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

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8726499
DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1954
REPORTED LOCATIONPasco Washinton
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. PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
ATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Fasco Washington Was Balloon
1 September 1954 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 PossiblyE Balloon
Local_1210 Local1210 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar Ground-Radar d Was Aircraft Was Aircraft
01/20102 01/2010Z ¤ Probably Aircraft
GMT AinVisual Air-Intercept Radar Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS I 6. SOURCE . Was Astronomical
Yes 000 Probably Astronomical
No Civilian Possibly Astronomical Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE . COURSE Other. Other.
000 000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
6 hours 6 hours 1 Stationary Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING |11. 111. COMMENTS
Bright cbject, stationary most Bright cbject, stationary most of time. of time. IR not received. Possible balloon.
Observed from train. 12 being prepared. 2 being prepared. Insufficien
Spokane filter centerrécef Spokane filter centerrécei received similar received similar D
report same location.
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Maxwell AFB, Alabama ATTN: Archives Branch Aerospace Studies Inst
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INDERED, AN.EM 1PLOYEE NOrTheRn 149
PASCO, WASH THE UNIDENTIFIE REPORTED WAS FIRST
SIGHTED BY THE NAKED EYE. AT ITIAL SIGHTING IT WAS 14NL4
REPORTED TO BE IN THE COMPANY WHICH DISAPPEARED
BEFORE THE OBSERVER COULD ACCURATE
DISAPPEARANCE WAS UNNOWN. SSSINCI ALMOST NO INFORMATION CONCERNING
THE LARGER OBJECT COuD Br FURNISHED BY MR. INDRED THIS REPORT WILL
COVER ONLY THE SMALL BJECT OBJECTS RST PASCO,
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WASH• BY AND A GRUOUP OF OTHER PERSONS• (MR DID NOT
NOW THE EXAC NUMBER OF PEOPLE NEITHER DID HE FURNISH NAMES AND
ADDRESSES). SOMEO THE GROUP PROCURED A PAIR
INEORMATION
STATIONARY SITION MR ESTI THE SIZE THE OBJECT
TO BF SAME AS THAT OF WHEN OBSERVED
AT AN ALTITUDE OR HAVE
STRAIGHT WINGS AND TAIL•
NO VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL STABILIZE VTSTBIE THERE APPEARED TO BE
NO TRACE AN EXHAUST NO SOUN OBJECT
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DESCRIBED AIRCRAFT
IN A TIGHT BANKN THIS WAS TRUE THROUGHOUT EXCEPT FOR ONE 1003410
MOVE NOTED WHEN THE OBJECT WAS FIRST OE WAS IN A
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VISIBILITY WAS UNLIMITEI O PHOTOGRAPHS WERE
TAKEN. TH OBSERVER IS PRIVATE PILOT WITH
IMATELY100 FLYING TIME INNSINGLE-ENGINI IRCRAFT.
SAME TIME THIS SIGHTING
OBSERVATIOI NIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT WAS REPORTED TO THE
SPOKANE SPOKANE FILTER FILTER CENTER BY WASH. WASH.
LETAILS OF THE SIGHTING SIGHTING WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE TIME AVAILABLE THE TIME OF C OF THIS REPORT THIS REPORT
BUT THE OBJECT WAS WAS SIG THE SAME SAM GECGRAPHICAL AREA AND GRAPHICAL IN ABOUT IN ABOUT
THE SAME POSITION. POSITION ITERROGATION O ERROGATION HAS NOT
BEEN CONDUCTE BEEN CONDUC HIS IS INFORMATION CONTAINED IN INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS REPOR THIS REPORT AS TAKEN S TAKEN
OVER THE OWER THE MR MADE THE CALL CALL PLETED
HIS RUN FRO HIS RUN SPOKANE WILL ATED AND
ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATI ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATIC F112.
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