10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 18 January 1956 2. LOCATION Elmendorf, AFB, Alaska 12. CONCLUSIONS 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local_______________ GMT 19/0442Z (N) 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☒ Ground-Visual 5. PHOTOS ☒ No 6. SOURCE Military ☒ Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2-3 seconds 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one 9. COURSE E to W 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Resembled rocket exhaust. No obj could be seen ahead of glow. Size of 1/2 dollar. Color--orange yellow to white. Exhaust 2-3 times as long as diameter--flight level to horizon. Same type of sighting occured 18 Jan 56 1800Z except flight was W to E. 11. COMMENTS Meteor sighting. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)