Retsil, WashingtonMay 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Retsil, Washington in May 1956. The full case file (3 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 25.

Reported location

Retsil, Washington

Date of incident

May 1956

State / country

WA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 13 May 1956
2. LOCATION: Retsil, Washington
12. CONCLUSIONS: Unknown / Probably Balloon / Possibly Balloon / Was Aircraft / Probably Aircraft / Possibly Aircraft / Was Astronomical Meteor / Probably Astronomical / Possibly Astronomical / Other / Insufficient Data for Evaluation / Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 14/062lZ
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visual / Ground-Radar / Sky-Air-Visual / Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: Yes / No
6. SOURCE: civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: seconds
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one
9. COURSE: north

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One round object, 14 feet in diameter, color white, sighted in NE moving N. Faded out after 4 seconds.

11. COMMENTS: Probably meteor.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965612

Connected across the archive

Organizations

U.S.A.F. 25TH TAC

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

Retsil Retsil, WA Retsil, Washington Washington

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

13 May 1956 1956 1956-05-01