Fairbanks, AlaskaAugust 1962

Unidentified

Summary

On August 11, 1962, an engineer for the city of Fairbanks, Alaska, reported a sighting from about 50 to 60 miles southwest of Fairbanks. The time was between about 0832Z and 0930Z, between twilight and night. The object was in sight for about 4 seconds.

The man saw a round white object that looked like a penny at first and grew to the size of a silver dollar. It dropped three or four smaller white and blue streaked objects, each about one fourth the size of the main body, which quickly burned out. The main object had red and blue exhaust like Fourth of July fireworks. It disappeared into the clouds. There were a few scattered clouds and good visibility. No radar in the area picked up anything and no aircraft were in the area.

The report was filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force said the sighting was probably a meteor, noting that all the characteristics were present.

Reported location

Fairbanks, Alaska

Date of incident

August 1962

State / country

AK / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 46

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD b
I. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
10 gat 1962 Fairbanks. Alaska 0 Probably Balloon |
A Be rte re ee i SE eet 0 aad 1 i
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION TYR peo |
; ib A 0 Wos Aircraft
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RL PRR TEMR BEST oS RHI 0 Ground- Visual Ground-Radar 0 Probably Aircraft |
GMT 11 43081) 7 0 Air Visual 0) Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE DO Was Astronomical [2 0 >
0 Yes 001 Probably Astronomical
= No rv rllian 0 Possibly Astronomical
Pa) a PSE SEN NO 4
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATICN | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE OTB he i i asi
t 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
% A 0 Unknown
| d gbeg ona PF Rasterly
| 15. BRIZF IUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
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3 White, bright, rnd obj drepping sev- Sighting probably meteor, All
eral blue or white streaked objs characteristics presant,
about 1 size of main body obhsvd |
approaching the obsvr fm 230dgr azi-
mitth & descending slightly. Red &
Blue exhaust similar to 4th of July
fireworks trailed obi. Disappeared
into clouds. Total sighting time
aboitt 4 secs. Sighting between twi:
iight & night, NO radar pickup on
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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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