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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 20 Aug 60 | 3. LOCATION | Galena Airport, Alaska  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local ☐ Yes ☑ No | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Reder ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Reder  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | Military  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 30 sec | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | one  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |   | Round object, white like a star, size of pea. Disappeared behind a cloud.  |   |
|  11. COMMENTS |   | Correlated with Nome, Alaska sighting of 19 Aug 60 as possible satellite.  |   |

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7. N/A
8. N/A
9. N/A
B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE
1. OBSERVER IS A TOWER OPERATOR AND WAS LOOKING AROUND FOR POSSIBLE TRAFFIC.
2. AZIMUTH 12° ELEVATION 15
3. AZIMUTH 117 ELEVATION 15
4. STRAIGHT PATH
5. OBJECT DISAPPEARED BEHIND A CLOUD
6. 32 SECONDS

RECEIVED
1960 AUG 10 AM 9 41
ASSISTANT SECRETARY
AETNA
SERVICE
1960 AUG 10 AM 9 41

ZCZCSOP08CZCSGA415ZCQYA071

PP RJEDSQ
DE RJXDNPH2
P 201615Z ZEK
FM 743 ACW SS CAMPION AFSTN ALASKA
TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO
RJHZAC/AAC ELMENDORF AFB ALASKA
RJHZAC/AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
RJXZHO/HQ USAF WASHDC
RJXZHO/SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE WASHDC
ET
UNCLAS FROM 43 OPS NO. H-045. ATTN: AFCIN, ATTN: SAFIS.
SUBJECT: UKNO REPORT. THE FOLLOWING UFO SUBMITTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH
PARAGRAPH 15, AFR 200-2.
A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT
1. ROUND
2. SIZE OF A PEA
3. WHITE, LIKE A LIGHT
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C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION
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2. N/A
3. N/A
D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING
1. 20/1045Z
2. DARK
E/1 LOCATION OF OBSERVER
1. 66 44N 156 56W ON CALENA AIRPORT, ALASKA

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OBSERVER FIRST SGT WAS CONTACTED AND SAYS: THAT
IS USUALLY VERY ACCURATE AND RELIABLE.
2. WEATHER AND WINGS
1. OBSERVER STATED THAT THERE WAS A LOW SCATTERED LAYER,
WITH A HIGHER BROKEN CONDITION AND GOOD VISABILITY, POSSIBLE 15
MILES.
2. THE CALENA WEATHER STATION COULD NOT GET WINGS ABOVE
5000 FEET DUE TO CLOUD COVERAGE. FAIRBANKS ALASKA WEATHER STATION
CAVE CALENA WINGS AS FOLLOWS:
5000 FEET 330 1…

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J. N/A

K. THE PREPARING OFFICER IS CAPTAIN GERALD N. SMITH, AN AC&W
CONTROLLER WITH PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE AS A 2854. THIS REPORT,
ALTHOUGH OF SHORT DURATION, IS ALMOST EXACTLY LIKE A PREVIOUS REPORT
FROM NOME TWO (2) HOURS EARLIER (ALMOST TO THE MINUTE). IT IS
THEREFORE BELIEVED THAT THIS REPORT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN
A SATTELITE MAKING AN ORBIT SUBSEQUENT TO ~~NOME~~ SIGHTING.
ARTS STATES THAT NO 17R OR 7R TRAFFIC WAS IN THE CALENA AREA AT
TIME OF THE SIGHTING. REFERENCE TO PREVIOUS UFO SIGHTING FROM
NOME.

BT
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