Elmendorf, AFB, Alaska, January 1956
- Date of account
- 1956-01
- 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 onlyPROJECT10073RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Bolloon 18 January 1956 Elmendorf; AFB, Alaska 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local MXround-Visua! Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft 19/0442Z（N) GMT D'AirVisual D Air-lntercept.Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Meteor DY·s 口 Probably Astronomical Military XAKNo 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口；Othor 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 2-3 seconds one EtoW 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Resembled rocket exhaust. No obj Meteor sighting. could be seen ahead of glow. Size of 1/2 dollar.Color--orange yellow to white.Exhaust 2-3 times as long as diameter--flight level to horizon. Same type of sighting occured.l8 Jan 56 1800z except flight was W to E. AT1C FORM 329 (REV 26SRP 52)
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