Ellensburg, WashingtonOctober 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On October 5, 1955, in Ellensburg, Washington, a civilian observer reported two round objects about the size of a football held together by what appeared to be a red band. The sighting lasted four minutes. The objects were first seen at approximately 60 degrees altitude and disappeared by fading at 60 degrees altitude. The witness observed the objects through binoculars. The objects appeared transparent. The Air Force concluded the sighting was a balloon.

Reported location

Ellensburg, Washington

Date of incident

October 1955

State / country

WA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
5 Oct 55

2. LOCATION
Ellensburg, Washington

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
GMT05/2325Z

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

5. SOURCE
Civilian

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
two

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
four minutes

8. SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
Two round objs, both together size of football held at arms length. Appeared to be banded. Objs appeared in S at together with red band. Objs appeared in S at together with red band. Objs appeared in S at together with red band. Objs faded at alt of 60 degrees and disappeared by fading at alt of 60 degrees. Seen through binoculars of unk power. Objs seemed to be transparent.

9. COURSE
N to S

10. [illegible]

11. COMMENTS
Description of objs and fact that they appeared leads to evaluation of possible balloon.

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

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