PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7814904

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1960

REPORTED LOCATION5Mi NWof Big Delta Alaska

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FEET, SEVERAL MILES LONG THEN OBJECT DIPPED DOWN TOWARD THE EARTH
_ AND BURNED OUT. 5) INSTANANEOUSLY AFTER FLASH. (6) ESTIMATE 5-12

SECONDSe Ce (3) GROUND VISUAL FROM AUTOMIBLE IN MOTION. (2) NONE}
3) NZAe Dell) B9/96452 JULY 1964. (2) DAY. Eo 5 MILES NW OF BIG

DELTA ON HIGHWAY. Fe (1) C1V 11 1AN- Oa,
I PEL AGLE. G. (1) CLEAR. (2) 6808", 220 DEGRES/

13KTSe 10000", 190 DEGREES/12KTS. 16006", 188 DEGREES/®8KTS. 23993",
UNKNOWN. 38880° UNKNOWN. 5@989° UNKNOWN. 89909" UNKNOWN. (3) NONE.
(4) 5@ MILE. €5) 6508° SCATTERED. (6) NONE. (7) TEMPERATURE 56 DEGREES
DEW PCINT 38 DEGREES. He NONE. I. NONE. Js NONE. Ke CAPTAIN E.B. COLLIE,
HOS 14 ADIV (DEF) INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN
THIS REPORT WAS NOT OBTAINED UNTIL 13/20007 JULY 1963 BECAUSE MR KEIM
iS CN A FISHING TRIP AT THE TIME OF SHIGHTING AND DID NOT RETURN HOME
UNTI1 13 JULY 1968, TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH MR KEIM OBSERVED
THE TRAIL OF SMOKE, HOWEVER THE FLASH HAD OCCURRED PRIOR TO THEIR
OBSERVATION, THE PREPARING OFFICER HAS NO EXPLANATION AS TO THEIDENTITY
OF THE OBJECT. THE COURSE OF THE OBJECT AND TRAIL OF SMOKE WAS PARALLEL
AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE HIGHWAY LEADING TO BIG DELTA. A CHECK WAS MADE
AITH FAA AT FORT GREELEY TO DETERMINE IF ADDITIONAL SIGHTING HAD BEEN

MADE: THERE WERE NONE REPORTEDe Le NONE
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ATIC, HO USAF CAFCRN SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE (SAFIS). IW ACC
BANCE WITH AFR 230-2, SECTION C, PARAGRAPH 15, SUBJECT: UNISENTIFIED
FLYING GORJECTS (UFO), TAE FOLLOWING REPORT JS SUBMITTED: A. ¢1)
ORENOWN. (2) OTMF. €52 BRILLIANT YELLOWISA FLASA. (4) ONF. (5) RONF.
($) NONE. 47) LARCE TRAIL OF BEAVY BLACK SMOKE, WITH VARYING DEGREES
_ F INTENSITY, TRAIL LARGER THAN FLASH. (8) NONE. (9) NONE. 8. (1)
TRAIL OF SMOKE. (2) 48 DEGREES FROM HORIZON AT APPROXIMATELY 125
DEGREES. (3) 2@ DEGREES FROM HORIZON AT APPROXIMATELY 125 DEGREES.
(4) TRAIL OF SMOKE HORIZONTAL TO EARTH, ESTIMATED ALTITUDE 82309

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UFO ANALYSIS silkuT

Description 4 Sriiliant veilow flasn size cf dime left a lerve trail of

neavy Slack smoke with varvine degrees of densit estimated +9 be sever)

miles “ong. was first seen LO dee elev at 195 deo

Jisaop 20 dee elev at 1?

deg, trail was horizontalto earth 2nd parallel with +he road, was viewed for
eo ae et about 5 to 10 seconds.

Direction of Motion _descending

Satellite: (AFCIN-\F3, Phone 69219) None reported to be reentering at this
time,

Astronomical Phenomena (Meteor, Comet, Planet, etc) Probably a davlignt

meteor

Radar Analysis (ArCIN-4£1) Wone

Natural Fhemomena (Ball Lightning, etc)  ------

Aircraft, Balloons, Airships, etc. 212d outenn acft rerorted *o nave crasned

Other

Evaluation of Source Reliability_ toss reliable

Analysis and Conclusions: If it nad been an acft burning it would i0t nave
-raveiled so far and would not nave left sneon a lonz trail of smoke as ‘nat
‘ast “eported by tne witnesses. Tnere were no act crash reported. The

ooject is typical of a large meteor tnat is seen during caylignt, burning
up and leiving a trail of smoke. |

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