28938050.pdf

|  1. DATE - TIME GROUP | 2. LOCATION  |
| --- | --- |
|  22 July 50 23/0310Z | Ladd AFB, Alaska  |
|  3. SOURCE | 10. CONCLUSION  |
|  Military | BALLOON (Exploding)  |
|  4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | Observation was in delight. Observer witnessed the observation of an exploding balloon.  |
|  One |   |
|  5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS  |
|  20 Minutes | Object appeared red with two white dots underneath which seemed to revolve around the red object. Round in shape, three feet in diameter. Appeared to remain constant and slowly descended. Two light dots appeared to be re…

REPORT NO. 50-1950
FACE NO. 1777

On 22 July 1950, at 1710 hours (Alaska time) an unidentified object was sighted in the air, over Ladd Air Force Base, at Fairbanks, Alaska. The object was sighted by personnel manning AAA gun positions near the Ladd AFB Airstrip, 68 49'N - 38°38'W, and remained in sight for twenty (20) minutes.

Object was viewed laterally from gun positions at an angle of from 50 to 70 degrees and appeared very high.

Object was red in color with two (2) white dots underneath which seemed to revolve around it. It was round in shape, about three (3) feet in diameter and of unk…

REPORT NO. 70-2750
WORKS - INTELLIGENCE REPORT
I.D. NO. 70-2750

SUBJECT: Sighting of Unidentified Aerial Objects
FROM: G-2, USAHAL
REFERENCE: Alaskan Air Command Intelligence Report 17-50
EVALUATION: B-6
DATE OF INFORMATION: 13 September 1950
DATE OF REPORT: 19 September 1950
INCL: BONE
PREPARED BY: H. A. PERRY; Colonel, OSC (N)
SOURCE: Alaskan Air Command

SUMMARY OR SID REPORT:
This report is a summary of Alaskan Air Command Intelligence Report No. 17-50, covering the reporting of an unidentified aerial object observed in the vicinity of Ladd Air Force Base, Fairbanks, Alaska on 22 July 195…

AF FORM 112—PART I
APPROVED: 1 JUNE 1948
CLASSIFICATION: UNCLASSIFIED
TO: 11c. 11-24
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|  COUNTRY | ALASKA  |
| --- | --- |
|  REPORT NO. | IR-17-50  |

AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

SUBJECT: Sighting of Unidentified Aerial Objects

AREA REPORTED ON: Alaska

FROM (Agency): Headquarters, Alaskan Air Command

DATE OF REPORT: 13 September 1950

DATE OF INFORMATION: 22 July 1950

EVALUATION: R-6

PREPARED BY (Agency): M. L. FLOTNICK, 1st Lt., USAF

SOURCE: Interrogation Reports

REFERENCES (Control number, direction, previous report, etc., as applicable)

SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary o…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
(CLASSIFICATION)
UNCLASSIFIED
AIR INTELLIGENCE INTELLIGENCE REPORT
775676
FROM (Agency)
Headquarters, Alaskan Air Command
REPORT NO.
22-17-40
PAGE 2 OF 6 PAGES

1. NAME OF SICHERING:
22 July 1940

2. DATE OF SICHERING:
1910 hours

3. WHERE DAMAGED (OR ALASKA CONTROLS):
Likely from a man position located close to Lake Air Force Base
Airship. Several minutes later (1915), all man positions picked up the object.

a. GRADES:
(1) Ladd Air Force Base
(2) Ladd Air Force Base
(3) From man positions near the Ladd Air Force Base Airport.
(4) 4°39'N - 147°35'E

b.…

AF FORM 112—PART II
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UNCLASSIFIED
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT
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|  FROM (Agency) | REPORT NO. | PAGE 3 OF 3 PAGES  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Headquarters, Alaskan Air Comm | L-17-50 |   |

c. Unknown
d. Size
(1) Unknown
(2) Three feet in diameter

9. DIRECTION OF REPORT:
East to West

10. TACTICS:
Appeared to remain constant and slowly descended.

11. EVIDENCE OF REPORT:
a. Unknown
b. Unknown
c. Unknown
d. Very hurriedly
e. Unknown

12. MOTOR SHOOTS:
No clouds

13. DUTIES:
Two light dots appeared to be reflectors

14. SURROWS:
Not applicable

15. PROPULATION…

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
(CLASSIFICATION)
UNCLASSIFIED
97507
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  FROM (Agency) | REPORT NO. | PAGE 6 OF 5 PAGES  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Headquarters, Alaskan Air Comm | TA-17-30 |   |

15. SOME:
No sound

20. NAME OF (illegible)
a. After the object had been almost stationary for approximately twenty (20) minutes, a stream of smoke was noted. Immediately thereafter the object exploded and disappeared from view.

1. Major D. C. HONEY, USA
a. Captain J.H. H. TILL, USA
c. Captain (illegible) (illegible), USA
d. 1st Lt. (illegible), USA
e. Blue …

AF FORM 112—PART II
APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948
(CLASSIFICATION)
UNCLASSIFIED
225076
AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT

|  FROM (Agency) | REPORT NO. | PAGE 5 OF 5 PAGES  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  Headquarters, Alaskan Air Comd | 12-17-50 |   |

4. All weather stations in the vicinity were contacted, and there were no testing devices sent aloft by the weather units.

5. None

6. None

7. None

8. None

9. None

10. None

11. Comments: Although the sources of information was considered to be reliable, the truth of the incident cannot be evaluated with dependable objectivity. No material interpretatio…