PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7818543

DATE OF SIGHTINGJuly 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONKodiak Alaska

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PROJECT
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
25 July 1960 Kodiak, Alaska 00 Prabably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft Was Aircraft
00 00 Probobly Aircraft
GMT26/0800Z GMT 26/0800Z AirVisual AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 6. SOURCE OX Was Astronomical Was Astronamical Meteor
Yes Yes 0 D Probably Astronomical
8Xo Xo Civilian 0 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. OF OBSERVATION OBSERVATION 8. B. NUMBER OF COURSE DURSE Other
000 000 Insufficient Dat Date sation ation
Unknown
one second one second one ESE ESE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Red flame about 200 yards long at Meteor
altitude in motion to ESE in hori-
lery fast. Total dura-
tion about W1 sappearance
abrupt and . No
sound. clear.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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TO RRHPR/CINCPACFLT
RJKDAG/CINCAL 0
INFO RREPW/CNO foille
RJRDAG/COMAC
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IN LAS X HFO SIGHTED GROUND-VISUAL AROUT 260800Z BY CIVILIAN IN CITY IN LAS X HFO SIGHTED GROUIND-VISUAL AROUT 26080OZ BY CIVILIAN IN CITY
OF KODIAK X OEJECT SIGHTED DESCRIRED AS A RED FLAME QUOTE SHOOT ING OF KODIAK X DBJECT SIGHTED DESCRIRED AS A RED FLAME QUOTE SHOOT ING
ONT GF SONETHING UINQHOTE X LENGTH OF FLAME ESTIMATED AT 200 YARDS AT ONT GF SONET HING UNQHOTE X LENGTH OF FLAME ESTIMATED AT 200 YARDS AT
ALTITIDE OF QHOTE SEVERAL MILES INQUOTE X MOVEMENT WAS HORIZONTAL HOTO SEVERALMIL OVEMENT WAS HOR IZ ONT AL
TOVArdS tye EAst-sOuTheaST and QUOte Very fasT UnquOte x the Object unquotf THE OB.IECT
WAS SIBNTED FOR ABOIT 1 SECOND AND THEN DISAPPEARED ABRUPTLY VITH
NO BURNING OIT T EFFECT X NO SOUND WAS HEARD X THE WEATHER CONDITIONS
AT THE TIME SIGHTING WER CLOUD S
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DIST 92 COG
70 73 74 76 94 1 /OOD CMC JCS CSA CSAF
CIA NIC COGARD
DLVY NR 127 60 DLVY NR 187 60 PAGE ONE OF ONE PAGE ONE OF ONE 2703252 270325Z