Bethel, AlaskaMarch 1962

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
3g 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
LTE Pas Ee s 0 Was Balloon
12 Mar H2 2tilel, AlasXa £1 Probably Balloon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Fass: Seen
Ino? 0 Was Aircraft
FA ul | r - G i
4 OC a i a eC ei 3 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rodar (a ] Probably Aircraft
~ [ere sith M
CMY Le/ led {4 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intsrcept Rador O Possibly Aircraft
) 5. PHOTOS | & SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
CO Yes { 0 Probably Astronomizai
2 No Civilian SL EIA SSrenenies rted Hl
: SRELLE SAAN 8 CPA ERROR IRE ORE SEES rhs BC A HRN A ER SESSA pn ava he cdf AS
E 7. LENGTH CF C3S5ERVYATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other LIRIAS LIC TOI IP.C-
f i O Insvificiant Dara for Evaluation ion
: ol 2 i : 0 Unknown
3 nin | 1:
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTINGUD ST described as semi- [1 COMMENTSThe waxing moon, whose az ab
circular, laying on flat side, size of dime ime of sighting coincides with that
: at arms length es observed by witnesses in reported for objt, was just setting
— x - v atic Qh ee 1» Rl = Ld
Cb 21, Alsska, CObjt was reported to be oon was 38% illuminated with illwnincted
had 19 2, bas awd 3 YATE ToS Tard 19 adel alot A NG OTT, po pap Ld CTE \ a -
tirillicnt red and to have remained in sight ortion generally on bottom which probably
; pr. 3 min, It was observed cn an az of approx 2lso contributed to si gnting, but major
- ~}yo \ ets BEd Te et ie =i EES, 2 SEAN
3 end an elev of less than 2°, Wx was clear ¢ause for misidentification was distortio
windy and cold. o moon due to stmospheric refraction. Dip-
3 version caused reddish color. Time of
ficial moonset on this date was 1245Z ahd
i » sighting occurred at 12477. Concluded
i hat sighting was due to misidentificatioh
: rf setting moon due to distortions by
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) RT Sy ee re AV