Puyallup, WashingtonJuly 1956

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Summary

On July 16, 1956, in Puyallup, Washington, a civilian reported one object at about 7:30 p.m. local time. It was a ground visual sighting. The witness used binoculars of unknown power.

The object was oval and about the size of a weather balloon. It was red on one side and appeared winged. The object seemed to be ascending. It faded from sight after an unknown period.

The Air Force concluded on its Project 10073 record card, the official record for unidentified flying object reports, that the object was definitely a weather balloon. The balloon had been released from the Seattle-Tacoma airport about half an hour before the sighting.

Reported location

Puyallup, Washington

Date of incident

July 1956

State / country

WA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

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ON
PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DATE 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS
i i Vlas Bolloon
16 July 1956 Puyallup Washington 0 Probably Balleon
RE RE ee Possibly Balloon
3. DAiE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
A O Was Aircroft
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| FC SO X3Ground- Vi sual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
: GMT 17 0330 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical
O Yes DO Probably Astronomical
XT No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE DO, Othef—— ——————————
0 Insufficient Data for Eveluation
i : 0 Unknown
unknown one | ascendlng :
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING [11. COMMENTS
i one oval object, size ofl weather | Definitely identified as 2
i balloon, red on one side & winged. weather balloon released Im
; Oohject appeared to he ascending. the Seattle-Tacoma Airport
Seen through binocu lars of unknown one-half hour prior to the
i | power, Faded fm sight after an unknown sighting.
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