PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9735810

DATE OF SIGHTINGOctober 1963

REPORTED LOCATIONElmendorf AFB Alaska

FRAMES2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Wos Bailoon
16 Oct 63 Elmendorf AFB, Alaska 0 Probably Balloon
DiidendorL AFB, Alaska 0 0 Possibly Balloon Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Local. Local Ground-Visual Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar Ground-Rodar Was Aicraft
000 000 Probably Aircraft
GMT_ GMT 17/0825Z 17/08252 AirVisual Air-Intercept Rador Air-Intercopt Rador Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 8 Was AstronomicalMETEOR
CYas 00 Probably Astronomical
No MILITARY Possibly Astronomical PossiblyAstronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION a. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
000 Insufficlant Data for Insufficiant Data for Evaluation
FLASH ONE Unknown
10. BRISF SUUMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
White flash sighted from A/c that appeared Probable Meteor
to be a meteor or some type of explosion.
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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,16 bcT DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE C4 6
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
UNCLASSUIED MESSAGE
INC
AF IN : 45500 (17 Oct 63) D/ho
ACTION: NIN-9 OI
INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-4, SAF-OS-3,ARMY-2, NAVY-2, CR -8, JCS-35,
OSD-15, NSA-7, DIA-25, (108)
SM3 3A115
ZCHQB600ZCQJA060
00 RUEAHO
DE RUKXAV 17/0839Z 17/0839Z
ZNR
0 179840Z 0 179840Z
FM AF14201/AKA
TO RUKDAG/AAC ELMENDORF AFB ALASKA TO RUKDAG/AAC ELMENDORF AFB ALASKA
RUKAC/ALASKAN SEA FORNT IER KOIAK ALASKA
RUNGALB/C INCNORAD
RUCSERB/C INCSAC
RUEAHO/COFS USAF
INFO RUKPFR/USARAL FT RICHARDSON ALASKA
RUKD AG/C INCAL
AF RNC
BT
UNCLAS CIRVIS WHITE FLASH SIGHTED FM SHOCK 61 CI23 AT HIGH ALT ABOVE
3000 FT 15 MILES NORTH WEST OF EDF. SEEMED LIKE
A METOR OR SOME TYPE EXPLOSION SIGHTED
102 5 102 5 L LOCAL 0825z 0825Z
BT
NOTE .• ADVANCE COPIES DELIVERED mo DTA NTA
MESSAGE RETRANSM CIA.
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