70 00N156 20WAlaska reported light formation observation — December 1954

CONCLUSIONS O Was Balloon O Probably Balloon O Possibly Balloon O Was Aircraft O Possibly Aircraft O Was Astronomical ST X Probably Astronomical O Other O Insufficient Data for Evaluation O Unknown ATIC FORM 329 (REV 25 SEP 52) Multii Hq, 12th Air Div, March AFB, Calif 22DOT, Subject: Unidentified Flying Object Report, dt 22 Dec 54 AISOP (22 Dec 54) 1st Ind HEADQUARTERS, 4602D AIR INTELLIGENCE SERVICE SQUADRON (AIC), Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado TO: Commander, Air Technical Intelligence Center, ATTN: ATIAE-5, Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio In view of the fact that the report concerns a sighting outside the ZI, it is being forwarded to your headquarters for necessary action. HEADQUARTERS 12TH AIR DIVISION March Air Force Base California UNCLASSIFIED 22DOI SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Object Report TO: Headquarters Air Defense Command Ent Air Force Base Colorado Springs, Colorado Transmitted herewith is a report of an unidentified flying object submitted by the 22d Bombardment Wing (M). DOD DIR 5200.9 UNCLASSIFIED [this content redacted] [UNCLASSIFIED stamp] G E-33901 [Classification codes at bottom right] M266.5(3) 54 1193 7056-70-00 96-A AF FORM 112—PART I APPROVED 1 JUNE 1948 COUNTY Territory of Alaska AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT CLASSIFICATION UNCLASSIFIED REPORT NO. (LEAVE BLANK) SUBJECT UFOB AREA REPORTED ON (FROM Origin) FROM (Agency) 71-00N 156-20W 19th Bm Sq., 22nd Bm Wg., March AFB, Calif DATE OF REPORT DATE OF INFORMATION EVALUATION 15 Dec 1954 12 Dec 1954 B-5 PREPARED BY SOURCE LEDSOME M. List enclosures at lower left. A B-47 crew, while flying in bomber formation in vicinity of 71-CON – 156-20N at 30,000ft, between the hours of 1620Z and 1705Z, 12 December 1954, reports sighting of UFOB approximately three miles ahead of the aircraft, waning in color from blinking red to steady white, and totally dissolving with approach of daylight after forty-five minutes of intermittent observation. The object reported is without configuration or performance, and though it could easily be mistaken as a fighter-type aircraft at first sight, is is believed, after preliminary analysis, to be a celestial body or the reflection of such a body. The observing B-47 made a 10 degree bank to left, and object moved to position of 11:30 O'clock level. Upon coming out of clouds fifteen minutes later, observing pilot noticed a steady white light, reported as a planet, in the same relative position of the other objects. The Unit Intelligence Officer, preparing this report, believes that, after constant observation by the observing members over a period of time, the transition of colors from blinking red to steady white, the objects relative position with the bomber formation after the color change, and its final dissolution with the approach of daylight, the object sighted was obviously a celestial body. It is furthermore believed that the way this sighted object moved in its shape, etc., it could initially be mistaken as a fighter-type aircraft by an untrained observer. Supporting case details: Reported craft or object: Light Formation; Reported object in 70 00N156 20WAlaska reported light formation observation — December 1954 Institutional response / aftermath: Government or official action; Military intercept or response