Bremerton, WashingtonJanuary 1956

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Summary

On January 29 and 30, 1956, witnesses at Bremerton, Washington, reported a strange object in the night sky. The Greenwich time ran from about 0248Z to 0254Z on January 30, with two later sightings. The observers were civilian and military.

The object was round, about four times the size of a pencil eraser at arm's length, and white in color. Through field glasses it looked about the size of a basketball. There were three separate viewing periods that night. Aircraft were in the area at the time. The sky had broken clouds.

A witness saw the object during the periods, and the reporting officer noted that two jet aircraft were recovering at McChord Air Force Base and one was taking off, all passing the area during the sightings. The officer believed those aircraft were what was observed.

The case is filed under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force conclusion was probable aircraft sightings.

Reported location

Bremerton, Washington

Date of incident

January 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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1 eT > LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
§ O Was Balloon
iy 29 January 1956 Bremerton, Washington = Bihan ripe
& 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 2. TYPE OF OBSERVATION JLEyER Se |
i Local XX Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador Bo Ne Abts Rirerote
3 GMT 30,/0248-02547 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar EXPossibly Aircraft i
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
L O Yes 0 Probably Astronomical |
Xo Civilian and militar 0 Eoesily Aaercis
Eo 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9 COURSE 0, Other———————————————
Eo O' Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
b. : 0 Unknown
8 7 minutes one unkno
BE [io BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
§ Round object 4X penc i1 eraser, white probable a/c sight ings.
E in color--dime to bright. A/C in
EF area at time. 3 observations:
E 0248-0254 .
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28964688