PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7070670

DATE OF SIGHTINGSeptember 1956

REPORTED LOCATIONOlympia Washington

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1. DATE

0 Was Balloon |
Oo September 1956 Olympia, Washington D. Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION GZ Possibly Balloon
Lecet ——____ £1 Ground. Vi sual © Ground-Rader SS Probable hiverets
GMT 05 /04222Z 0 Air Vi suel D Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTC » SOUR O Was Astronomicel
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xO Ne Civilian O Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE (BA — Ln
0 Insufficient Dete fer Eveluction
O Unknown
forty minutes two northeast
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING white 11. COMMENTS
Two round bluish/objects, size of a Cause of sighting was possibly a
dime at arm's length. Course of objects balloon. Size, shape, color, win
was fron 25 dgr elevation South to direction, course, and duration
25 dgr elevation Northeast. Objects Substantiate this hypothesis.

arced to 30dgr elevation during flight} The conflicting fact that there
Objects were observed visually & thru] were two objs can be accounted
binoculars for 40 minutes and disap- for by the possibility of 2 bal-
peared by fading out of sight. Anoher| loons or that thru binoculars a
phenomena was reported whixh supposedly single balloon light could be mig-

is related to the sighting i.e. an taken for two balloon lights. |
explosion without any noise and sheet Concluded that “explosion and sa at
of light following the explosion. of light" not related to initial
| Sighting. Probably shooting star
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