Adana, WashingtonSeptember 1959

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Summary

On the night of September 26, 1959, a civilian near Adna, Washington, saw three objects. The witness was a railroad section hand, rated unreliable in the report. The objects were round with a blue cast, about the size of a match head held at arm's length.

Two objects were seen first, then a third appeared. They flew in trail formation. The objects traveled south and southwest, then turned to the southeast and disappeared behind trees. They were first seen at 30 to 40 degrees elevation and disappeared at about 25 degrees. No sound was heard.

The report was not received until four days after the sighting. Three airline flights were known to have passed about 15 miles east of the observer between the report times. The Air Force concluded the witness probably saw lights from commercial aircraft and mistook them for unknown objects. The card lists the case as probably aircraft. This was part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Adana, Washington

Date of incident

September 1959

State / country

WA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

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po 2 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD REE :
| 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
: 0 Was Balloon
: i 25 Se Adana, Washi on O Probably Balloon ) |
| 3" oATe-TimE GROUP T[& TYPE OF OBSERVATION 9 Tessity Suoeh | |
L : O_ Was Aircraft |
B Local SEAT LI NE Se TXGround-Vi sual o Ground-Radar ox Probably Aircraft
: oMT_26/0700Z OT00Z pe 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircroft
; 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE : 0 Was Nettoromical |
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
9 B.No : Civilian OD Possibly Astronomical |
4 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 8 Other dada coo 0
; D Insufficient Date for Evaluation] |
oe D Unknown
g not rot three S and SL
4 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING : 11. COMMENTS
Eo Three objs sighted, rnd w/a blue cast, in Rptd four days after alleged sighting.
; ‘Frail formation. Two were sighted first then Three airline flights to the East of
FE hird appeared. Objs were flying South & then | observers position between O0700Z &
4 turned to the SE. Disappeared behind trees. 07302. Sighting believed tc be one of
I. Jo apparent change in alt since initial obser-| these a/c or other a/c under VFR
3 ation vas estimated at 30-40°-& disappearance] conditions.
EE td at 25 ° elev. |
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4 ~ ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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