PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9170690

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1952

REPORTED LOCATIONELMENDORFAFBALASKA

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PROJECT 10073 CORD CA .
1. DATE LOCATION 12 CONCLUSIONS
22 Oct 22 ELMENDORF AFB ALASKA 0 Was Balloon
Probably Bolloon
TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Ballcon
3 DATE-TIME
XeCround-Visual Ground-Rador Was Aireraft
Locol.... Probably Aircraft
GMT.22/0340 AinVisuol Air-Intereapt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. CHOTOS SOURCE a Was Astronomical
Ys A l airman CI Probubly Astranomical
a Possibly Astronomical
XN
7. LENGTH OF OSSERVATION. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other...
A - + Ocx Insufficione Data for Evaluation
3min 1 Unknowm
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Airman sighted round, reddish object
which cmitted short spurts of thin gas. Object
was over airfield. .
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JEPHQ B081
PP JEDEN JEDWP JEPLG 333
DE JEPHQ 08A DOWN DECLASS DOD DIR 6.G.)
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FM HQ USAF WASHDC .
TO- JEDEN/CGAIRDEFCOM-ENT-AFB COLO
KEDWP/CHIEF ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON
JEPLG/CGTAC LANGLEY AFB VA
FROM AFOIN 50979 FLYOBRPT ATTN ATIAA-2C
FOLLOWING RECIEVED FROM HQ 39TH AID WG ELMENDORF AFB ALASKA IMPROPERLY
REPORTED AS CIRVIS MESSAGE QUOTE CLN *39BOT-I 0809 CIRVIS A PD
OBJECT WAS FIRST SEEN NORTH WEST OF INTERSECTION OF TWO MAIN RUNWAYS
AT ELMENDORF AIR FOCCE BASE PD OBJECT WAS OBSERVED TRAVELING IN
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