Aberdeen, WashingtonJuly 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On July 22, 1955, in Aberdeen, Washington, a witness reported one balloon-shaped object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object looked about the size of a medicine ball. It appeared to bob and float toward the south.

The Air Force noted the description matched a balloon. Many balloon launch sites were in the area, especially to the north. Officials concluded the sighting was, in all probability, a balloon.

Reported location

Aberdeen, Washington

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

WA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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1. DATE UTA 2. LOCATION : 12. CONCLUSIONS
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| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION - —|H Possibly Balloon
¥ O Was Aircraft
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: GMT 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft i
3 S. PHOTOS + SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
Neo O Possibly Astronomical
§ 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BL i,
4 bt Ri 0 Hob Dota for Evaluation
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| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS | |
: One (1), balloon shaped object, the size of Balloon description, There are many :
I a medicine ball appeared to be bobbing balloon launching sites in the area ;
I and floating south, especially to the north, In all |
Eo 5 probability the sighting was generated
| 3 | | by a balloon, |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962912