25 Mi West of Galena, AlaskaMarch 1959

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Summary

On October 15, 1959, a pilot saw a bright object about 25 miles west of Galena, Alaska. The sighting was reported through Project 10073, the Air Force's official record system for unidentified flying object reports.

The witness was Captain Phillip W. McIntosh, an all-weather fighter pilot, flying an Air Force jet at about 35,000 feet. He described a ball with a tail, about the size of a quarter held at arm's length, and orange in color. The tail was about eight to ten times the length of the object. He saw it at about the eleven o'clock position, nearly level. It traveled in a straight line on a slight descent and did not change course.

The object appeared to burn out toward the north. The pilot watched it for about 3 seconds. The record card noted the object was high and on a level flight path, and concluded the duration was typical of a meteor.

Reported location

25 Mi West of Galena, Alaska

Date of incident

March 1959

State / country

AK / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 35

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD [|
I. CATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
25 14 west of 0 Wos Balloon
10) 15 a 0) G: 1 na 7 ‘ 3} i a Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION O Possisly Balloon
A LV ¢ 0 Was Aircraft
Local asa 0 Ground-Visval 0 Ground-Radar po Probobly Moora
8 Po Ae BE. —— -O.Air Visual D Air-Intercapt Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE B- Wos Astronomical + » 34 1 a
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
0 Neo TORT Re 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF O3SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BIE es
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluotion
Baan i a 0 Unknown °°
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS a
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Bize of quarter. Color crange, Obj high uration is typical of neteor,
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