Seattle, WashingtonApril 1957

Unidentified

Summary

On April 29, 1957, at night, a husband and wife in Seattle, Washington reported a sighting while watching a comet. They were standing outside their home. The sky was clear and the stars were very bright.

They saw a group of globular objects, counted as seven to nine. The objects were white with a greenish tinge. Their undersides looked lighter and flatter, with a mark like two half moons. The objects moved very fast, crossing about a 45 degree arc of sky in one second, heading from east to northwest. The witnesses said they had seen a similar sight about a year and a half earlier.

The Air Force record (Project 10073, its official file for unidentified flying object reports) lists the case as astronomical. The conclusion was a meteor, likely a bolide that had already exploded, given the short duration and the description.

Reported location

Seattle, Washington

Date of incident

April 1957

State / country

WA / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 27

Original case file scans

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| : PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD |
1. DAYE ; 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
O Was Balloon
29 April 1957 Seattle, Washington = Edit Balloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP A. TYPE OF OBSERVATION di ness bly; isan
: O Wos Aircraft
x 1 8
| HL Cae LE BO Ground- Visual D Ground-Rodor 8 Probobly Aircraft
GN QR NRE oo 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rodor OD Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS y » SOURCE DX Was Astronomical MM@T201
Q Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
XI No Civilian DO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.O3SERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE feo) {1 7g Lr A on YO
(w] hsothi el ont Data for Evaluation
jt oF: 8] nk no wn
eile Second {-9 NW
19. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Globular objects (7-9) going through Detad given of object going through
1/16 of sky in one second, White with 45 dgr arc in one second seegms
greenish tinge. Underside of object out of ordinary, Observation
: lighter and flatter. Mark similar to probably of bolide which has $
two half-moons. Movement rapid, Had already exploded, Case considered }
viewed similar phenomena previously. as a meteor sighting in view of
duration and general description.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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