PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7821826

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONVicinity Sitka Alaska

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NORTHWEST AIRLINES PROJECT 1 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
24 Aug 60 Vicinity Sitka, Alaska o Was Balloon
0 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balioon
Local Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aiscraft
Ground-Visual 00 Probably Aireraft Probably Aireraft
GMT GMT 244 244 11452 1145Z Air Viswal Air Viwal Air-Intercept Rodar Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircralt
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE o't Was Astranomical
Y.s a Y.s D'do Probobly Astronomical Meteor
No Civilian Pilot Pilot 0 PossiblyAstronomical PossiblyAstronamical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION . 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE COURSE Other.
000 000 Insuificient Data for Evaluation for Evaluation
1 1/2 to 2 sec 1 1/2 to 2 sec Unknown
one NE
10. 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Bright flash, yellowish Bright flash, yellowish, changing to green and changing to green and Description is characteristic of a Description is characteristic of a
then to red. Disappea instantanecuslyto NE. meteor.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 3EP 52)
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UNCLASSIFIED FROM AAC INT 52,380
FOR AFCIN AND OSAF AT USAF, INFO FOR J-2, ALCOM. SUBJECT: UNID
FLYING OBJ. A. DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT: (1) BRIGHT FLASH
(2) NEG (3) YELLOWISH, CHANGING TO GREEN AND THEN TO RED (4)
N/A (5) ) N/A (S) NEG (7) N/A (8) NEG (S) NEG. B. DESCRIP-
TICN OF COURSE OF OBJECT (1) BRIGHT FLASH (2) DIRECTLY OVERNEAD THTOOTTEY
OF A/C THAT SIGHTED FLASH. (3) 6ZDEGREES/7DEGREES-1SDEGREES ABOVE
HORIZCM. (4) SEDIGRZES COURSE, 2DODEGREES FROM A/C-NO MANEUVER (5)
IN.STANTANEOUSLY TO R.E. (6 1/2 TO 2 SECONDS. C. MANNER OF
OESERVATION (1) AIR-VISUAL OBSERVATION (1) AIR-VISUAL (3) N/A (2) M/A (3) DC-8, HDG DC-6, HDS 285DEGREES SEATTLE SEATTLE
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PAGE TWO RJKDAG 233
(HOME STATION) D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING (1) 1145Z/24 AUG 65. (2)
NIGHT E. LOCATION OF OBSERVER: FOUR (4) MIN OFF DOMESTIC SITKA-
HEADING-285DEGREES MAGNETIC. F. IDENTIFYING INFORNATION ON* HEADING-2S5DEGREES MAGNETIC. F. IDENTIFYING INFORNATION ON
OBSERVOR: (1) CAPTAIN ASHMAN (NORTHWEST AIRLINES PILOT) (2) (
N/A G. WEATHER AND WINDS (1) NEG (2) NEG (3) NEG (4)NEG ( -
(5) NEG (S) NEG (7) NEG H. NEG I. NEG J. NEG K. (5) NEG (6) NEG (7) NEG H. NEG I. NEG J. NEG K.
OFE THE (
PILOTS WEST WING AND DESCENDING AT AN ANGLE OF SZDEGREES. DUE TO ITS
NATURE, IT IS REASONABLE TO ASSUME THIS WAS A METEOR OR A
METEORITE IN THE PROCESS OF DIS INTEGRATING IN THE EARTH'S -
ATMOSPHERE. L. NEG. -
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