Sequin, WashingtonSeptember 1955

Unidentified

Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Sequin, Washington in September 1955. The full case file (2 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 24.

Reported location

Sequin, Washington

Date of incident

September 1955

State / country

WA / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 24

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 2

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 2 Sep 55

2. LOCATION: Sequin, Washington

12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkbox] Was Balloon [checkbox] Probably Balloon [checkbox] Possibly Balloon [checkbox] Was Aircraft [checkbox] Probably Aircraft [checkbox] Possibly Aircraft [checkbox] Was Astronomical [checkbox] Probably Astronomical [checkbox] Possibly Astronomical [checkbox] Other [checkbox] Insufficient Data for Evaluation [checkbox] Unknown

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 02/2012Z GMT

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [checkbox] Ground-Visual [checkbox] Ground-Radar [checkbox] Air-Visual [checkbox] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: [checkbox] Yes [checkbox] No

6. SOURCE: civilian & military (GOC)

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: twomain

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

9. COURSE: unk

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Round, white, size of large a/c very fast, sound heard.

11. COMMENTS: Possible a/c.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963493

Connected across the archive

Organizations

25TH ADIV MCCHORD AFB WASH 635TH ACWRON MCCHORD AFB WASH ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COL AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER, WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASH

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

SEQUIM, WASHINGTON Sequin Sequin, WA Sequin, Washington Washington

Agencies

United States Air Force

Dates

1955 1955-09-01 2 Sep 55 2 SEPT 1955

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