PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6785605

DATE OF SIGHTINGApril 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONVicinityof Mc Chord AFB Wash

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
18 April 1956 Vicinity of McChord AFB,Wash 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Balloon
Local XXGround-Visual Ground-Radar 0 Was Aircraft
XProbobly Aircraft
GMT.18/0822Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE Was Astronomical
Y.s 00 Probably Astronomicol
XINNo Unknown (Civilian probably) Possibly Astronomicol
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other_
0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
three minutes one then three circling 0 Unknown
0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One then three round bjects, described Aircraft landing at the time
as being similar to automobile head- of the sighting. Aircraft was
lights at 2 lights at 2 blocks distance, appeared circling, landed three mins
to circle, then disappear behind to circle, then disappear behind after sighting. Duration sub- Duration sub-
trees. The objects were white in color. trees. The objects were white in color. stantiates above hypothesis. hypothesis.
Sighting through windshield of auto.
26 SEP 52)
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CO RJWPSE RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ
DE RJWPDM 122A DE RJWPDM 122A
0 131-12 0 1311 2
FM COMDR 25TH ADIV MCCHORD AFF WASH
TO RJEDEN/COMM ADC ENT AFB COLORADO SPRINGS COLO
RJEDWP/COMN AIR TECHINICAL INTELL CENTER WRIGHT RJEDWP/COMM AIR TECHI-ICAL INTELL CENTER TTERSON AFE 0:I02 C
RJEPHO/DIRECTOR OF INTELL HOS USAF WASH DC RJEPHO/DIRECTOR OF INTELL HOS USAF WASH DC
RJWNSE/CONDR WADE HAMIITON AFE CALTE.
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/ U N C L /25TH ADIV MSG SITE NO 4 168
FOLLOWING UFOB IS FORWARDED IN ACCORDANCE (
WITH AFR 20-5
A-RCUND F. CAR HEAD LIGHTS AT 2 BLOCKS C. THAN 3
--V F-NCNE G-NONE H. NONE 8. NONE
C 2w LED FT D. CIRCLING E. BEHIND THREES F. 3 MIN
B. A-VISUAL B. NO C. N/A
4 A  8222 18 APR 55 NIGHT
D. MC 35
7. A- CLEAR E. CALM C-INDEFINATE 7. A- CLEAR E. CALM C-INDEFINATE E. E. 4GFS E-NON 4GFS E-NON
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9.NONE. 9 NONE.
10 NONE
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1. CLR24 CANDED AT MCCHORD AFB S25Z
12 THERE WAS A CL 24 MAKING LEFT AND RIGHT LAND ING
PATTERNS AT THE TIME OF THE SIGHTING CL24
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