Samish Island, WashingtonJune 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On June 22, 1955, near Samish Island, Washington, an object was reported as an unidentified flying object. The report came from both civilian and military sources. The sighting lasted about thirty minutes. The object was described as submerged.

The Air Force record card states that the object was definitely identified as a submarine. The report was filed with the office responsible for unidentified flying object reports within the continental United States.

Reported location

Samish Island, Washington

Date of incident

June 1955

State / country

WA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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2 5 UFOB INDEX CARD ATSS<UPOB-138<55 Seay
"7. pate 2. LOCATION 112. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
22 June 1956 Samish Esland, Washington i LA
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION er oe
ET EERE AN SRS ARO XEround-Vi sual O Ground-Radar a Brobsbiy Airerdh
oMT__22/ 11002 June 1965 O Air Visuadl 0 Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHPTOS 6. SOURCE O Was Astronomical |
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
E No | Civilian and Milita (aoc) O Possibly Astronomical
"7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 3 OtherSutmarine |
: a a at Data for Evaluation f
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thirty (30) Mimutes One (1) Sulmerczad ASAT TORRE A, SIE
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
SUBMARINE Although this sighting wa s definitely |
identified aa a sulmarine it was ree
ported as a UFOB, which this organiza- |
~ tion has the responsibility for within |
the continental limits of the United |
: States.
AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) | fa ah |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962474