Aberdeen, Wash, July 1955July 1955

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Summary

On July 22, 1955, in Aberdeen, Washington, a civilian reported one balloon-shaped object. The witness was watching aircraft at the time. 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 and was white. It appeared to bob and float toward the south. The sighting lasted about one minute. It was seen in daylight, just after 3:23 p.m. local time. Weather was clear.

The Air Force noted the object matched a balloon and that 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, Wash, July 1955

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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/ al ‘ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CANA RRL |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: Wos Balloon
| 22 Jul 55 Aberdeen, Wash 8 Probably Belloon |
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION tet oi
O Wes Aircraft
IY Ciooniiniioisiisn XGround- Visual O Ground-Radar O Probably Aircraft |
| GMRR2/2 : 0 Ain Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS : « SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes : O Probobly Astronomical
1 D No ; , n : D Possibly Astronomical |
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7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE a] Other
| one minuten one South 5 hd ata for Evaluation |
; 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS
One balloon shaped obj, size of a medicine bal BALLOON description. Many balloon i
| 4 appeared to be bobbing and floating south. launching sites in area especially to
| the North. In all probability sighting
: was balloon.
: ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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