| 8 Feb 1953 - Barter Island, Alaska, USA |
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8 February 1953 04:50 Barter Island, Alaska, USA 
Heard a deep heavy sound and saw brilliant round white object. Explanation: Balloon.
Military pilot (and another witness?) working at airstrip heard a deep heavy sound and saw brilliant round white object with small ray-like appendages descending in a falling-leaf motion but without the upward swings, then hovered, moved about 50 feet against the wind to original position, after 45 seconds began to climb using reverse falling-leaf maneuver, picked up speed changing color to orange tint. An object was observed. It moved with a falling-leaf motion. One orange ball was observed by two military witnesses for ten minutes. Hynek rating: NL: Nocturnal Lights Vallee rating: FB1: A simple sighting of a UFO traveling in a straight line across the sky. Other sightings in this area Sources: - 55 - 252 |
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