Chuckanut Bay, Wash, June 1955June 1955

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Summary

On June 22, 1955, at dawn near Chuckanut Bay, Washington, civilian and military witnesses reported a black object shaped like a submarine. The object was observed for 30 minutes before it submerged. One witness, Mrs. Nokeley of Bow, Washington, reported being frightened when the object surfaced. A second witness, Mrs. Nack Baker of Eddison, Washington, also reported the sighting. A military supervisor, Sgt. Norn R. Pederson of Seattle, provided additional information. The Air Force evaluation marked the case as "Submarine."

Reported location

Chuckanut Bay, Wash, June 1955

Date of incident

June 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 22 June 55

2. LOCATION: Chuckanut Bay, Wash.

12. CONCLUSIONS:
- Was Balloon
- Probably Balloon
- Possibly Balloon
- Was Aircraft
- Probably Aircraft
- Possibly Aircraft
- Was Astronomical
- Probably Astronomical
- Possibly Astronomical
- Other: Submarine
- Insufficient Data for Evaluation
- Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 0300 PST DAWN / GMT 22/1100Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION:
- Ground-Visual
- Ground-Radar
- Air-Visual
- Air-Intercept Radar

5. SOURCE: civilian & military

6. PHOTOS: Yes / No (No is checked)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 30 min

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

9. COURSE: [blank]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Black. Shaped like a submarine. Submerged after 30 min.

11. COMMENTS: Object/Reported to be a submarine.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962471