Seattle, WashingtonJanuary 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

On January 24, 1956, a civilian in Seattle, Washington reported seeing one oval-shaped object that was golden and glowing with a long tail. The sky was clear. The object was climbing and observed for three minutes. The object's course was initially north to south, then south to north. The Air Force investigated the sighting as a ground-visual observation. In the comments section, investigators noted the object was probably an aircraft with a contrail, but stated the data was too limited to support this analysis due to insufficient information.

Reported location

Seattle, Washington

Date of incident

January 1956

State / country

WA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE                          2. LOCATION                    12. CONCLUSIONS
24 January 1956              Seattle, Washington             [ ] Was Balloon
                                                              [ ] Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP             4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION         [ ] Possibly Balloon
Local ________               XX Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar
GMT          25/0550Z        [ ] field glasses                [ ] Was Aircraft
                             [ ] Air-Visual    [ ] Air-Intercept Radar  [ ] Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS                                                     [ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Yes                     6. SOURCE
XX No                        Civilian                         [ ] Was Astronomical
                                                              [ ] Probably Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION      8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS  9. COURSE [ ] Possibly Astronomical
3 minutes                    one               N-S later    [ ] Other____
                                              S-N           XX Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING                 11. COMMENTS  [ ] Unknown
Oval shaped, golden and glowing with          Probably a/c with contrail;
long tail. Wx clear. Object climbing.         however, data too limited to
                                              support this analysis. Insuffi-
                                              cient data.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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