PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8694593

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1965

REPORTED LOCATION52 57N168 51W Alaska

FRAMES6

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PROJECT JOO73 RECORD
1. DATE · TIME GROUP 2LOCATION 52.571 168.51W (Alaska)
1.
16 December 65 16/1852z 2. 52.50N 170.10N. (Facific)
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION -
lilitary Astro (ETEOR)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One . Mo Decays on 16 Dec 65.
S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. SRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
1. 3 Seconds
2. 3 - 4 Seconds 1. Ooserver sighted a yellow pencil-shane object which was
6. TYPE OF OSSERVATION turning orange as it neared the surface. It had a tail threet
1. Ground-Visual or four times longer then the object. It as travelling from
2. Air-Visual the North to the lorthwest, and descending.
7. COURSE
1. N to MI 2. M/c sighted an unkmoin object heading O6o deg. Object
OSY appeared yellow in color with white smoke treil.  Shoke trail
8. PHOTOS was approx five tires as lerge eo object. Object vas descendLig
HS to SV at 3o deg angle.
Yes
No
. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
07 Yas
TNo
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Prevlous didona c. thi omay d ued.

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COMNAVAIRPAC
ALASKAN NORAD RGN
CCCSAF
CINCSAC
UNCLAS
UNIDENTIFIED FLYING'OBJECT SIGHTING
1. CTF 33 AIRCRAFT SIGHTED AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT 161853Z AT
POSITION 52-SON 17O-1OW. ACFT TRU HEADING WAS 0 GREES/ OSJECT
SIGHTED 3LO DEGREES RELAT! ACFT JE. DISTANCE
FROM ACCFT UNKNOWN, OBJECT APPEARED TC 0BF A. GBJECT APPEARED
YELLON IN CCOLOR WITH WHITE SMOKE TRAIL, SMOKE TRAIL WAS APPROX TRAIL WAS APPROX
FIVE TIMES. AS LARGE AS ORJECT. TOTAL OBSERVATION TIME 3 SECONDS.
O3JECT WAS DECENDING NE TO SW AT 3O DEGREES ANGLE. NIKOLSKI
RADIO VERIFIED SIGHTING. WEATHER CVU.
92...00G
SECNAV 00 09 09B 03 33 34 35 05 07 76 94 1P FP BFR CSA CSAF
ADVANCE COPIES DELIVERED
PAGE OF TIME OF RECEIPT DATE TIME GROUP
C17557/1/AP/JL 1 1529Z 17-DEC 651704482 DEC 65

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN : 1058 (17 Dec 65) D/wwh Page l of 2
DIA-1 (15)
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FM CTU 93. 1.1
TO RUKDAG/COMAAC
INFO RUKACR/CTF 93
RUEKDA/JCS
RUECW/CNO
RUHLHQ/INCCPAC
RUKDAG/C NCAL
RUHLHL/CCINCCPACFLT
RUWGALB/CINCCNORAD
RUHLKM/PACAF
RUTDAF/COMNAVAIRPAC
RUKD AG/ALASKAN NORAD RGN
IA
RUEAHQ/CCCSAF
RUWSC/CINCSAC
BT
AFHQ JAN 65 JORM 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED

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UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN : 1058 (17 Dec 65) Page 2 of 2
UNCLAS
UNIDENT IFIED FLYING OBJECT SIGHTING
1. CTF 33 AIRCRAFT SIGHTED AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT 161853Z AT
POSITION 52-50N 170-10N. ACFT TRU HEADING WAS 030 DEGREES/ OBJECT
FROM ACCFT FROM ACCFT UNKNOWN. OBJECT APPEARED TO BE SIZE OF PEA. OBJECT APPEARED T UNKNOWN. OBJECT APPEARED TO BE SIZE OF PEA. OBJECT APPEARED
YELLO" IN CCOLOR WITH WHITE SMOKE TRAIL. SMOKE TRAIL WAS APPROX YELLO" IN COOLOR WITH H WHITE SMOKE TRAIL. SMOKE TRAIL WAS APPROX
OBJECT WAS DECENDING NE TO SW AT 30 DEGREES ANGLE. NIKOLSKI OBJECT WAS DECENDING NE TO SW AT 30 DEGREES ANGLE. NIKOLSKI
RADIO VERIFIED SIGHTING. WEATHER CVU.
BT
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NOTE: Advance copies delivered to NIN - DIA.
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AFHQ AN 65 FORN 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED

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