im
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8. Othor observers said it was very high and seemed to
rise diagonally to tho northonast. Investigation is continuing
and complote report will follow. On basis ont evidence
it is considered that the phenomena was Az weteor,/ Weathor at
time was layers of scattered clouds et 3000 and 5500 fcot
visibility 10 miles.

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Ohsservetion of Calest Phenomenor 4
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‘SUMMARY: (Kater concise summery &f report, Olse signifcencs in Anal one-sentegce peregreph. List inclorurce af lower left. Begin text of report om AF Form 11/8—Pert 11.)

1. This repert coneiste of informetion obteined during, investicstion
subsewent to report mede by AAC meceere, reference shove, rezerding a probable
metecr, perceived in So th-CSentre] Alneke at eovroxinmetely 1955 hewra,| SO Nov 50,

et hy

2 It consists of extraots from the United Stetes We ther ren Log

Book: statements from civilfan pereonne!), ocn-idered comnretent weether observers:
seismorraph reacticn st the Univerrity of Alanka and extracts from eye-witness

staterents, both military end oivilien.

3. Persons interviewed gave conflictins reports as to the color of
phenomenon, with predominance of reports being bluish-white.

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: ‘DON W. McKINIBSY

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' The following f* 8 finn) renert Myvar4in= the «i-htine of an oaneie)
calactial mn sorvtion « orobmhly a materr, in te the"entrel Alowkn at wonrevyestely
1964 hours, % Vevoem>or 1980:

1, ‘@rtreat from the weothar Jer of tha “aited “tetar "anther Vranas, lor ts! 09
at Yarrill Field, \nchoraes, Aleava: (41° V7tY = 149° ELEY) enters? Sv the wa ther
ohearver on d.tu st the time «of the rirhting: "Ohearvo!t “i rht blue fleeh In chy «4
726K TY ageamnenied cy lod rimbline cfieiler te thon ‘4r which lected ehoit two (7)
or thres.(*) rimte-,. ovidently rether lore moteorste «*ruck asrth not too ifr.
tent”, ‘

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”", ‘txtract from the Flicht Control Lew of the Civil Aeronentics Administration
Coatre! Tower, “lerrill “ieli, ‘ichorsea, Ajaska;: entered by the Senior ‘irport Traf-

“ic Contr-llor, “errill ifeli Control TaWr dn asty ot the time cf the ineiZont: of
"Saw white fle -h, very bricht, liehtin= antire wren et 7H) IN, S%e?, DO 8, *Y™

"* O84 observed cama, ndvisced believal to. he matecr, Plach a)no0 onan hy Tost facta
Ytier at Merril?! Sielt: also several rerceis rencrted havine «aen it from waricue-

"9%s Ava’ opeeay Aimeta", (ICTS: Tha code: ie, 0 t, CY" DTA CHS7, ra*ere
t+ ef"? afrere tt eoorecshgne Anchorava, Alecks et the tim’, *.
, ©» On t Naees*or I, the follewin= inferr-$ien wee racalvod fro. tn

"MM fKfet Tetalliegnce “Ciicer, 17th Jew! oietedot, Kodiak, Alaska: "mn «:a]
litnt «me 984 toward Anchore=a5' ‘dacs oF aneenedat tat 0 hore, BF Toy TH hy
7 witsh of cor ot Kodiak, (f° Q4'1 = LEQO PATE. The Limht wan nlegyaithted ‘y the
Vea, SOLES, Af TSR, a "BY ny mig Ptfey PRO’ wiles eoith of Vodiak.! ‘Tho viene) wes
lo¢nted at =P hOON . TEPE NEEY ot tHaset-a cf the -Lehtine which > f ef 198 honre,

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Witev WO, hs FLisn wee ons han ting of 11%, Ideeridine » 48° "re tower the
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1, 4 Siwil Amvones*ies Printer tration In-tnear, off duty « hie racftance
fn Aneterora, Aleake, witnaese4 the Incident end racerte4 «+ folbogwe: “Tha Shanc-
"eaa 4 *997"e84 to 4s romine from «a Io thesetearlyv Airaction, laetinr eWnst ? nr 7 eae
esade et sperordinetaly 1989 havre, Imeedietaly after the fTreh thers wae © -3-cenms
cP ree Vine cormje eunehged, which J thoveht to he earned hy. fir Force ~ene'ver~ +t
the Air "sa", ae

fF, Tha “hia, ‘voreene Com-unisator, a4, “Merrill Fiel’, sivired thet «+
morrevinutaly 8S" houre, 80 Yev 2°90, he war drivin= his car exact in Anchore-s
and hiv stteition wee drawn to © bluich flash in’ the sky ovarhee4 which il] ~in-tad
the «kv 9.2 Gif the -un had svi tdonly epnanrhd, The flach lestad snoroximetely twonty az
(2° to thirty (30) setcals, The source st*ted thet he im-edintely locked un into
the «hy, But ocili nut* 46?Sriis ne the Doubee from which the fle<ch came. Tho Ci&
rermmaabeat or tuen | rod:aed s.merso7e received from. CAA comm:inicotor at Tulkena,
Alanka, (09° O89! = MAO 260. MehIch 1+ a0cted verbatin below:
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"Fron Inlkana, Alaska Vovgnher  O1NKOE7 to Ancherace C44-forward follewi1e to Air
Tefonsa “entrol Center (A C-Timendorf Tir Force %39), Two clozaly ‘anaceid brilliant
finches of bluse Licht ceon “y saveral reople cover cree of % miles toninmht aoverently
simzltanemely shont & MY, A hi shway oatrolmen drivins salon roed 12 ri, Yorth of |
™ilvana renort? that -lthouch it wes snowine rether heevily, the fleehes livhted tha
araa es if it were daylitht for shout two cecond:, ‘Io axnlozions resorte4”,

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