PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6973285

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONUSNWeather Station Kokiak Alaska

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USN Weather Station

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4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION

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12. CONCLUSIONS

kK Wes Balloon
Probebly Balloon
Possibly Belloon

Wes Aircraft
Probebly Aircraft
Possibly Aircroft

Was Astronomical
Probobly Astrenemicol
Possibly Astronomical

Other
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OP SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Star shaped object approx 3 times This has all earmarks of running
size of first magnitude star, red, lights on a balloon,

white, blue, purple and orange in

erratic pulses of 1/2 to 1 second,

Two separate lights when viewed

through binoculars, one over the

other as if suspended balloon with

reflection from bottom, On two

occasions a tail of luminescence was

observed, Size at last sighting was
1/3 of that of original sighting.

Moved in spurts, hovering then moving

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