Washington State, Georef DKBB3929, July 1955July 1955

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Summary

On July 25, 1955, in Washington State, a ground observer reported two objects. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The objects looked large and silver. They faded out of sight after about fifteen minutes. The observers said the objects moved to the southwest.

The Air Force noted the winds did not clearly support a balloon. But two qualified balloon directors said the objects were part of a high-altitude research balloon flight. Based on the description and duration, officials concluded the objects were probably balloons.

Reported location

Washington State, Georef DKBB3929, 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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| din "UFO ARD
| AB UFOB INDEX CAR AISS=UTOBR-249-55 Sui |
| 1. DAT 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS * +,
| y O Was Balloon
| 2% July 1955 : Washington State, Georef DKBB3929 (X Probably Balloon x
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ui Possityy Ceiloon |
k ; DO Was Aircraft
| TR CIR Pr Te & Ground- Visual QO Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
oMT_292/0310Z July 1955 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar |O Possibly Aircraft
S. PHPTOS « SOURCE : O Wes Astronomical
I QO Yes O Probably Astronomical |
P No nivild (G 0) O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BTN ii ii |
O Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
O Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
| | |
T™we (2) objects, which appeared as largg silver, Although the observers stated the objedt
objects, faded out of sight after a period of was moving SY, the winds do not cleaRy |
about fifteen (15) minutes. substantiate the balloon theory. The
duration of the sighting, the descrip-
| tion of the sighting, and the fact thal} |
| | two qualified balloon directors said
! that the objects were part of Moby Dic
leads this Hqs to the conclusion that |
| | the objects were probably balloons,
| AISOP Form 5 (15 Oct 54) Eh |
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a SC Sh i th a Bad vi ;

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