Paine AFB, WashingtonJune 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On June 8, 1955, a civilian near Paine Air Force Base, Washington saw a single object at night. The object moved on an erratic course and was still being watched when the report was made. The sighting lasted about six minutes.

The object was round and changed color from red to green to yellow to white. It had a long exhaust. It appeared about the size of a star, very high in the sky.

The Air Force noted that a local aircraft control squadron was tracking two B-47 type aircraft in the area at the time. The weather was clear with a full moon. Officials concluded the witness possibly saw the two B-47 aircraft at high altitude. They suggested the contrails could explain the long exhaust and the jets the change in color.

Reported location

Paine AFB, Washington

Date of incident

June 1955

State / country

WA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

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3 Sad : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD | |
3 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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i Sh pe i i A oy REPT PRRGE 0 Was Balloon
| 8 June 1955 Paine AFB, Washington 0 Probably Balloon
i 3. DATE-TIME GROUP a. TYPE OF OBSERVATION EE A A
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3 Vi i 0 Was Aircraft
Local REA ARR r Ad Visual 0 Ground-Radar | 0 Probably Aircraft
: oMT_02/05477 June 1955 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar {8 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
0 Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
a SN Ce _letvivden an O Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (0: ATI i be) i bani
: a HE O Insufficient Dato for Evaluation
six (6) minutes one (1) Erratic 0 Daknswn
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Fa ad © [1. COMMENTS
one (1) round, red to green object, with a Local ACY Squadron tracking two (2)
: long exhaust, was seen at night for a period |Baker-LT aircraft in area at time of
of six minutes (6). It appeared the size of |sighting. Weather clear. Possibly the :
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a star, observer saw the two B-47 type a/c
at a high altitude with a full moon
shining on them. The contrails would
| account for the "long exhaust", the
Jets for the change in color.
g ATIC FORM 329 (REV 256 SEP 52)
| SR cs NA i rls 5 RCE AAS AAR i aT ; ital : :

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