Seattle, Washington (DKNC5530), July 1955July 1955

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Summary

On July 23, 1955, in Seattle, Washington, both civilian and military observers reported one round object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object looked about the same size as a star and appeared to be bobbing. The sighting lasted about 30 minutes.

The Air Force noted the witness was in an area of heavy balloon activity. Officials concluded the description and the duration all pointed to a balloon.

Reported location

Seattle, Washington (DKNC5530), July 1955

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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1. DATE Ge 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
0 Woes Balloon
| 23 July 1955 Seattle, Washington (DKNC5530) |® Probably Balloon |
BB [5 oate-Tine croup “| 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION a en |
I i & Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar = Probably Aircraft |
; omT_23/09452 July 1959 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircroft
5. PHPTOS + SOURCE i OD Was Astronomical
0 Yes ; O Probably Astronomical
XNo Civilian and idlitary (coe) 0 Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RE IN aici hdmi bani
g a hii Data for Evaluation
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Thirty Minutes (30) one (1) Bobbin |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
Cne (1), round, the same sime as a star, The SOURCE is located in an area of
and apparently bobbing. heavy balloon activity. The deseriptio
: : and the duration of sighting all point
: to a balloon generated sighting,
| AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) Snngsal |
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