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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 2, LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
QO Bee eee
o July 1956 Fairbanks, Alaska 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION eC Possibly Belloon
: O Was Aireroft
ae a sl inl a a il Sec ao lo Probobly Aircraft
GMT 06/0110Z 0 Air Visual 0 Air-intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE & O Was Astronomical
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
XIX No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION. 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE D , Other
a heed Nel gl Date for Evaluation
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30 minutes one

Stationary

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

One object oval size of basketbali when
first seen to size of siiver dollar
when last seen. No discernable features
no trail exhaust. No sound, Color |
Silver - object seemed to flicker
or pulsate, WX balloon & star Procyon!

| in Same general area, Daylight obsva-|
+ 3

ATIC FORM 329 (REY 25 SEP 52)

7

Balloon,

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TO RJKDAG/COMDR 5@@4TH AISS ELMENDORF AFB ALASKA
RUWFHY/COMDR AIR DEF CMD ENT AFT COLO SPRINGS COLO
RJEDWP/AIR TECH INTEL CEN WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB us 6
RJEPHQ$/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WAS DC ‘ae
RUKDAG/DIR OF INTEL AAC ELEMDNORF AFR ALASKA
RRKDAG/COMDR IN CHIEF AAC ELMENDORF ATTN¢ J-2 EDF ‘
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INT-S$§ 5796 PD UFOR PD REF AFR 24%-2 THE FOLLOWING INFO IS SURMITTE: OFJ
JAS OVAL PD SIZE WHEN FIRST SEEN COMPARED TO BASYETPALL CMA SIZE WHEN :
LAST SEEN COMPARED TO SILVER DOL ©D COLOR WAS SIL PD ONLY 1 ORY PD NO ( |
DISCEPNIRLE FEATURES OP DETAILS >D ‘NO TAIL CMA TRAIL OP EXHAUST PD NO
SOUND CMA THE OBJ APPEARED TO FLICVER OR PULSATE PD ORSRS STATED THAT
SRIGHTNESS OF OBJ DREW THEIR ATTN PD ANRLE OF ELVATION WAS APPROX 25

DEGS CMA AZIMUTH 224 DEGS TRUE CMA THE O8J DID NOT MOVE AT ANY TIME PF

THE OBJ WAS COVERED BY A CLOUD AND DISAPPEARED °D LENGTH OS SIGHTING WAS

Ss? MIN PD MANNER OF ORSERVATION WAS GROUND-VISUAL PD SIGHTING WAS MADE |
6632107 JUL 56 DURING DAY LIGHT PD ORSRS WERE LOCATED AT CLCE 2259

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CLERK CMA RELIABILITY ESTIMATE 3-1 —qgyyeseiiiimbanpeliniiieiiaepeegeeees, 8 6

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CLERK CMA RELIABILITY ESTIMATE 8-1 PD OBSTS STATE WEA WAS NOT CMA SKY

FAIRLY CLEAR CMA FIS GOOD PD REPT FROM BASE WEA GIVES FOLLOWING INFO FOR
WIND DIRESTION AND VEL AT TIME OF ORWERVATION CLN SUR 4 “NOTS 225 DEG (
CMA S@?@ I KNOTS 26% CMA 12009 QE “NOTS 22% CMA 1677 14 KNOTS 2°ACMA

2G90 26 KNOTS 240 CMA 34776 QT KNOTS 174 CMA 5°97 R KNOTS 6@ CMA SO@IO

18 “NOTS 8% DEG PD CEILING 5¢¢@ TEET CMA VIS 57 MILES CMA CLOUD COVER oS
CMA NO THUNDER STORMS IN AREA PD AT 7672197 JUL 56 A WEA BLN WAS RELEASE

OC SE OF LADD AFS AND 15 MILES AWAY AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING

THE STAR PROCYON WAS IN THE SAME POSIT AS THE OBJ PD IT IS PREPARING OFF

RELIEF THAT O3J COULD HAVE 83EEN THE WEA BLN OR THE STAR PROCYON FD NO

PHYS EVIDENCE PD

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