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

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7011371
DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1951
REPORTED LOCATIONAnchorage Alaska
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. PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2. LOCATION \

16 October 1952
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
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Anchorage, Aleska
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

Local © Ground- Vi sil 0 Ground-Rodor
GMT 17/084,02 O Air Vi svol 0 Alr-Intercept Rudor
5. PHOTOS a cs

Military
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

3—), Minutes

10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING

Coject assumed to be a/c, then thought to be
star. Travelling from left of moon to right

of mcon,. Plue=white color, Moved from North
toward Anchorage, Movement not steady with stop:
of about 5 seconds,

9. COURSE

oa0o0 aoa asa 9000

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ee

South
11. COMMENTS

--_-e oe Ch ér-\—--———-_ +

ATIC FORM 329 (RFV 26 SHEP $2)

12. CONCLUSIONS

Probable a/e sight ing.

Wos Bolloon
Probobly Balloon
Possibly Balioon

Wos Aiicroft
Probably Aircroft
Possibly Aircroft

Was Astronomicol
Probobly Astronomical
Possibly Astronomicol

Other__ —
Insufficient Deta for Evaluction
Unknown
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SUMMARY OF INFORMATION
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The Lowine information has been received from Cpl

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thet in the company of © aig

mately 221.0 hrs, 16 Oct 51 anid hes
monroached Merrill Field, Ford

Alaska General Depot, Ft Richer

Ge

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hen —as be G ,

ison, Alas
was returning from Anchoraggagh ap
tc Ards Mt, Richards he A ae!

Saw an object

apneared to be an airplane, but after closer cbservation, it NOT
a star. The object was traveling from the left of the mcon te the richt ol

. T'.. e 7 ~ 1% sweet ] * . fy ye
the moon, ated was bluish-white in color. pee eres oe 425 Mage Gane = is

mately three or four minutes,
witt — Office
nenitic ned the incident, whereupo
have seen the object and
Storck, Ford visited

uve
the
formed that no similar objects hag ki

on,

The following Soe aE ins

SOO, Alas
" thet on 16 Oct 1951, he

Anchorage, Ala

2255 hours, Col gi
Ford was pointing;

to be en airplane at farst
it looked more like a star.
Anchore Se
stop intermittently, and
The object was
f the

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exclained,

as it
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eatimate the size

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that

On the

SMALE y
report ed the f; fact to the news
office of the Anchorage Daily News, and they were in-
sen reported,

been re
1 General De pot,

sku, and aS they approached :

The object. did not move ina ¢g

morning
ry eis ot Boe 3 Ariat

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ter that someone volse syns

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pore re a 12 tie
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Ft Richardson, ob ¢

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1
n the cirec tion th it

stated

"inat is that, Looking i
govi um object in the sky. his object was thought
glance. Hoxever, after watching it for a minute,
The object was moving from the North towards
glide or steady pace, but it woul
stopped, it would blink for s period of Live
hite in color, and Hurman was unable to
object or its altitude, F=6)
amazed that he was contacted regarding % ;
he had not mentioned sighting the object to sayone.

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