Bremerton, WashingtonDecember 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On December 8, 1957, at 12:02 a.m. near Bremerton, Washington, a civilian witness reported seeing a round object with a yellow glow. The object moved from 45 degrees in the east to 80 degrees in the west. The observation lasted 10 to 15 seconds. The object appeared about 500 feet up in the sky over a hill near a government post at 800 feet elevation. The Air Force evaluated this as a probable meteor sighting.

Reported location

Bremerton, Washington

Date of incident

December 1957

State / country

WA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 31

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
8 December 1957

2. LOCATION
Bremerton, Washington

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT 09/0211Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
[X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
[ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS
[ ] Yes
[X] No

6. SOURCE
Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
10-15 seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

9. COURSE
West

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Round object, size of baseball with yellow glow. Object moved from 45 dgr in East to 80 dgr in west. Observation of object beyond and above hill near GOC post. 800'.

11. COMMENTS
Probable meteor sighting.

12. CONCLUSIONS
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[ ] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[X] Was Astronomical
[ ] Probably Astronomical
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other.
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[ ] Unknown

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28975923