Ridgefield, WashingtonAugust 1958

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Summary

On August 26, 1958, a civilian woman in Ridgefield, Washington, reported an unidentified flying object at about dusk. She described a little round ball of fire, yellowish-white in color, slightly larger than a bright star, with a long tail. It was seen in the southeast and moved straight down, disappearing behind bushes on the horizon before she could tell someone else in the room to look. The sighting was very short.

Weather was clear with 15-mile visibility. The report came from Portland International Airport. The Air Force conclusion on the Project 10073 record card was astronomical, noting the description, color, and flight path were very characteristic of a meteorite seen during daylight or dusk hours. Project 10073 was the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Ridgefield, Washington

Date of incident

August 1958

State / country

WA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

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11. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS fe
O Wes Balloon 4
0. Augus 0 Rideefield rshir on 0 Probably Balloon 1
| 3. OATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION THRwHY. s——w"m 1
7 O Was Aircraft ;
FL SERRE ED —— XR Ground- Visual O Ground-Rodar QO Probably Aircraft i
GMT E |) a Qa Air Visual O Air-Intercept Rador O Possibly Aircraft
s. PHOTOS » SOURCE XIX Was Astronomical i. 20
Q Yes O Probably Astronomical
30 Ne Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
*. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BE  — |
: O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
; 0 Unknown
very short one not given
‘3. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ; 11. COMMENTS |
+ little round ball of fire, yellow- The description, color & | a.
~~ +«2ite in color with a long tail of flight path is very character-
-.0K2 was seen in the SE, It was istic of a meteorite seen during
ing straight down & disappeared daylight hours, (Ref, regring
lore someone else could see it, #102 of Dr, Oliver's rpt on |
meteor trains & fireball orbits). |
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