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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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Alaska Air Command in Anchorage denied knowledge of strange planes recently detected in Alaska skies via vapor trails and radar, suggesting they could be from Scandinavian Airlines or unfiled bush flights, not necessarily enemy aircraft.
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ANCHORAGE, (AP)—Alaska Air Command headquarters here disclaimed any knowledge Saturday of strange planes being detected recently in Alaska skies.
Air Command authorities said vapor trails at high altitude could be caused by such things as Scandinavian Airlines planes on flights over the polar cap to the Orient, or bush fliers making arctic hops for which no flight plans are filed.
These "contrails" not made by U.S. military planes are not necessarily created by enemy aircraft, the Air Command said.
The Air Command's comment was in response to queries about a published report Friday which said unidentified planes had been detected over Alaska recently, both by sight of vapor trails and by radar.
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Anchorage, Alaska
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Saturday
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Alaska Air Command headquarters disclaimed knowledge of strange planes detected recently in Alaska skies. Authorities explained vapor trails at high altitude could be from Scandinavian Airlines flights over the polar cap to the Orient or bush fliers making arctic hops without filed flight plans. These contrails not made by U.S. military planes are not necessarily from enemy aircraft. The comment responded to a published report Friday about unidentified planes detected by sight of vapor trails and by radar.