Hoquiam, Wash, August 1959August 1959

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Summary

On the night of August 19, 1959, a witness at the FAA station in Hoquiam, Washington saw four or five lights, bronze to reddish in color. There was no sound and no trail. The lights would chase each other in a tail chase, then reform in an irregular formation. They were about five degrees above the horizon and traveled toward the north. The lights gradually faded off and on, then faded out of sight. The sighting lasted about 20 minutes. The witness used binoculars. This was a civilian, ground visual report.

The report was filed on Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The Air Force concluded that all the characteristics pointed to the objects being aircraft.

Reported location

Hoquiam, Wash, August 1959

Date of incident

August 1959

State / country

? / XX

Page count

14 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 36

Original case file scans

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: 2 pl PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ; :

1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
| 0 Was Balloon
PO Nip 59 HToauian, dash 0 Probably Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION 8 Possibly Balloon
: Local Z2ODDEe fh ie a Ca +:8 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar oH Nahi Aipatan
GMT 20/0455 Aug 59 O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rador DO Possibly Aircraft
; 5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
4 0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical !
: 0O:No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
: 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oO Other oo —
: O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
: y Hi O Unknown
; 20 min L or 5 IN
: 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS

Tour or five lights of bronze to reddish All characteristics point

color. No sound or trail. uring sighting toward idenhification of objs as alc.
light gradually faded off & on, Gradually
: faded out of sight.
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