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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
DATE, 2: LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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8 Dec 52 LADD AFB, ALASKA Was Boiloon
00D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP . 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION PossiWv Balloon
-col.. 8/2016.AST C Gmound.Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
0 Probobiy Aircruft
ONT 9/0616 3 AirVisuol 0 Air-intercapt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE a Was Astranomical
CYes Probabiy Astronanica!
XN AF PILOT & RADAR OSS 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENCTH OF OBSERVATION -- 8. NUMBER OF CBJECTS | 9. COURSE Other ..
cok Insuificiant Data for Evaluation
10 Minutes one. WSW Unknown
O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.
white oval shaped object (light) travelad at 10 Too long for meteor.
a noticeable spced o on straight course on a 2. No a/c were
2L0° heading. Obj appeared to change from
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three minutes until it was pointed out again to the pilot and a ground crew
like a falling star or meteor. Descending all the time, it continued to become
a brighter red as it reached the earth. The light appeared to diminish its
the light was noticeably more red than bet Time
Weather conditions: Night, VFR CAVU.
Thomas W.
Davies, radar .
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approximately th light at a distance
of one half to on way,distance decreasin; at one
point to 200 yards indicated on inclosure lo. 2. Light -
was much more intense and larger than a star. No filament
ccre or directional beam were noteable. The object was
white at that point.
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dive swiftly 0nea behind intervening
buildings. Davies operatior office
ower and Crane Control to any aireraft
were reported in the vicinity at the time or hi observations.
lie was given a negative report in both instances.
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When F-94A headinz approrimately
240 leeding oxinately altitude:
From position oree target ceaned phencmenal rate
with a straight cours erratic flich racterigtics. The
color of the light see as if the
atmosphere hed an affect it gained altitude. Cbject unidenti-
fiabla due to darkmess and positicn of cbser-
it was pointed ou again to the pilot and members.
Then is took a heading 1600 gaining speed until it looked like a .
falling star mataoi Descending all the time; i ontinued to beeame
reached the earth to diminish
its earth a helicopter would. At
this point coticeably more red than beior 090606z
to 0906 night VFR CAVU.
1s1 THOMAS W. DAVIS /3/ DONAID A. DICKMAN
THOMAS W. DAVIES DONLAID A. DIDKAN
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Squane Identification, as: VG694879 with the value of the angle between GRID
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Aircraft speed: 250 Knots. A. The object was first seen
This is location of acft when at a distance of 200 to l000
object was first sighted at point yards. Its' speed was 100 TIS
A. (Blue). Knots. White in color. 1
A distance of 200 yerds B. The object gained noticable 7188
88 was the closest point between speed, approximately that of
the Aircraft and Object. Object at the Aircraft and Object. Object at a fast Jet. White in color. 22 ^
point B (Blue). point B (Blue).
C. Radar Observer resumed C. Erratic movements in straight 3 Erratic movements in straight 3
3 observation after touchdown. observation after touchdown. lines. Color changing from
Observer had taken his eyes away from Observer had taken his eyes away from White to Red.
object during final approach and touch- object during final approach and touch- Between points C and D, object
down. Continued observation during taxi climed at much faster than
U of aircraft to parking strip and after Jet speed, moving in a Jet speed, moving in a :
climbing from acft, at this time again straight line in a SSE direc- 7187
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called pilots attention and directed him Color turned to mcre red than
where to look.
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D. Position of Aircraft parked. D. Stopped momentarily, slight
E NE directional movement proc-
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ROAD DATA 1950 HORIZONTAL DATUM: 1927 HORIZONTAL DATUM: 1927 .
In developed areas, only through roads are classified. BLACK NUMSERED LINES INDICATE TH
Hard surface, heavy duty road, four or 4 LANES!CLANES 4 LANES!SLANES Loose surface, graded and drained, MERCATOR(
more lanes wide or narrow hard surface road THE LAST THREE DIGITS OF T: THE LAST THREE DIGITS OF TI
Hard surface, heavy duty road: Two lanes 3LANES 3 LANES
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Hard surface, medium duty road, four or 6 LANES6 LANES 6 LANES6LANES
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Hard surface, medium duty road: Two lanes Hard surface, medium duty road: Two lanes 3 LANES 19 13 USERS NOTING ERRORS OR OMISSIONS ON THIS MAP ARE URS
wide; Three lanes wide. wide; Three lanes wide Route markers: Federal; State 50 50 OFFICER. ARMY MAP SEAVICE, WASHINGTON, D. C. MAPS 5 OFFICER, ARMY MAP SEAVICE, WASHINGTON, D. C. MAPS 5
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Woods or brushwood an the
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PROJECT 10073 RI RD Y
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Dec 52 0 Was Balloon
00 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIMS GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local__._1 1017 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircroft
0 Probably Aircroft
0417 EECAin- Visual Air-Intercept Roder D Possibly Aircraft
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5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical.
O Yes alrline pilot i3 Probobly Astronomical
XNo 0 Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Other_
1 090 Insufficient Data for Evaluatic
3-V SECSADS 1 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bluish color Insufficicnt data ot evalunte.
above aircraft, was bluidh light on
foruard scction.
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LFVOP3 0SS9 CIPVIS CONFIRM PO UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT OBSERVED
PS OBJECT PASSED IN FRONT AND ABOVE OF REPOGTING ACFT CMA APPROX
12 TO 13OO9 ALT CMA FASTER THAN JET ACTT CMA BLUISH LIGHTO
OR FORWAPD SECTLON CMA HEADING 120 DEG MAGNETIC PB VEATHER CLIAR TO
SITING L1SA17Z PD PILOT ALASKA AIRLINES FLITE 10G
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contained in the transcrio steched hereto
as Inclosure 1.
(a) of9 light,
oe determined,. except thet
it vas much lerger than any visible star. ranged in
crlcr from white to blue (bluish-white). Only one object
be at
-ossible
12-13,000 cistance object
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is known; however, lrcal are being checked for this
information and if an aff
formation will 'orwarde
ansuer, Lie was told that there were three aircreft in the
vicinity
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o'clock.
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How long was this visiblo?
A. Pilots Chly for about three or four seconds.
Co-pilots could see it for or about ten beconds; I took my eyes ef it
to look at the pilot, then looled baek at
juot over the wing.
1 B
Q. What direction wos win
A. It was going in lino, hot izon, toward
the left vins.
neer Northway. The radio
The otations at Norhtway and Galena reported it fror the round. That was
about ton o'olock at ni.ht. This li dt wa exeetly the sore as
these guy It traveled in a
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it has to be conething. A3 fast that was travaling. it would be in
Seattle in about bwenty-five rinutes. We have hed jete go by us and
this seemed to be going four or five times as fast as a jot.
(ilot the airport
at about three hundred feet. nave ceen that one. It looked
liks a big eigar with littls windows in it with about fifteen turhos stiekdng
never seen anything lik this before other rentioned.
AT S YEAR INTERVAL
DLCLASSITIED AFTER 1E YEARS.
DOD D1R 6200.10 JON OHNY
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ATIC DOcUMNT lo3473 is a report of unidentified vapor trail observed by 3
officers at the Narsarssuak Air Base in Greenland at l607z on l2 Dec 52.
The report goes on to evaluate the vapor trails as being possibly those from
a hostile aircraft on a reconnaissance mission. States that this is the
second time reported unidentified vapor trails have obsared in a three-
day period over Greenland.
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make evaluation. SAC, MATS or
Canadian aircraft could have been involved i the date time group stated I
in this cable are correct. Navy is continuing to investigate if it could
have been one of th ir aircraft.
6. The Cormand Post obtained information that three F-36s landed
at Narsarssuak at 1450 Zulu, 12 Dec on a classified mission. There is
a possibility that these airoraft could have been responsible for the
reported contrails due to a diserepancy time.
revealed that
partially comj th in Cabl 57l from Sonderstrom ArB.
9. While the report does not fall into a CIRUIS
catagery since it was not observed from the air. The information
required in the case of C/ v/s messages should have been reported.
10. Cable 28916 Narsarssuak indicates that the cable was
prepared for dispatch at l100 Zulu reporting an incident that occured.
I at 1607 Zulu of the same date. It was dispatched from Greenland
1617 Zulu and received here at 1809 Zulu. The discrepancy of time and
preparation and time of sighting indicates either a garble typographical
error either in time or date. The fact both within
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1.DATE LOCATION :2. CONCLUSIONS
16 Dec 52 O Was Be!loon
Probnbly Bulloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION o Fossibly Salloon
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Lc16/1955. Ground-Yrsual Ground-Rader was AIPCTHT
O4T 17/0550 1 AinVisual D Air-intercopt Roar siby Aircral
:. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Astronoinic
I Yes robubly Astrondmicol
Z No 3 MILITARY PERSONNEL ossibiy Astrdndmicol
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color traveled at a varied speed from slow Due to the act that bject was
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guard duty at 74th Air Rescue Sqdn.) was first to
observe liht and saw it fo lonsest length of
time. Fe has been this theater 19 months. This
is his first experienc objects
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1181
472 64'45'00"
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PRINTED BY ARMY MAP SERVICE, CORPS OF ENGINEERS, 8-51 .701778
ers INDEX TO ADJOINING SHEETS
3450 IV NW 3450 IV NE 3450 I NW
RESTRICTED
3450 IV SW 3450 IV SE 3450 I Sw
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3450111 NW 3450 NI NE 3450 11 NW
APPROXIMATE MEAN DECLINATION 1951 FOR CENTER OF SHEET c
ANNUAL MAGNETIC CHANGE 4' WESTERLY
To determine magnetic narth line, connect the Use diagram oniy lo oblain numerical values.
with the value of the angle between GRID pivot point "p" on the south edge of the map
the degrne seale at the north edge of the map. NORTH and MAGNETIC NORTH, as plotted on
FAIRBANKS D-2 SE, ALASKA
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Lakloey Hill
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Scale 1:25,000
1 $\frac { }$ 0 1 Mile
500 0 1000 2000 Meters
0 1000 2000 Yards
CONTOUR INTERVAL 50 FEET
VERTICAL DATUM: MEAN SEA LEVEL
.
TRANSVERSE MERCATOR PROJECTION
HORIZONTAL DATUM: 1927 NORTH AMERICAN DATUM
BLACK NUMBERED LINES INDICATE THE 1 OOO METER UNIVERSAL TRANSVERSE
MERCATOR GRID, ZONE6
THE LAST THREE DIGITS OF THE GRID NUMBERS ARE OMITTED
LINES SHOWN IN RED ARE PUBLIC LAND LINES
a
USERS NOTING ERRORS OR OMISSIONS ON THIS MAP ARE URGED TO MARK HEREON AND FORWARD DIRECTLY TO COMMANOING
OFFIGER, ARMY MAP SERVICE, WASHINGTON, D. C. MAPS SO FORWARDED WILL BE RETURNED OR REPLACED IF DESIRED
point and read LARGE figures labeling the
line either in the top or bottom margin, or
on the line itself: 69
VG Estirnate tonths from grid line to point:
2. Locate first HORIZONTAL grid line BELOW
point and rend LARGE figures lnbeling the
line either in the feft or right morgin, or
on the line itself: 87 APPROXIMAT
Estimate tenths from grid line to point: 9 FOR
ANNUAL MAGN
IGNORE the SMALLER figures of any SAMPLE REFERENCE: 694379
grid number; these are for finding If reporting beyond 100,000 moturs or if sheat Use dingram on
the full coordinates. Use ONLY the bears an overlapping grid, prefix 100.000 To dleterming me
LARGER figures of the grid number: Meter Square Identitication, a5: VC594879 pivol point "p…
example: with the valve
7181000 11 reporting beyond 9*N-S or 18°E-W. prefix NORTH and MA
Grid Zone Designation, as: 5WVG694879 the degroe senle
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AMS Q801
First Edition-AMS
Prepared by the Army Map Service (GEAU), Corps of Engineers, U.S. Army, Washington, D.C. Compiled in 1951 by
photogrammetric (multiplex) methods by the U.S. Geological Survey. Aerial photography 1949. Horizontal and
vertical control by USGS and UsC&Gs. Public land lines are based on the Fairbanks Principal Meridian. Map not
field checked.
LEGEND
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ROAD DATA 1950
In developed areas, only through roads are classified.
Hard surface, heavy duty road, four or 4LANESGLANES 4LANESIGLANES Loose surface, graded and drained,
more lanes wide or narrow hard surface road.
Mard surface, heavy duty road: Two lanes |3 LANES I3 LANES
wide; Three lanes wide wide; Three Ianes wide improved dirt road or street. Improved dirt road or street
Hard surface, medium duty road, four or LANESGLANES # LANESIGLANES
more lanes wide. Unimproved dirt road; Trail.
Hard surface, medium duty road: Two lanes 3 LANES 9 LANES 19 5o 50
wide; Three lanes wide. Route markers: Federal; State
Buildings Horizontal control point Δ
School; Church BM ×792
Single track Double track Bench mark, monumented
Standard gauge railroad Bench mark, non-monumented ×431
Narrow gauge raitroad Spot elevation in feet: Checked; Unchecked *168 *169
Railroad in street.
Carline. Woods or brushwood
Scrub; Orchard 200 500
National boundary
State boundary (with monument) intermittant lake
County boundary Intermittent stream; Dam.
8 County subdivision boundary_ Swamp, marsh
Corporate limits Rapids; Falls.
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Reservation boundary Large rapids and falls
Public land line, reliable Public land line, unreliable
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HOTICEABLY. APFEOXINAT-SIZE OF LARGE CASIN LIGHT OF THO (2) ENCIVE
TRANSPORT OR DIFFUSED LIGHT OF THAT NATURE. SHAPE NON-REFLECTIVE,
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92 ROCKET STREAM AOTICED. S. S NUWDER 9-2522, HEADING DEG,
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HOVEE IN AN ERRATIC FLIGHT PATH FOR A PERIOD OF - THREE (3) MINUTES
UNTIL IT UAS POINTED OUT AGAIN TO THE PILOT AND TWO (S GROUND CREW
HEMBERS. THEN IT TOOK UP A HEADING OF IC" DEG GAINING SPEED UNTIL IT
LOOKED LIKE A FALLING STAR OR METEOR. DESCENDING ALL THE TIME, IT
CONTINUED TO BECOME A BRIGHTER RED AS IT REACHED T'E EARTH. THE (
LIGHT APPSARED TO DININISH ITS FORWARD SPEED AND DESCENT TO THE LARTH
AS A HELICOPTER WOULD. AT THIS POINT THE LIGHT WAS NOTICEAPLY NORE
THOMAS V. DAVIES IST USAF VER, S 2.
10/"30CZ DEC JKDL
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APPLICABLE. 4. AIRCRAFT SERIAL NUNIBER 49-2522, F-9AA, 1ST LT DONALD
A. DICKMAN PILOT IST LT THOUAS W. DAVIES RADAR OBSERVER, VAS QN BASE 1
LEG TO APPROACH FOR LANDING WHEN IST LT DAVIES CALLED ATTENTION TO -
PILOT ON A TARGET AT II:3S O'CLOCK SAME ALTITUDE, TARGET MOVING FROM PILOT ON A TARGET AT II:3S O'CLOCK SAME ALTITUDE, T 3 FROM
STAR-BOARD TO PORT. TARGET STAR-BOARD TO PORT. TARGET AFFIRNED BY ILOT. THE F T. THE -DAA WAS HEADING HEADING
GT BEG, T FGX BEG, T TARGET MAS HEADING 24" DEC AT TARGET WAS HEADING 245 DEC A XINATELY PARALL LEL AND 1g0
TEG TO FIGHTER FLIGHT. DURING THE NEXT 3% TO 45 SECONDS, TAPGET TEG TO FIGHTER FLIGHT. DURING THE NEXT 3T : TO 45 SECONDS, TAPGET
INCREASED ITS SPEED NOTICEABLY. UMEN F-9AA, SERIAL NUKPER 42-2522 INCREASED ITS SPEED NOTICEABLY. VHEN F-94A, SERIAL NUNPER 4D-2522 S
TURNED ON BASE LEG, HEADING APPROXINATELY 24" DEG, TARGET CONTINUED TURNED ON BASE LEG, HEADING IPPROXI "DEG, 1 ARGET CONTINUED
ON HEADING APPROXIMATELY 2A" DEG SAME ALTITUDE. [FRON POSITION OF
BASI AREA TARGET SEENED TO ASCEND AT A PHENOMEMAL RATTE WITH A STRAIGHT
COURSE AND VERY ERRATIC FLIGHT CHARACTERISTICS. THE COLOR OF THE
LIGHT SEEMED TO CHANGE FRON WHITE TO RED AS IE THE ATHOSPHERE HAD
AN AFTECT ON IT AS IT GAINED ALTITUDE. ORJECT UNIDENTIFIARLE DUE TO
BAMMNIESS OF NIGHT, SPEED OF CBJECT, AND POSITION OF O3SERVER. OBJECT
MOT AUDABLE. WEY ON GROUND, NOTHING OF A MOTOR, ENGINE, OR OTHER
MOPULSION NATURE WAS NOTICED. TEKPERATURI APPROXIMATELY MINUS
THENTY-TUO (22 G AND NOISE COULD BE HEARD AT A VERY LONG DISTANCE -
"ITH NO VIND AT TAT TEPERATURE. IROX LA: THE OZJECT .
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in hue, oval in shape. Altitude 2,000 ft. Continued on 240° heading at 2,000
ft. altitude for approximately two minutes. No jet or rocket stream noticed.
B. Serial No. 49-2522, heading 60°, F-94A. Land jet, one engina, USAF
insignia, 2,000 Name "Sta No.
49-2522. .
c. Not applicable.
4 Airoraft Serial No. 49-2522, F-94A, lst Lt Lonald A. Dickman, pilot; lst 13