Spokane, WashingtonJuly 1955

Unidentified

Summary

On July 31, 1955, in Spokane, Washington, a civilian reported one round, shiny object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object looked about the size of a baseball held at arm's length. It appeared to drift slowly. The sighting lasted about fifteen minutes.

The Air Force agreed with the reporting officer. Officials concluded the sighting was probably caused by a weather balloon released from Spokane shortly before the report. The case was evaluated as a balloon.

Reported location

Spokane, Washington

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

WA / US

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 1

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AF July 1955. Spokane, Washington | R Wes Balloon |

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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. gE OF OBSERVATION O Possibly Balloon |

Gp v O Was Aircraft

Local JI783307 FL 55 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador Q Probably Aircraft |

TT — 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft |

5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE (w] ld Rpg

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i No Civilian O Possibly Astronomical |

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| 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE AE TI ait ciibinihuin

O Insufficient Data for Evaluation

Fifteen Minutes (18) Minutes| One (1) Drifting nn |

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10. BRI UMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS, :

One Lb) round, shiny object, the size of a Concur with the opinion of the Repozing

baseball held at arms length, appeared to Officer that the sighting was probably

drift slowly. | generated by the WX balloon that was |

| released 31/0315Z Jul 55 from Spokane, | |

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963017