PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8610691

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1960

REPORTED LOCATIONVicinityof Sterling Alaska

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

12. CONCLUSIONS

Star shaped, pulsating red, green and white,
size of Mars. Appeared and disappeared 60° SEZ
(135°T). Pulsating movement side to side, up
end down and slow circle, returning to original
position. Same movement 10-15 min later. Clouds
coliterated obj to SE.

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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

18 Dec 60 Vicinity of Sterling, Alaska DO Probebly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION  ——~CS— =: Ceeey See
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___ GMT 18/13102 OD AirViswal 0 Air-Intercept Radar i Possitiy Airereft
en a dha’ f Prcked Aoreeemice Arctur
6 ae Civilian he Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other
° oe Dota for Evaluation
ks min one varied
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING {1} COMMENTS ni ae

Object was visible for 45 min, then it
was obscured by clouds. The only movement
noticed was an apparent wp and down, side
to side movement, which was probably due
to the crisp cold atmosphere. The bright
star Arcturus was in the vicinity reported
for the object, and was probebly the ob-
ject observed.

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1) STAR SHAPED

(2) SIZE OF MARS

(3) PULSATING RED, GREEN AND WHITE
(4) ONE

(5) N/A

(S) NONE

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(5) NONE

(9) NONE
Be (1) WIFE*’S OBSERVATION OF OBJECT

€2) $0 DEGREES SE (155 DEGREES TRUE)

€3) 69 DEGREES SE (1355 DEGREES TRUE)

€4) PULSATING MOVEMENT SIDE TO SIDE, UP AND DOWN AND SLOW
CIRCLE, RETURNING TO ORIGINAL POSITION. SAME MOVEMENT 12 TO 15
MINUTES LATER,

(5) CLOUDS OBLITERATED OBJECT TO SE

(S$) FORTY FIVE MINUTES
Ce C1) GROUND-VISUAL

(2) NONE

C3) N/A
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(2) NIGHT
Ee S8-32-22N, 150-35-22W, 234 DEGREES TRUE/4 NM FORM STERLING,
ALASKA

F. (1)CA) MR@QQs1, GEN DEL, STERLING, ALASKA,

FURNACE REPAIRMAN AT FT RICHARDSON, Fel}.

(8) pp ii. 53, GEN DEL, STERLING, ALASKA;

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HOUSEWIFE, Frise
(2) N/A
Ge (1) CLEAR AND VISABILITY WAS GOOD UNTIL IT CLOUDED
VICINITY OF OBJECT COVER KENAI NOUNTAINS).«

(2) ANCHORAGE WEATHER FOR 13222 AND 214922 IDENTICAL —.

FOR SURFACE WINDS WHICH WERE W4 AND STe

W/V $B  @30/17
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so 292/10

202 DIZ/1is
5OZ 272/24
IBD 152/27

S22 UNKNOWN

(4) FIFTEEN PLUS

(5) HIGH, THIN CIRRUS
(S$) NONE

(7) TEMP 11, DEW POINT 7

UW. WEATHER BALLOON RELEASED FROM ANCHORAGE INTERNAT:

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I. NONE

Js WEATHER BALLOON RELEAST FROM ANCHORAGE INTERNATIONAL WOULD

NOT HAVE BEEN IN THE AREA OF SIGHTINGe NEGATIVE KNOWN AIR TRAFFIC.
Ke WILLIAM T WILSON, CAPT, USAF, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER» DESCRIP-
TION OF OBJECT AS PULSATING RED, GREEN AND WHITE COULD BE STAR

ARCTUUS SINCE EARLY PART OF SIGHTING WAS MADE DURING COLD, CLEAR
CONDITIONS »

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