St. Lawrence Island, AlaskaDecember 1958

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Summary

On December 3, 1958, two reports came in from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. A member of the Alaska National Guard at Savoonga heard a sound and saw a light. The case was handled under a program called Moon Dust.

In the first report, the witness heard a sound for about three minutes and saw a light shining through the overcast for about three seconds. The object was traveling northeast and disappeared into the clouds. In a second report, the Alaska National Guard at Gambell saw a lighted trail at very high altitude, traveling east, observed through the overcast.

The Air Force noted the object was sighted from two locations. It concluded the object was probably a meteor. This case is part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

St. Lawrence Island, Alaska

Date of incident

December 1958

State / country

AK / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 34

Original case file scans

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3 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: hig 0 Was Balloon
3 Decenb2r 1903 gt Lawrence island , Alaska O Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION — |B. Resaibly aalioon
: i ; 0 Was Aircraft {
Local C1 Ground- Visual J Ground-Rodar a Probably Selo
By! FeV sn dae ASR 32007 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. "PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0. Was Astronomical 20 oO
a Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
No \1aska National Gu 1d 0 Possibly Astronomizal
pA ue OA pea oa EE OE RR fr BAAS A SRA eS 4 wary
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE O Other ~~ — —
' 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
« 3 Unknown
5 seconds ong NE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
gound was heard & light observed Moon Dust »pt. Probab lv meteor
shining through overcas Ard 1L gE ASE sighted fm 2 locations.
appeared into clouds. A lighted
trail at very high alt was onsvd
py another source.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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