Yakima, WashingtonOctober 1953

Unidentified

Summary

On October 16, 1953, in Yakima, Washington, a circular object with silver color was sighted. An Air Force pilot and co-pilot flying at 2,000 feet observed the object during daylight hours. A tower operator at Yakima also witnessed the sighting, reporting the object at 25,000 feet altitude from a position over Yakima, where high thin scattered clouds were present. The observation lasted 20 minutes. The object moved at 260 degrees. Ground and aircraft observation confirmed the sighting. The Air Force evaluated the object as unidentified.

Reported location

Yakima, Washington

Date of incident

October 1953

State / country

WA / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 19

Original case file scans

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP
12 October 53 12/0122Z

2. LOCATION
Yakima, Washington

3. SOURCE
Military

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION
20 minutes

6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground & Air-Mailed

7. COURSE
260 degrees

8. PHOTOS
Yes
No
[illegible]

9. PHY 12 Oct
Yakima, Utah meteorological

10. CONCLUSION
Unidentified (OU Not)
Sun could ruled clouds 25k is est alt of observation identified for refr action of sunlight off white clouds. Sun at 260 deg for position object at 2,000 ft.

11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Circular object silver c/white colored is cl time heavy d by aircrew and control tower operators at 2,000 ft. No movement was reported.

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28956536