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ar FORA 1 112-—-PART | eae i FOUNE 49 ~ (CLASSIFICATION), 248 COUNTRY - oy | REPORT NO. rae eske = Nae |__TR+3-50 as . as ‘ee 2 r ~ = AIR INTELLIGENCE INFO SUBJECT Report of Sighting of Unidentified Object AREA REPORTED ON, FROM (Agency) i = ; i Director of Intelligence DATE OF REPORT 9 } a ar ch 1950 | EVALUATION | 10 February 1950 C- | DATE OF INFORMATION “PREPARED BY.4 (Officer) Lt & i Se ee SOURCE | Alaskan Sea Frontier - 4, Smythe a SsER REFERENCES (Controt None number, directive, previous report, etc., as applicable) At avd Airway No ° Sek a X; 3 4a 4553 Sug ity SUMMARY: (Enter concise summary of feport. ignted a red and white "flare" as it a oe vee above and slightly to the Tier on. ft Gice significance in findi one-sentence paragraph. List inclosures at lower ieft. Begin tert of report on AF Form 112—Part If.) at 5 SY proximately 0105552 February, while flying 9000 feet altitude, on Green 8, approximately 120 miles northeast of Atka Island (approximate position 171° 11! W) First Lieute enant s.r, Bu.No. peared to burst approximately 2000 to e aircrait, at an estimated distance with a major diameter ish core anda As it fell, it diminished in ap h This BES was described as elliptical in shape, greater than the minor diameter. It had a redd veared to he 3' in diame when it burst. ae, = the red core gradually turned to white. After an elapsed time of eee two minutes, the "flare" disappeared into the undercast. No parachute eans of support were noted, and the object was reported as falling free. past the aircraft it was reported to have illuminated the plane cabin ar er 79 oie in Neate Lens’ [yey de ntered ry a ~ th ihe sire dome wering series ting the "flare Lt. MMJcalled itto the a USAF, who also sighted the undercast at about 8000 feet. to look for other aircraft, bu of flares (one red and two ore oOo ent a Fi ‘ ob a& iec Ss a] is i L a a & none \ u ait } v Crm 2 re on of the pilot, First fell, and lost sight Licutenant yy were sighted. He then Sirways at Adak, North ek ct s+ Spe ind Kodiak were notified. No other traffic was reported on airways at rst Lt. was certain that this object was not a meteor or meteor-— 1e has flown near meteorites on numerous occasions, and has always a buffeting from the rough air in the vicinity of these objects. + yn2 sa i ch G2 he OO er was reported as cloudless above 8000 feet with bright moonlight. os ossibly a flare, as reported, or a meteorite. APP ROVED: —. (NAT EY “ar LEA TAMAT lie wih Fe Colonel 3 Director of Pan 574 pa aé . ea —_—~ £3 ft bag EEF © eat Aime dae AOR A A i nee MA RG El i Mk nM Et MU 8 Am I lh Ah lk Ret ha OE Na EFECTING Cwlhirtwo. rf E en AF INTELLIGENCE, U etree rity ION) GOVERNMENT PRINTING CFFICE Declassification Authority: NND 57565