PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE · TIME GROUP 2. TATION
21 Jun 17 Spokane, Meshington
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian BALLOONS
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
lall
ne
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION T1. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Not reported Observer sighted dises or flashes of licht which were guite
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION larce. They W re silvor and flying slower than an a/c.
dound-Visual
7. COURSE
S 7
8. PHOTOS
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Yes
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Incident #22 okane, wasnington 21 June 1947
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oxrlanation. .
The infornation given is too lirjted sugest uny dorinite
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8. Numbor of objects one at first. 1 later othors more indistinct
9. Distanco of object from obsorver Not stated
10. Timo in sight b Not stated
11. Altitude 7,000 or 8,000 feet
12. Spood slower than 2 motored plane.
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14. Tactics Flashed repeatedly as it moved along
15. Sound Not stated
16. Sizo Quite large
17. Color Shiny - silvery
18. Shape flashes or discs
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of this Conmand. These oheoks
Offioe, MCIAXO-3. Theso
cheoks are dietinot from the cheok of synoptic balloon flights made by
weather service stations of the Air Force, the Navy an Departmont
of Coumeroe. (U. S..heathor Burean) requeeted ofAirI Service.
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epinion of this otficg, thst tho bolow listed inoi-
dents aro those having the greatect possibility of being balloons. This
list does nos elinimte the possibility that mary of the remaining .

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n Saturday June 2lst, shortighefore noon, 1 was in our yard at

home when I happened to glance up at a passing plane. I would sa;
this was a two notored one from one of the amy bases, flying south

at about 10,000 or 12,000. fest. On the mare glance at the plane

a bright shiny Ziash attracted my avtantlons coming from approximately
UtTo or three tuousand fees Lower than the plane, but slightly ahead

of my Line of vision of the plane. ify first thouzht was that t bh

plane had thrown out hand bills, but this could not be “ they

{the flashes or disks) ware ahead of the plane. One thing different
tho, it seems to me tney were not oe. oak, as fast as the plane,

Va realize to, now, toat Whatever they were, they must have been
quite large, being a3 plain as ths xcarest one WAS, bo 30 Itigh.
And again, they were traveling south against prevailing winds. At
lea % some of the smaller flashes, if not all wers as nig th or higher
than the plane, but the nearest one soaied lower, both when i: clasned
and otherwise, ag it did imernittently.

O. treaners.
139, 89, 123, 231, 234.
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3. no 6xr evident
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