Kingston, WashingtonJuly 1956

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On July 3, 1956, an Army observer in Kingston, Washington reported seeing one object the size of a dime at arm's length with unknown shape. The object appeared in the east-southeast at 60 degrees elevation and remained stationary for 35 minutes before fading from view in the same position. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably caused by a star. Although the Air Almanac failed to reveal any bright star at that exact location, the reporting officer believed any heavenly body in that relative position of the sky could have been the object.

Reported location

Kingston, Washington

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

WA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 3 JUL 1956
2. LOCATION: Kingston, Washington
12. CONCLUSIONS: [Checkboxes for various conclusions]

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: [illegible]
GMT 03/0845Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual

5. PHOTOS: X No

6. SOURCE: Army

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: thirty five minutes

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

9. COURSE: stationary

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING:
One object size of dime at arms length, unknown shape. Appeared in ESE at 60 dgrs elevation and disap peared in the same position. Object faded.

11. COMMENTS:
Concur with the opinion of the reporting officer that this sighting was in all probability caused by a star. Although the Air Almanac fails to reveal any bright star at this exact spot, it is felt that any heavenly body in that same relative position of the sky could have been the object in question.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28966089