2 Mi S Of Larson AFB, Wash., September 1958September 1958

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Summary

On September 7, 1958, at night, a civilian near Larson Air Force Base in Washington, about 2 miles south, reported seeing an object with the shape of an upside-down dipper. The object was approximately 3 feet square with a tail about 1.5 feet long. Five lights outlined the object. The witness heard a whirring or buzzing sound. The sighting lasted less than one minute. The object moved from north to south and then instantaneously to the south. The Air Force concluded the UFO was probably a light civilian aircraft, but could not confirm the presence of such aircraft in the vicinity. The element of doubt about aircraft presence was the only justification for forwarding the report.

Reported location

2 Mi S Of Larson AFB, Wash., September 1958

Date of incident

September 1958

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
7 September 1958

2. LOCATION
2 Mi S Of LARSON AFB, WASHINGTON (AFB)

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 1430/0502Z

4. PHOTO
X Yes
 X No

5. PHOTO
X Yes
X No

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
X Ground-Visual    Ground-Radar
X Air-Viewed      Air-Intercept Radar

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
less than 1 min

8. SOURCE
Civilian

9. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Obj w/shape of upside down dipper approx 3ft square & tail approx 1ft long. Approx 5 lights that gave outline of obj. Whirring or buzzing sound.

13. CONCLUSIONS
[Checkboxes for Was Balloon, Probably Balloon, Possibly Balloon, Was Aircraft, Probably Aircraft, Possibly Aircraft, Was Astronomical, Probably Astronomical, Possibly Astronomical, Other, Insufficient Data for Evaluation, Unknown]

11. COMMENTS
The description of the UFO is very similar to one of Navy radar plans, which have [illegible] circular radar cone upon [illegible] top of the a/c. NK [illegible] Description contains to [illegible] observation whirring sound mentioned obj. Case evaluated as probable A/C.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28979799