DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE9550941
DATE OF SIGHTINGFebruary 1953
REPORTED LOCATIONRosallia Washington 20Min S Spokane
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Tonther Balloons and Saucers

IY in the carly vears ol th saicer era balloons accounted toi
25 percent of the unidenti tL fivingd oujects ! rted to ATH 1!
; pattern of these sightings is unimist tkable, and the identity of bal
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A. One round light; size ia; white; sercdynamic features mim, no axhaust

trail, no observed croculeion systems speed 150 te 200 ‘mote: 0 sound ws
heard; flew south boumi under AF 2708 3-3 at aprx 7000 ft, circled several
times turned south heecing 182 degrees ‘Magnetic. Lisht sommenced flashing
1 to 2 second intervals with noticeable increase of screed anc isarneared on
southerly heading.

+, %%? sishted O1L3S4PST, 5 Fab 53, Zor acre 3} to 5 mimrtes.
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7000 £5, visual obs only,

DS, Obj sighted at 47 degrees 20 sinutes Torta, 115 degrees 59 minutes 65%,
vicinity of Rosalia, ssh, AP 2708, 3-36 inbound on south comse of Spokane
Mange, LO to 15 milne m sta descending rr 10,000 £3 te ‘7000 ft, sighted
obj aprroaching fr the North, dir of flt aP 2807 001 decraes mametic. Dir
of flt of obj aprx 182 ‘eerwes magnetic, altitude of obj aprx 7090 &™,

5B. Major Leo J Moffatt, . 58003, 327th Lomb Cad, Fairchild i173, Spokane, ‘ash,

Obs considered reliable,

Le |

Weathers Yairehild Ari, «ash. measured 1200 f% broken, 7000 overcast,
visibility 15 miles, ‘Light driazle, winds aloft 270 dezrses, 50 knots, lovoo fs,

G. Mo known conditions would accowmt for sighting,
i, Photorracns: None

a. P4lot of AP 2708 made 120 Jerree descending coward obi after suring toward

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Inidentified Plylag Objecs Sishted Year Snoxane, Vashinzton
’ Slisht Service, AAlS, 56G00 Newark

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State of “ashington, USA JSreet, I. ‘., ‘ashington 25, 3. Uv.

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Tha lishs was sighted «5 '134PST, by Major Leo J, sortast, aU7526003, 327%h Jon varde
ment Squadron, #airchild «| ree Sase, Svokane, dashinztoa, from abdoaml A? 2798, and
¥a@ visually observed for «»«¢ sximately thrse to five minutes. AY 2793 was inbound,
Sonroxinataly 10 to 15 silee out on the South lag oF the Spokane radio range (iabound
sourse 1? savnetic), at the time of the sighting, descending from 10,000 to 7,000 728%.
Jering sichsing aircrag’’$ turned to oreceed toward Nosalia, Jashiazton (47°20'N, 117°
30%wW). .

deather report for Yatrenild Air Force Gase at Sine of sizhting: -<elling measured
1,200 faet, cvercast above at §,900 feet, visioilisy 15 miles, lishs driszle, and wind
at 10,000 feet above the snrtace from 279° at 50 motes.

vnece of All area avencies revealed no aircratt wnhicn should have Seen in she
area. lo ‘mown conditions «cnuid account Zor she sighting.

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"he following teletyne renort was received from Mcvhord fliht -ervice Venter,
AMevhora .i> force Base, Tacoma, «shinzton:

vSG [6—Be2, FLYOSEPP APTN: ATIAAe2?0 at WrichtePatterson 2°32, 22°50:
Intellizence Division at dasninzton J. &.
Ae ne round Jiczh$: size unmo wnite: sarodynanisc features wmown,
} exhaust trail, no observed troculsion arstem: sneed 150 So £90 mo%s: no
ssund wes heard: flew sonth bound under AP 7705 2—95 at avoroxinately 7,90
Yeob, circled aesveral stinmes, turned sonth heading 1929 mamatic. Aisht

sommenced flashing 1 to 2 sacond intervals ei th to¢iceacle increase of soeed
ind disavveared on southerly heading.

vs 1,365 8 od UlLjeeS, Yebruary 1953, for amroxinately 3 to 5
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159 to 200 knots at 7,900 .e8t, visnal observation only.

). Object sizhted at “79 20 mimates north, 115° 30 winntes west,
vicinity of Hosalia, “aahington. A? 2708, 3-35 inbound on south course
of Svowane Hange, 10 to i5 silas from station descending rrem 10,000 faes
to 7,000 feet, sizhted ubjact anpsrcaching from the north, tirection of
flicht AF 2807 00° macnetic. Direction of flicht of object an uwo0ximately
132° maymetic, altitude of object annroximately 7,000 raet.

4. Major Leo J. Actfatt, 40758603, 327th Combvardment S:madron,
Sairchild Air Yorce Gase, Sookane, ‘ashington. Cbdservation considered
reliadle.

*. Weather: Fairchild Air force Base, ‘“sninzgton measured 1,200 faet
vroken, 3,000 overcast, visibility 15 miles. Lizht drizzle, winds alors
2799, 5O xmots, 10,000 vaet.

3+. Wo known conditions would account for sizhtinz.

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La flo of AP 2798 mada 120° descendine toward »s5iect after Trnine
ward Licht, the tich* started circling shen seadad sonth coumencisg %oa

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Comments of Oremaring Officer:

lL. -ishting position or 6792199, 115°30'W indicated by caragrach D of the
teletyv7ve uessaze is apoarentiy in error, 23 this cosision is aporoxinately 90 statuta
alles from vosition indicated by South leg of Srockmne radio ranze and 2osaiia,

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jasninztoa. his sosition has been resolred to 47°°71'T, 117°50'%,

2, Crew position of Major Hoffatt, and/or position in Av 2708 as tine of

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Sizntinz, vas not indicated.

> variation ia intensity of the ilscht, between acorcach and decarturs, oF
rellag, Was reported, his indicates that the lizhS was horisontally
munidirectional, instead of focussed lite a Jansing Jizh} or jet exhaus$ glow, it
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ted that a@lthonuzh ./ 2798 was aovarently conscant.iy cescending during the
signting, no change in light intensity was caused by ‘this iescent. This conld indicate
vertical omnidirectional lisht qalities.

5. banner of disanvesrance of the liht was not reoorted (whether extinguished,
or diminished by distance) tut nessaze indicates that it faded due to distance.

5. “he area in which sicnting occurred is in an Air Defense Identification Zone,
and any aircrart or flying objects should have been under radar surveillance. Positives
statement that radar sites hed not observed the incident is not included.

7. -»lthough teletyve mesuaze indicates that no =urovulsion syutem was observed,
the correlation between flashing of the Licht and its increase in speed could indicate
action of «a crovulsive systen.

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