Kotzebue, AlaskaFebruary 1962

Unidentified

Summary

On February 26, 1962, near Kotzebue, Alaska, several witnesses reported two round lights in the night sky. The witnesses included six civilians plus an Army private, and the report was ground-visual. The objects were bigger than a star. One looked red and the second looked bluish. They moved in trail about 30 seconds apart on a course from south-southwest to north-northeast. The sighting lasted about 5 minutes and the sky was clear. The Federal Aviation Agency and the regional air defense command reported no air traffic, and there was no balloon activity. Because of the lack of air traffic, the Air Force record card classed this case as unidentified.

Reported location

Kotzebue, Alaska

Date of incident

February 1962

State / country

AK / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

Original case file scans

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i gi ER PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD /
E 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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3 ih FS J DO Wos Balloon
: 25 Fab 62 Kotzebue, Alaska a] Probably Balloon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION § Fousily Sutieen
3 19217 i 3 0 Was Aircraft
: Local Lt ; 8 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar QO Probably Aircraft
i TT E257 SNR A Q Air Visuol O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft
5. "PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
: QO Yes O Probobly Astronomical |
3 2 No Military and Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |
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: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [3 1 [eR ERE YIN |
: : O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
i x 4 - SA Sodus ~ Unknown i
2 nin ) SSW to NNE
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING © Und 1055, Digzme 1. COMMENTS Uhjto viewsd by witnesses
| han stars, Jesse od and other blue, Risplay characteristics of a/c and
ere observed for 5 min by several withesses probably were. However, in view of fact
] n Kotzebue, ~flaska, Objt: moved in trail, 30 Eghat reporting officer reported no air
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dec apart. On a course “m 33W to Nile. Wx at timp traffic, this case is classed as
qf sighting was clear. mnidentified.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28996324