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NATIVES PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
19 May 60 4 mi N of Dillingham, Alaska 0 Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
000 Probably Aireraft
GMT_ 200500z Air Visual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Y.s 000 Probably Astronomical
M No Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
1 hr one W Unknown
IO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round object with projection at the ends of There was a weather balloon with a radar
the center line. There was a red band on the the center line. There red band on the reflector which crossed the area at the
object between the projections. On the bottom time of the sighting. It is concluded
were two were two appendages which moved in an undulating that the object was a weather balloon. appendages which moved in an undulating  that the object was a weather balloon.
motion. Also, on the center bottom was a half
moon shaped object which whirled at varying
speeds. The object was about ae big as an auto-
mobile and silver in color. mobile and silver in color.
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SEEM TO CORRELATE WITH SIGHTING, ESPECIALLY
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THE NATIVES WHO OBSERVED THE OBJECT STATED IT CAME
DREW SKETCHES WHICH WERE VERY SIMILAR. WHEN THE DREW SKETCHES WHICH WERE VERY SIMILAR WHEN THE
OBJECT ROSE INTO THE AIR, A SUCKING NOISE WAS HEARD
AND GRASS WAS SUCKED UP FROM THE GROUND. ONE OF AND GRASS WAS SUCKED UP FROM THE GROUND. ONE OF CTANINd
THE OBSERVERS, A DEAF-MUTE, POSSIBLY INDICATED THAT THE OBSERVERS, A DEAF -MUTE, POSSIBLY INDICATED THAT 10s
A 5 GALLON CAN WAS SUCKED UP, BUT THIS WAS NOT
ASCERTAINABLE FOR SURE. IN THE PAST, NATIVES HAVE
OFTEN PROVED TO BE ACCURATE AND RELIABLE OBSERVERS
OF UNUSUAL OCCURANCES IN THE ALASKAN AREA. NO
REASONABLE EXPLANATION OF THE OBJECT IS READILY
APPARENT. REQUEST YOUR OPINION OF WHETHER ON-THE-
SPOT INVESTIGATION AND INTERROGATION OF OBSERVERS
BY THIS OFFICE IS W ARRANTED
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(7) TEMPERATURE INVERSION AT 4000 FT. ITEM HOTEL: (7) TEMPERATURE INVERSION AT 4000 FT. ITEM HOTEL:
UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA; US WEATHER BUREAU ANCHORAGE - v C1O  4010 *0D 1515*4
AND LOCAL WEATHER PERSONNEL FAIL TO INDICATE ANY 10
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JULIETTE: AT 20/0545Z MAY 1960, THE 705TH ACWRON, KING C
SALMON, ALASKA WAS CARRYING A WEATHER BALLON AT C
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ESTIMATED 8000 FEET, ALMOST DUE SOUTH (4) OBJECT WAS
MOVING SLOWLY AND APPARENTLY FOLLOWING NO SPECIAL —
COURSE. WOULD MOVE ALONG NEAR GROUND, LOWEST
ALTITUDE ESTIMATED UNDER 300 FEET, THEN RISE AND HOVER
AND DESCEND AGAIN. FINALLY ASCENDED RAPIDLY TO
ESTIMATED 8000 FEET AND MOVED RAPIDLY SOUTH.
APPEARED TO HOVER OVER THE VILLAGES OF CLARKS POINT O INELL
AND EKUK FOR SOME TIME. (5) SLOWLY TO SOUTH (6) e
APPROXIMATELY I HOUR. ITEM CHARLIE. (1) GROUND APPROXIMATELY I HOUR. ITEM CHARLIE. (1) GROUND
VISUAL (2) SOME OBSERVERS USED BINOCULARS TO WATCH VISUAL (2) SOME OBSERVERS USED BINOCULARS TO WATCH
OBJECT OVER CLARK POINT AND EKUK. TYPE UNKNOWN. C
(2) NA. ITEM DELTA: (1) 20/0500Z MAY 1960 (2) DAY.
ITEM ECHO: 4 MILES NORTH OF DILLINGHAM ALASKA OR APP ITEM MILES. NORTHOE. DILLINGHAM ALASKA OR APP C C 3:00
BKGQ3326. ITEM FOXTROT: OBSERVERS WERE A GROUP OF (
NATIVES. THE PERSON WHO INTERROGATED THEM AND
REPORTED SIGHTING IS SFC RALPH SORENSEN (ALASKA
NATIONAL GUARD) BOX 45, DILLINGHAM, ALASKA. BARGE
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SHAPED IN-CROSS SECTION. (2) 20 TO 25 FEET IN DIAMETER,
10 TO 12 FEET IN THICKNESS (3) METALLIC SELIVERY WHITE,
COMPARED TO ALUMINUM (4) ONE (5) N/A (6) TWO C.
FLEXIBLE TUBES OR FLAPS APPROXIMATELY 4 TO 5 FEET
LONG DEPENDING FROM EDGE, A SEMI-CIRCULAR, WHIRLING C
DEVICE IN CENTER OF BOTTOM. (7) NONE. (8) SOUND WAS
DESCRIBED AS WHIRRING WITH SUCKING SOUND WHEN FINALLY
ASCENDING. (9) OBSERVERS DID NOT SEE ANY WINDOWS. -
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UFO ANALYSIS SHELT
LocationDILLINGHAM ALASKA
Date 19 MAy 60 Hour (2)0500
DescriptionReu~a SICUERY OaJ
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Direction of Motion_
Satellite: (AFCIN-4F3, Phone 69219)_
Astronomical Phenomena (Meteor, Comet, Planet, etc)uc
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Radar Analysis (AFCIN-4El) MA.
Natural Phemomena (Ball Lightning, etc)..
Other
Evaluation of Source Rel iabilityUvcvew Evaluation of Source Rel iability_ UNeNews-
Analysis and Conclusions: Analysis and Conclusions: TiNERe TIERE WAS 3 wx BALCOON
WITH WETH P RAOrE REFEECTUK WOtICH Creassso C1eOsssO TE NTE
AREA AT TE TME oF TITE XS SICHTINE.
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Hq lOth Air Division (Def) IR-1-60 2
Alaska National Guard, did not see the object, but
was the person who reported the sighting. He stated that many people.
saw the object after it was well up in the air; but he had heard of no one
other than those listed below who saw it at close range. In a town the size
of Dillingham, news travels fast and if anyone else had seen it,
probably would have heard of it.
saw the object at close range. He is a deaf-mute native
and communicated his sighting to his brother was
not personally contacted. The following account was given'by
speaking for his brother. was in the yard of the
house when he saw the object flying along the ridge. He noticed that it was
creating considerable suction, in fact, enough to pick up two empty five
gallon fuel tins and swirl them in the air below the object. He was alarmed
because some very small children were playing in the area and he was s afraid
they would be e sucked up. The object passed about 50 to lo0 feet from him
and just cleared electric wires estimated l2 feet above ground. Apparently
the cans were carried from one side of the ridge on which the houses stand,
to the other,:a distance of possibly loo yards. The object passed between
the houses, dipped slightly into the ravine and ascended at an extremely
high rate of speed. As it ascended, it swirled dead grass from the meadow
high into the air after it. drew a picture of the object,
(figure l) and described it as follows: It was quite round with a projection
at the ends on the center line. nter Jine Whether this was "fore and aft" or a flange Whether this wa 11 nf+"
all the way around could not be determined. There was a red band on the
object between the projections. on the bottom were two appendages which
moved in ar undulating motion (the e motion was described with arm movements).
Also, in the moon shaped object which whirled at
varying speeds pparently, when the ob,ject ascended rapidly, it whirled
very fast. According to account, th f incidence to the
object of these appendages and half moon changed, b because of language
difficulty, it was impossible to determine what relationship this had with
the movement of the object except that it possibly curred when it turned.
The object was about as big as an automobile and was silver in color.
felt certain it was not a balloon and was metallic. was impossible
to determine the three dimensional shape of the object. It is difficult to
assess the reliability of these persons but it is probably at least average.
Conversation with indicated no reason to doubt the veracity of
either or There was some language difficulty in
communication with
Another possible witness was Another possible witness was He was not interviewed because. He was not interviewed because
he was then living in an outlying village. he was then living in an outlying village. stated that he
understood that was at the was at the house house and had heard the and had heard the
object make a lound sucking noise when it ascended. object make a lound sucking noise when it ascended. He was not was not sure whether sure whether
had seen the object. had seen the object.
established the time of initial sighting at approximately established the time of initial sighting at approximately
20/0500Z, May 1960. 20/0500Z, May 1960. He is the proprietor of He is a pool hall and barber shop in pool hall and barber shop in
Dillingham and was seated at the rear window of his establishment. He Dillingham and was seat the r of his establishment. He
noticed the object come come into view from hebind some buildings to view from behind some buildings. The object The obicet was
near the ridge and approximately parelleling the ridge. He described the
object as the size or a light airplane at that distance, silvery in color and
football shaped. When shown the drawing (figure l) he stated it did not
seem so round to him. He was unable to discern any details at that distance
(about 2 miles) except that it did not have wings. The object appeared to
be moving slowly. watched the object for a while, then went to
locate binoculars., From the window there is a clear view of the ridge and

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USA IR-1-60
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
AREA REPORT CONCERNS
Alaska
AGENCY OF ORIGIN DATE OF REPORT
Hq lOth Air Division (Def) 21 June 1960
SOURCE-OF INFORMATION DATE OF INFORMATION
. . Various 19 May 1960
PREPARING OFFICER EVALUATION
Captain Thomas M. Conrow F-3
REFeRences (Controd number, directiee, presiousa report, etc., as applicsble)
Msg 1Oth AD DO-I 0146
SUBJECT
UFO observed at Dillingham, Alaska
SUMMARY (Enter coneise summary of report. SUMMARY (Enter coneise sum mary of report. Gire significance in final one-sentence paragraph. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lorer left. List inclosures at lower left. Begin text of report on Begin text of report on AP Form 118a.) AP Form 118a.)
This report is an amplification and partial correction of information in
message l0AD DOI O146 dated 2 June 1960. This information is based on
personal contacts made on 2 June 1960, reference ATIC message AFCIN-4E2 6-1881-E
dated 16 June 1960.
APPROVED:
Williaugha Uillian beghan
0 INCLS WILLIAM L. BINGHAM VILLIAM L. BINGHAM
Major, USAF
Actg Dep-ACS/Intelligence Actg Dep-ACS/Intelligence
Hq AAC
DISTRIBUTION BY ORIGINATOR
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Hq lOth Air Division (Def) IR-1-60 3 5
house. The reliability of is difficult to estimate,
but he was not evasive and some details of his story correlated that of
There was some language difficulty,
was flying in a light plane at 250o feet near I Ekuk, south of
Dillingham at 20/0645Z, May 1960. He saw people on the ground looking up
and in trying to find what they were looking at, the object at an estimated
round and silver, with
a small trapezoidal objeet below it and a much smaller ob,ject of indetermin-
able shape below that. He described the trapezoidal object as nat more than
one-fifth the size o round object, flat, and with the horizontal sides
parallel. (Figure 2) stated that the round object was very large, much
larger than the incendiary balloons floated over from Japan during WwEl. He
said he felt he could climb up to the object, but did not as fog was
enveloping the airfield at Dillingham and he was afraid to waste the time. enveloping. the airfield at Dillingham and he was afraid to waste the time.
He could give no other details. is a barge operator and pilot. is a barge operator and pilot.
He seemed to tell a straight forward story and the object was in that location
at the time indicated.
Additional Information. At the time of the sightings, the weather was Additional Information. At the time of the sightings, the weather was
described as clear. and stated a breeze of about 15
miles per hour was blowing miles per hour was blowing and that the object was headed pretty much into and that the object was headed pretty much into
the wind. The object came the wind. The object came from approximately 50 degrees true and ascended from approximately 50 degrees true and ascended
on a heading of approximately 2l5 degrees true (figure 3). on a headix (etmre 3) It was last seen -xoa
almost due south of Dillingham over the village of Ekuk. The 705th ACWRON
at King Salmon carried the following moves on a weather balloon: 20/0145Z
BKGQ3035, 0215Z GQ0840, 0245 GQ0035, 0315 FQ 5830, 0445 FQ50 23, D515 FQ 4845,
0545 FQ 3050. At 0545 contact lost and fade.
COMMENTS of ing Officer:
There still appears to be no logical explanation of the sighting. It is
quite obvions that an object was sighted. Whether all the details of the
sighting are corr et canno ascertained, however, there is no reason to
doubt their essential accuracy. At any rate, it does not appear that a
commonplace object such as an airplane or balloon was responsible for the
sighting.
THOMAS M. CONROW THOMAS M. CONROW
Captain, USAF
Chief, Intelligence Division
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JOINT MESSAGEFORM UNCLASSIFIED
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1960 JUN 17 20 42
PRECEDENCE TYPE MSG (Cbeck) ACCOUNTING ORIG, OR REFERS TO CLASSIFICATION OF REPERENCE
ROUTINE BOOK MULTI BINGLE SYMBOL 10 AD
ACTION
INFO . AF DO-I 0146 UNCLAS
FROM: SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS
ATIC, W-P AFB 2
TO: ELMENDORF AFB, ALASKA
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/UNCLASSIFIED/EROMH: AFCIN-182 60-/881-- /UNCLASSIFIED/FROM: AFCIN-452 60-/881-1
REQ YOUR ORG PERSONALLY CONTACT THE WITNESSES OF THE ALLEGED UFO. THE ALLEGED UFO.
REQ A CAREFUL EVALUATION OF EACH WITNESS. REQ A CAREFUL EVALUATION OF EACH WITNESS.
DATE TIME
16 0910
MONTH YEAR
JUNE 1960
SYMBOL SIGNATURE SIGNATURE
AFCIN-LE2 Lulalo Lulado Pt
TYPED iPacel RW DW. TYPED (Or SIAMPEd) NAME AND TITLE TYPED (Or SlSMPEd) NAME AND TITLE
≥0c-1 Major Robert J. Friend
30-1-w0 NR. OF JWAOWC JWA
PHONE 69216 PAGE NR. 1 PAGES 1 NICHOLAS POST
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