PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
o Was Balloon
30 September 1957 Cashmere, Washington 100 Probably Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balleon
Locel.. tKGround-Visual Ground-Roder 0 Was Aireraft
0 Probably Aireroft
GMT 01/0200Z Rinochlars Air-Intercept Radar D Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS SOURCE Was Astronomical
aYes 000 Probably Astronomical
XDKNo Civilian Possibly Astronemical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE ex OtherKites
00 Insufficient Date for Evaluation dnr Oard rer Evaiuunon
0 Unknown Unknown
3 minutes six NW
T0. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Six objects appearance of upside Objects mving with wind. Sound Objects mving with wind. Sound
down light colored down light colored ce dark on insidle on inside like kites with tails broken like kites with tails broken
with strings or ropes hanging from with strings or r nging from loose and moving with loose and moving wi wind. ind.
outside perimeter. The cones appeared Sunset at 1750, 1 Sunset at 1750, 10 nutes prior nutes prior
to be about the size of a quarter & to be about the size of quarter & to sighting possible disappear- possibl disappear-
at fairly low altitude. No sound. ance due to loss ance due to loss of sun on objs. of sun on objs.
Objects had erratic movenent and were Obioets had erra
traveling very fast. Appeared to have
dropped from an a/c, yot traveled
quite fast.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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UNCLAS FROM TCOIN 022. HQ USAF ATTN: DIR OF INTELLIGENCE. SUBJECT:
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1. SIX SIX UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS WERE SIGHTED WITH THE APPEARANCE OF AN (
UPSIDE DOWN LIGHT COLORED CONE) THE CONE WAS DARK ON THE INSIDE WITH
STRINGS ROPES HANGING FROM T THE OUTSIDE C
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APPEARED TO BE ABOUT THE SIZE OF AQUARTER AND AT FAIRLY LOW ALTITUDE. (
ONE WAS LOWER AND APPEARED FIRST AND THEN THE OTHER FIVE APPEARED
AS THEY CAME O VIEW. THERE WAS NO SOUND AND THE OBJECTS APPEARED C
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OBJECTS WERE SAID TO BE TRAVELLING VERY FAST AND TO BE IN VIEW ONLY
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A FZW MOMENTS. SOURCE ALSO STATED TOO INVESTIGATING OFFICER THAT THEY
APPEARED TO RE DROPPED SHMABLY ASPARACHUTTS) TROM AN ATDCOATT

MRS PIONEER DRIVE , CASHMERE, WASHINGTON.
CETMNIEVONMIEOXTAS
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1A nite
1 A. CLEAR WITH VERY Y HIGH CIRRUS 1
6,000-380/05 I
12, 000-170/05 SE t
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AsUMEnO N, W
16, 000-180/25 /
50,000-230/40 (
80,000-N/A
C. NEGATIVE (
D. CLEAR/15 M
E. NEGATIVE
F. NEGATIVE C
8. NEGATIVE ARSOM
9.N/A 9.N/A HANFORD ANFORD ARFA. 44
10. NEGATIVE 10. NEGATIVE RESTRCG RESTRCG
11. ASSISTANT GROUP INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 1/LT ROBERT B. FINLAY 11. ASSISTANT GROUP INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 1/LT ROBERT B. FINLAY 1
DESCRIPTION OF OBJECTS VAGUELY RESEMBLES THAT OF SOME TYPE BALLOON. DESCRIPTION
HOWEVER, ALL NEARBY WEATHER SERVICES, AND BASES WERE QUERIED AS TO ( (
BALLOON LAUNCHING. FOUR LAUNCHINGS OCCURRED AT DIFERENT TIMES AT
DIFFERENT AREAS. THER WAS NO RADAR CONTACT BY NEARBY SITES AT ANY
C

BUT YET THEY TRAVELED QUITE FAST. Elevcto
2. A. UNKNOWN Cuem ?
B.NEGATIVE A1
C.NEGATIVE
OVER THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS. (VERY ERRATIC
AND DISAPPEARING.
E. NEGATIVE
F 3 MINUTES IN SIGHT (
3. A. GROUND-VISUAL
B. OBJECTS OBSERVED THROUGH TWO UNIDENTIFIED TYPE BINOCULARS
C.ON/A
R. A. 0200Z 1 R. A. 0200Z 1 OCTOBER 1957 0 = = 1800l2
B. DAY 6.00
5. CASHMERE WASHINGTON 5 CASHMERE WASHINGTON
6. SIGHTING WAS RZPORTED BY 4-5 ADULTS AND BY 8-10 CHILDREN, ALL UTS AND BY 8-10 CHILDREN. ALL (
CIVILIANS.
MRS CASHMERE, WASHINGTON.
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1
F3. 6,000-380/05 F3. 6, 000-380/05 1 C
12,000-170/05 St t to
10, 000-170/05 wihoSe
XXXIXN zaNxXX CASuMEne N, J
i 16,000-180/25 AM A
20,000-200/20
30, 000-220/60 (

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TIME. THE FACT THAT SEVERAL ADULTS, AS WELL AS, CHILDREN IN ONE
GROUP SIGHTED THE OBJECTS PROVES THAT IT WAS MORE THAN HALLUCINATIONS. -
IN FACT, THE INVESTIGATING STATE PATROL OFFICER STATED THAT UPON
HEARING THE STORY HE LAUGHED, AND THE PEOPLE BECAME VERY INDIGNANT
OF HIS MISBELIEF. NO LOGICAL EXPLANATION IS OFFERED FOR THE SIGHTED
OBJECTS. FTIC Conument: Desongtu
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