Pacific Beach, WashingtonMarch 1950

Unidentified

Summary

On March 16, 1950, at 7:30 a.m., an unidentified object was sighted near Pacific Beach, Washington. An AF Tech Rep observed the object for 4 minutes from the ground. The object first appeared at a bearing of 360 degrees and changed its heading to 270 degrees while descending from an elevation of 15 degrees. It moved at an unknown speed and altitude, executed a 90-degree turn, and descended to the horizon. The object showed no size estimation, erratic movements, no weather sequence, no color, no sketches, no photographs, no sound, and no exhaust trail. The Air Force evaluation was unidentified.

Reported location

Pacific Beach, Washington

Date of incident

March 1950

State / country

WA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 7

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT BLUE BOOK                           15/216/50

ATTC NO.

AP NO.                                   DATE OF REPT   14 March 1950

MESSAG NO.         AP Wire               LOCATION   Pacific Beach, Washington

DATE OF REPORT   16 March 1950           SOURCE_    AF Tech Rep.

TIME OF SIGHTING   0730 Z                DATE IN TO ATIC

SHADE                                      COLOR_

FIZZ                                       SIEZE Comparatively glow [illegible]

COUSE                                       ALTITUDE_      [illegible]

NO. IN GROUP       1                        LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED   4 Min.

EL EV.                                      TYPE OF OBSERVATION   Ground

NE ANG            SKETCHES               HANDLING: 90 degree turn and descended
                                          Observed 4 minutes. First sighting 360
  Ordinary ATIC Form 329                  bearing, changed to 270 degrees from
  (1 June 52)                             elevation of 15 degrees. Has on erratic course.
                                          No more info in file.
                                          [ILLEGIBLE STAMP]

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28937585