PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wos Balloon
29 December1956 Fairbanks.Alaska D Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local round-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aircraft
GMT_ 30/06567 Air-Visual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
[ Yes Tower Operator 0 Probably Astronomical
xNo Civilian two pilots 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSEI VATION 9. COURSE XX Other-._Flare
arc to right 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
2-5 seconds one and downwand
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object, pea. This sighting was determined
Color red, to be a flare fired by y persons
tail. unknown; by the territorial
police and by others.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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MM RJKDAG RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ 057 J... C
DE RJKDLA 2 3^4x2 2
M 010200Z 11:28 “
FM COMDR BET 2 5004TH AISS LADD AFB ALASKA
TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO TO RJEDEN/COMDR ADC ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO
RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OHIO e
RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR INTELLIGENCE RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASH 25 DC HQ USAF WASH 25 DC
INFO RJKDAG/COMDR 5004TH AISS ELMENDORF AFB ALASKA
RJKDAG/D) I AAC ELMENDORF AFB ALASKA RJKDAG/D I AAC ELMENDORF AFB ALASKA (
RJKDAG/CINCAC ELMENDORF AFB ALASKA
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UNCLAS INT-SS 7516 ATTN J-2 EDF
y UFOB
1. A CIRCULAR
B PEA
C RED, BLUISH WHITE, GREEN
D ONE
E N/A
F TAIL
G UNK
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H CONE
3 I NONE C
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2. A BRIGHTNESS
B APPROX TWENTY REE ELEVATION
-7 CMM AQIMUTH RAAQIMOTH
HUNDRED
SEVENTY TO TWO HUNDRED NINTY DEGREES TRUE.
C APPROX TEN DEGREES ELEVATION CMM AQIMUTH TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY
TO TWO HUNDRED NINTY TWO DEGREES TRUE.
D ARC TO RIGHT AND DOWN WARD
E WENT BEHIND HILL OR HIT GROUND
F TWO TO FIVE SECONDS
3 A GROUND-UISUAL
B N/A
C /A
4 A.300656Z DEC 56

CLCE 2 2350
6_A(1) AGE 32 CMM
CMM COLLEGE ALASKA CMM AIR CONTROL TOWER ERATOR.
(2) CMM AGE 31 CMM FAIR-
BANKS ALASKA CMM PILOT WIEN AIRLINES
(3) CMM AGE 47 CMM NOP
CMM FAIRBANKS ALAKSA INES
B N/A (
TEMPERATURE OLD
.
( (
( (
B SURFACE CALM
6000 -- 210/30 KNOTS (
10000 AA 210/30 KNOTS
16000 -- WRPXWT T KNOTS
2000 AA 220/30 KNOTS
3000 -- 230/40 KNOTS
(
C HIGH OVERCAST AT
D 15 MI
E UNK
F NONE
to" NONE
NSNE
919ODNE A/C ON FINAL APPROX 015 DEGREES TRUE FROM TOWER OBSERVER
10 one
11 COMMANDER, DETACHMENT 2, 5004TH AISS, LADD AFB, ALASKA
THE THREE OBSERU IR FIRST WAS

LARE WITH SUBSEQUENT EXPRESSTONS OF POSSIBLY A METEOR
OR JET AIRCRAFT. THE TOWER OPERATOR ; WHO SAW THE OBJECT THE
LONGEST, WAS DEFINITE THAT T WAS A FLARE AS SHE HAD WITNESSED
THOSE SIGHTINGS BEFORE IN THE SAME AREA, AND WAS ABLE TO PINPOI T
THE EXACT ITIME. JET AIRCRAFT WERE RULED OUT AS NO SOUND WAS
HEARD BY OBSERVERS OUTSIDE, AND NO JETS WERE KNOWN TO BE IN THE
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AREA AT THE TIME• TWO TOWER OPERATORS REPORTED THEY AREA AT THE TIME• TWO TOWER OPERATORS REPORTED THEY HAD WITNESSED Y HAD WITNESSED
WHAT WAS THOUGHT TO BE FLARE ACTIVITY, TN THE RIDGE WEST OF
THE AIRPORT, SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST, AND THOSE INCIDENTS S HAD
BEEN REPORTED TO THE TERRITORIAL POLICE IN FAIRBANKS. A CHECK WITH
THE PTLICE CHEIF CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAVE REPORTS OF RESIDENTS THE PTLICE CHEIF CONFIRMED THAT THEY HAVE REPORTS OF RESIDENTS
LIVING IN THE RIDGE AREA THAT APPARENTLY HAVE FLARES LIVING IN THE RIDGE AREA THAT APPARENTLY HAVE FLARES IN THEIR S IN THEIR C
.
POSSESSION AND FIRE THEM FROM TIME TO TIME. THE POLICE HAVE BEEN
UNABLE TO APPREHEND THE RESPONISIBLE INDIVIDUAL TO DATE• THE
SIGHTING CANNOT BE DEFINITELY INENTIFIED, BUT ANALYSIS OF ALL.
INFORMATION, WOULD SEEM TO O INDICATE THE OBJECT FLARE FIRED
BY PERSONS UNKNOWN.
12 NONE
BT
01/02352 JAN RJKDLA