Elmendorf AFB, Alaska, October 1955
- Date of account
- 1955-10
- Location
- Elmendorf AFB, Alaska
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source page 1
Source text · mention onlyPROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 280ct55 Elmendorf AFB,Alaska 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOFOBSERVATION Local kGround-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 ProbablyAircraft GMT_29/0551Z AiVisual Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical meteor Yes 口 Probably Astronomicol military x Possibly Astronomical NO 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other- 口 Insufficisnt Data for Evaluation 5.sec 1 口 Unknown 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Indefinite outline. Dark with orange flame Possible Meteor. following.No sound,tail wae 7 times length at beginning of observation,reduced in 2 sec to length same size of obj.Wx clear. ATIC FORM329(REV 26SEP52)
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