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AF FORM. 2—PART | APPROVED 1 JUTE 19. COUNTRY REPORT NO. Alaska 10AD-2-53 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SUBJECT FLYOBRPT AREA REPORTED ON FROM (Agency) Alaska GG 10th Air Div (Def) APO 942 DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 20 Feb 53 7 Feb 53 B-1 PREPARED BY (Officer) SOURCE Capt Robert F, Shrigley, Ass’t D/I William F, Farley, lst Lt, USAF REFERENCES (Control number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) TWX, DIG 07/21402 FEB 53 “SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of report. Give significance in final one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower left. Begin tert o…
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@ ms fee * AF FORM 112—PART Il bi earn APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 ear nae AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORTszeuay-o FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. CG 10th Air Div (Def) APO 942 10AD~2~53 705TH AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SQUADRON APO 948, c/o Postmaster Seattle, Washington 11 February 1953 SUBJECT: FLYOBRPT Commanding General 10th Air Division, Defense APO 942, U. S. Air Force 1. On 6 February 1953 at 2000 A.S.T. the Naknek Detachment of the 64th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron informed 795th AC&W Squadron radar operations that personnel at King Salmon Tower, King Salmon, Alaska had sighted a light in the…
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AF FORM 112—PART Il 0 (CLASSIFICATION) APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 : eS AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT srquacy—irenttiten FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. CG 10th Air Div (Def) APO 942 10AD~2-53 I, Victor Mahler, Aircraft Communicator residing at King Salmon, Alasak make the following statement. On 7 February 1953 at approx 08002 I received a call from the control tower operator at King Salmon CAA control tower. I was in the CAA communications at the time I received the call from James Burrus to come to the tower and take a look at a strange light in the sky. I observed the light for about six minutes. …
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AF FORM 112:—PART Il ae APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 4 | SEGRE AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SECURITY THFORMAHO FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. CG 10th Air Div (Def) APO 942 1OAD~2-53 I, James N. Burrus, Chief Airways Operations Specialist (Airport), residing at King Salmon, Alaska make the following statement. On 7 February 1953 at approx 08002 I observed a light west of the CAA Control Tower located at King Salmon Airport, at which I was on duty. The light appeared when first noticed by me to be approx 20° elevation above the horizon. Having served 14 mos. at this airport I have never noticed a light…
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AF FORM 112—PART Il ast "AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SEIN i: FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. CG 10th Air Div (Bef) APO 942 1OAD-2-53 T; » residing at King Salmon, Alaska make the following statement. i } ‘During the eveining of 6 February 1953 at approx. 10:00 P.M. Alaskan standard time I observed a strange bright light in the sky west of my homs. The light was.a Red—-Orange when I first observed tt and ehanged to white and back to Red-Orange several times.-. The light was about the size of the obstruction lights on the end of the runway, 8" to 10", There appeared to be fog or clouds. above t…
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AF FORM 112—PART Il a a i - AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SEcual FROM (tg-ncy) CG loth Air Div (Def) APO 942 1OAD-2-53 So Tea re hy Meth Net I, lst Lt William F. Farley, AO 715 752, make the following statement. _ At 20002 7 February 1953 while on duty as controller in 705th ACEM Squadron radar operations the Naknek Detachment of the 64th Fighter~ Interceptor Squadron called me and said that King Salmon Tower informed them that they could see an unusual light in the sky. Tower requested the information be passed to radar operations. We could see nothing unusual on the radar scopé. : . On…
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dO! AF FORM 112—PART Ik. - qos ioey AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Seto FROM (Agency) REPORT NO. CG. 10th Air Div (Def) APO 942 10AD~2-53 STATEMENT There was a temperature inversion at the time. On the surface the temperature was 22°F, at 3500 feet the temperature was believed to be about plus 2°F and at 10,000 feet the temperature was estimated at —5°F by the weather officer. The sky was very clear and it was a very cold night. The F-94B jet fighters available for Air Defense were grounded at the. time and no intercept was attempted. There is no other known evidence other than that conta…
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