Lake Stevens, WashingtonFebruary 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On February 22, 1957, a civilian at Lake Stevens, Washington, reported a single object. The case was logged under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports. The object was round, dark, and about three feet across, though one message listed it as eight feet across.

The object was first seen about 1,500 feet high. It was gliding with the wind and went out of sight by gliding away. The exact duration was not given.

Based on the description, the low altitude, the observer, and the way it drifted with the wind, the Air Force concluded the object was a balloon.

Reported location

Lake Stevens, Washington

Date of incident

February 1957

State / country

WA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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bi ! PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
® [oars 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
lL | : OD Was Bolloon
1 22 February 1957 Lake Stevens, Washington Sr Brat) Beioed |
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION dct
| WL ese ta 8:6round- Visual O Ground-Radar a CE VB
i GMT 23/00307 CO Ai~Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
Eo 5. PHOTOS | 4. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
E QO Yes | QO Probably Astronomical
E Civilian O Possibly Astronomical i
i 7. LENGTH OP .OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other eee
8 ; 0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
bh : O Unknown
bo unk one unk der.
I 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS bhi
# One object round, 3 feet in diameter, The description, low alt, observe§ |:
B- Color dark, Object gliding with the and the fact it was gliding with :
- wind tall our of sight, wind indicates a balloon.
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i ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28969006