Bremerton, WashingtonFebruary 1956

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Summary

On February 11, 1956, a witness saw a strange object over Bremerton, Washington. The Greenwich time was 0745Z on February 12. The sighting was at night, and the sky ranged from clear to overcast.

The object was round and orange, estimated to be about three feet across, with a sharp round outline. It seemed to give off a light blue streak when it sped up. It flew a straight line course and then rapidly accelerated and vanished toward the horizon to the southwest. The witness watched it for about 12 seconds and estimated its speed at about 600 miles per hour.

The case is filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. Because of the straight course, the overcast sky, the duration, and the color, the Air Force conclusion was that the observer possibly saw the exhaust of a jet aircraft.

Reported location

Bremerton, Washington

Date of incident

February 1956

State / country

WA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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Boe 5 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD °
“I'v. DATE 2. LOCATION * : 12. ‘CONCLUSIONS
‘ / 4 : 0 Was Balloon
id 11 February 1956 Bremerton, Washington - O Probably Balloon :
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Be heise X Rround- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar 8 Beokebly, Alecrafs :
5 emt 12/074527 0 Air Visuol ‘0 Air-Intercept ‘Radar DX Rossibly Aircraft o
~~ {5 PHOTOS ; 8. SOURCE OD Was Astronomical
2 el O Yes O Probobly Astronomical
fF: ¢ C- XMNe unknown DO Possibly Astronomical
v. {7 LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE a Bae eR RE ll
ag re : straight 1inéd Insufficient Data for Evatuation
3 palealin. ; 0 Unknown ;
ia : one to southwest
* {19, “BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS i ]
..~»|One round object, estimated to be Due to the straight line course, |
"three feet across and sharply outlined, the overcast sky, the duration
| Seemed to give out a light blue strea of the sightings and the color Nie |
~~ °, |upon acceleration, The object was see of the object, Observer f rey
for 10 seconds and was traveling at possibly saw the exhaust of t
: an estimated speed of 600 mph, a jet aircraft, |
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