PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8610501

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONAnchorage Alaska

FRAMES5

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
17 Dec 60 Anchorage, Alaska 0 Was Balloon 7
00 Probably Balloon
3. 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
tocal Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
7 x 50 Binoculars 7 x. 50 Binoculars 000 0 Probably Aircraft
GMT. GMT 18/0350Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 5. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Yes Y.s 000 Probably Astronomical
No Civilian Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other Other Echo I
800 Insufficient Data for Evaluation Insufficient Data for Evaluation
14-17 min 14-17 min one SSE Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY T0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING OF SIGHTING 11. 11. COMMENTS COMMENTS
Round object red and green, changed color, no Echo I.
tail or sound, moving from 70° elev 280° to
jelev 155^ in straight flight path. Visible
several previous times always in same pattern.
Corrolation with U Alaska evaluated as EchoI
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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RECEIVED (
9D860 28, U3N 1500025 04 57
ATIC
RA663
UIZIUEZCOYC387 1
FP RJEDSO
DE RJKDAG 84 4x2a
P 200221Z ZEX P 200221Z ZEX 7 4
FM AAC ELMENDORF AFB ALASKA FM AAC ELMENDORF AFB ALASKA it
TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO
RJEDSQ/ATIC WPAFB OHIO RJEDSO/ATIC WPAFB OHIO
RJEZHO/COFS RJEZHO/COFS USAF WASHDC USAF WASHDC
RJEZHO/OSAF WASHDC
BT
UNCLAS FROM AAC-INT 50132.
FOR AFCIN, SAFS, AI LOWING UFO SIGHTING SUBMITTED
IAN-AFR 208-21
A. 1. ROUND
2 BETWEEN SIZE E OF CAPELLA AND OTHER TWO STARS IN
CAPELLA'S TRIANGLE.
3. RED AND GREEN CHANGED COLOR LIKE SPARKLING OF STAR.
4 ONE 4ONE
5.N/A 5.M/A
6NONE 6.NONE
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7. NONE
8. NONE
9. NONE -
B. 1. FREVIOUS SIGHTINGS OF SAME OBJECT DURING PAST THREE
WEEKS. -
2. 70 DEGREES - 75 DEGREES, 28B DEGREES TRUE.
(
3. 45 DEGREES, 155 DEGREES TRUE 3. 45 DEGREES, 155 DEGREES TRUE
4 FROM WSW TO SSE IN A STRAIGHT FLIGHT PATH. SAME 4FROM WSW TO SSE IN A STRAIGHT FLIGHT PATH. SAME
ALWAYS TO ONE SIDE OR OTHER OF THIS SICHTING'S ONE S ER FLIGHT PATH. PATH•
ALWAYS TO
5. MADE SLIGHT RIGHT TURN PRIOR TO GOING OUT OF SIGHT
BEFORE GOING BELOW HORIZON, (45 DEGREES) TO SSE.
6. FOURTEEN TO SEVENTEI MINUTES
C. i. GROUND VISUAL.
2. BINOCULARS: OSCH AND LOMB 7X52 SWIFT 7X5E.
3. N/A
D. 1. 18/43502 DEC 60.
NIGHT
. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.
4 JAIR
F. 1.

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TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECIALIST, F-1. MR , 36, C/0 FAA
ALASKA, AIR TRAFFIC
CONTROL SPECIALIST, F-1. 4, C/O TAA ANCHORAGE
INTERNATTONAL AIRPORT, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SPECI- CONTROL SPECI-
ALIST, F-1
N/A
G. 1. CLEAR WITH EXCELLENT VISABILITY.
2.W/U 2. W/U 50 160/17
109 140/15
160 140/17
200 158/21 18
300 190/12
. 500 160/08
800 318/89
3NONE
4 15 PLUS
5. NONE HIGH THIN SCATTERED
6. NONE
7. TEMP 19 DEW POINT 15 7. TEMP 19 DEW POINT 15
H. ECHO AT COLLEGE, N, 147-49W NINE DEGREES DEGREES

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ELEVATION, 242 I DEGREES AZIMUTH AT 1754A AND 3.5 DEGREES
ELEVATION AND 1 185 DEGREES AZIMUTH AT T 185A.
I. NONE
J. NONE
K. WILLIAN T. WILSON, CAPTAIN, USAF, INTELLIGENCE
OFFICER. SIGHTING FROM TOWER OF ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT BY THREE TOVER OPERATORS. DESCRIPTION OF MR
PREVIOUS SIGHTINGS WHICH WERE (1) AROUND 06DOZ
AND (2) FLIGHT PATH OF SE BUT TO ONE SIDE E OR OTHER