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|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  11 September 50 12/0345Z | Adak, Alaska  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Military | Other (IENS FLARE)  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | a pronounced flare spot, in addition to the main image, was noted with the lens wide. Any camera movement caused the flare spot to move, as well as the main image. Flare images are always encountered in  |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  About 6 Minutes | in photography when an unusually bright object is included in the field of view, and when the exposu…

UNCLASSIFIED
DISPOSITION FORM
UNCLASSIFIED

|  FILE NO. | SUBJECT Analysis of Photos  |
| --- | --- |
|  TO WCEFP-2 "RR" | FROM ATIAA-5 DATE 2 Sept 52 Capt Ruppelt/jos 65365/B263D/PD28  |

1. Attached are a series of photos taken by a Coast Guard photographer. The circumstances under which they were taken are given in the attached folder. The photos are evidently multiple exposures of the sun during an eclipse.

2. It is requested that WCEFP-2 make comments on these photos.

1 Incl<br/>Ref Folder<br/>DONALD L. BOWER, Colonel, USAF<br/>Chief, Technical Analysis Division<br/>Air Technical Intell…

ADAK, ALASKA
11 September 1950

On 11 September 1950 at 4:45 pm, a Coast Guard photographer took four photographs of the total eclipse of the Sun, whose path of totality crossed the Aleutian Islands near Adak, Alaska. The photographer noticed nothing at the time when he took the pictures. It was two years after the photographs had been taken that the observer noticed the images on the film.

The photographs were examined and the probable cause determined. A 4" x 5" Speed Graphic Camera with coated lens was pointed toward the sun, and the image was examined on the ground glass. A pronounced fla…

DISPOSITION FORM
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION (If any) UNCLASSIFIED

FILE NO.
SUBJECT (Unclassified) Material for Project Blue Book

TO
FROM
DATE 12 AUG 52
COMMENT NO. 1

Chief, Air Technical
Intelligence Center,
Wright-Patterson AFB,
Ohio

Dept of the AF
Hq USAF AFOIN-2A2

9 Aug 52 Maj Fournet/71016

1. The inclosed letter with attachments is forwarded for appropriate action.

2. Request that acknowledgment be made to the Commandant, U. S. Coast Guard, and that a statement of evaluation of the photographs be included. Additionally, since no disposition of the negatives was indicated, it is suggest…

UNITED STATES COAST GUARD

ADDRESS REPLY TO:
COMMANDANT
U. S. COAST GUARD
HEADQUARTERS
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.

OIN
30 July 1952
FILE:

From: Commandant, U. S. Coast Guard
To: Director of Intelligence, Headquarters USAF, Washington 25, D.C.
Subj: Unidentified Flying Objects Reporting
Ref: (a) Air Force Letter No. 200-5

Pursuant to the instructions contained in reference (a) the enclosures are forwarded herewith for evaluation.

F. G. EASTMAN
By direction

Encls: (1) Ltr from ETC
(2) 4 negatives
(3) 7 pictures

7 July 1952

From: (REDACTED) ETC, USCG
To: Lt. Edward J. Ruppelt, USAF
U.S. Air Force, Air Technical Intelligence Command
Officer in Charge Project BLUEBOOK
Via: Commandant
U.S. Coast Guard
Washington, D.C.

Subject: Four Photographic Negatives, showing images of the Sun in partial eclipse and in addition, unidentified images.

1. The enclosed subject negatives were exposed under the following conditions:
a) Camera; 4 x 5 Speed Graphic
b) Lens; Kodak Ektar, COATED, f. 4.7, 127mm
c) Film; Kodak Super XX, film pack
d) Filter; Wratten "A"
e) Exposure; 1/100 sec. at f. 22
f) Place; From the weath…

TENTATIVE
OBSERVERS QUESTIONNAIRE

SECTION A

1. When did you see the object:
1.1 Date: 11 Sept 1950 (12 Sept 1950 - 0345 GMT)
Day Month Year
1.2 Time of Day: 4 45 A.M. or P.M. (Circle One)
Hrs. Min.
1.3 Time Zone: (Circle One):
a. Eastern
b. Central
c. Mountain
d. Pacific
e. Other Bering (Zone +11)
(Circle One):
a. Daylight Saving
b. Standard
1.4 Circle one of the following to indicate how certain you are of your answer to the above question 1.2:
a. Certain
b. Fairly certain
c. Not very sure
d. Just a guess

2. Where were you when you saw the object:
U.S.C.G.C. NORTHWIND
Postal Address
% FPO,…

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4. How did you happen to notice the object? The unidentified images on the negatives enclosed in my letter of 7 July 1952 were first noticed upon development on 6 July 1952

5. When did you report to some official that you had seen the object?
7 July 1952
Day Month Year

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SECTION B

6. What were you doing at the time you saw the object? Photographing the sun in partial eclipse — Induced nothing at the time, however

6.1 What had you been doing for the 30 minutes before you saw the object? Try to list the activity or activities and the approximate amount of time spent on each.
I nev…