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TACTICS: Moved in a big arc toward the west from north when first sighted by the wife, then made 180° turn and moved east; then it moved vertically from the horizontal flight path and reversed direction through an angle of about 30°; went across the sky from east to west through a 90° arc and suddenly stopped; then it went back in the direction from which it had come; it disappeared abruptly, as if it had blanked out. COMMENT: Both observers described the object as being made up of little balls or metal components. They said it was very bright and that the sky was cloudless, extremely clear, dark and all the stars were brightly visible. The housewife said that the object was blinking on and off. She had observed the UFO for the total 10 minutes it was in sight, Her husband estimated that he watched the object for three-quarters of a minute. He had been awakened from sleep by his wife, who wanted him to verify what she was seeing. TACTICS: The UFOs moved in trail formation, 30 seconds apart, the red one first and the blue one trailing, on a course from the south southwest to the north northwest; they moved in a straight line and SPEED: 1000 miles an hour (metallurgist); 18,000 mph (wife). TIME/PLACE OF SIGHTING: February 25, 1962 at 7:20 P.M. local time/Kotzebue, Alaska. DURATION: Five minutes. NUMBER OF OBSERVERS: Seven. TYPE OF OBSERVER: One U.S. Army private (Company C, Ist Scout Battalion) and six civilians. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: Two. OBSERVER RELIABILITY: Unknown. SHAPE: Round lights. DIMENSIONS: Bigger than stars. COLOR: One red, the other blue. SOUND: None. ALTITUDE: 30° above the horizon. SPEED: Unknown.