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Bethel, Alaska, January 1962

Date of account
1962-01
Location
Bethel, Alaska
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 28 Jan 62 Bethel,Alaska 口 Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 1605 Local Ground.Visual Ground-Radar 口 Wos Aircraft Probobly Aircraft 29/02052 AirVisual D Air-Intercept Rodar 口 Possibly Aircraft GMT 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical Yes 口 Probably Astronomical Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical DXNO 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 Insufficiont Dato for Evaluation 口 Unknown 30 Sec. N 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS An objeet described as similar to anair- At 0205Z,29 Jan 62,Echo was Sof craft with sunlight refleeting off of it equator. Object viewed by this witness was seen from Betnel,Alaska. Objeet was was probably an aircraft with sunlight observed for 30 see and appeared to be silver .reflecting from it.There is no evi- dence availabl

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