Kodiak, Alaska radar and visual sightings
1950-01-22·vicinity of Kodiak, Alaska·USN·unresolved
Document coverPage 1 of 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_5 · View original on war.gov
Multiple U.S. Navy personnel reported radar contacts and visual sightings of unidentified airborne objects near Naval Air Station Kodiak on January 22-23, 1950, including observations of fast-moving lights and radar interference.
“A report of sightings of unidentified airborne objects, by various naval personnel, on 22 and 23 January 1950, in the vicinity of Kodiak, Alaska is contained herein.”
Verbatim from 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_5 · View original on war.gov
Case details
- Date
- 1950-01-22
- Precision
- day
- Location
- vicinity of Kodiak, Alaska
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Alaska
- Branch
- USN
- Unit
- Patrol Squadron One, Naval Air Station Kodiak
- Sensors
- eyewitness, radar
- Shape
- orange lights rotating about a common center; reddish orange ball of fire; pulsating orange yellow projectile shaped flame
- Size
- ball of fire about one foot in diameter
Resolution
Not balloons; exact nature could not be determined
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_5
Case ID: 1950-USN-C31D
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