Bellingham, Wash, July 1959July 1959

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 29, 1959, around dusk, an observer in Bellingham, Washington, reported a bright object. The sighting was reported through the Air Force's unidentified flying object record system.

The witness described a round object about the size of a nickel or quarter held at arm's length. It was very bright and a fluorescent bluish-white color. The object had two trails and faded out of sight. It was in view for about one to three minutes.

The record card noted that later data indicated this was a possible observation of a refueling operation.

Reported location

Bellingham, Wash, July 1959

Date of incident

July 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

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: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
y O Was Balloon
29 Jul 59 Bellingham, Wash 0 Probably Balloon i
: 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Q Possibly Balloon
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Local oT  —— & Ground-Visual O Ground-Radar 4 i Cpr
CMT 30, 4507 Jul 59 0 Air Visuol O' Alr-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE He Was Ashare ml cal
O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
STKNo Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Jo) ye pa Se SE
t 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
i 0 Unknown
1-3 mins two S
| 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Rnd obj, size of nickel or quarter, very Subsequent data indicates ;
{bright, fluorescent bluish-white, two | possible observation of refueling
in trail, Faded out of sight. In sight| operation.
: one to three mins,
; ! ] ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28984002