Spokane, Wash, July 1955July 1955

Insufficient Data

Summary

On July 30, 1955, a civilian in Spokane, Washington reported observing one round, shiny object about the size of a baseball with arms held at length. The object appeared to drift slowly. The observation was ground-visual and lasted fifteen minutes. A weather balloon was released from Spokane on July 31 at 3:15 p.m. The investigating officer noted that a WX balloon released from Spokane probably accounts for the sighting. The Air Force evaluation was inconclusive, noting insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Spokane, Wash, July 1955

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE
30 JUL 55

3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local
OMT 31/033OZ

5. PHOTOS
Yes
No

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
Fifteen minutes

9. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING
One round, shiny obj, size of baseball held at arms length, appeared to drift slowly.

2. LOCATION
Spokane, Wash

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual
Ground-Radar
Air-Visual
Air-Intercept Radar

6. SOURCE
Civilian

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one

10. COURSE
drifting

12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon
Was Aircraft
Probably Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft
Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
Other
Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown

11. COMMENTS
Concur with reporting officer. WX balloon was released from Spokane 31/0315Z.

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