PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE6969110

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1957

REPORTED LOCATION6Mi Wof Darrington Wash

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 2 LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 Was Balloon
7 December l957 6 Mi W of Darrington, Wash. 00 Probably Balloon
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP
Local MXGround-Visual Ground-Radar Was Aircraft
0 Probably Aireraft
GMT08/0015Z AirVisual Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronamical
Ys xO Probably Astronomical
No lCivilian 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS COURSE Other
000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
1 hr 15 minutes one SW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round object, very bright white Astro plot and astro charts
drifting to SW. whow Venus to be SSw of observer
& moving west. & moving west. The duration The duration
would tend would tend to point point to this to this
planet as the object the object observed. observed.
Venus is very bright this year. Venus is very bright this year.
ATIC FORM 6 SEP 52)
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SQA017
00 RJEDDN RJEDSQ RJEPHQ
DE RJWPDM 07A
0 0901452 Prob ASTris
FM COC 25 CADD
TO RJEDDN/COMD NORAD DIR OF INTELLIGENCE
RJEPHQ/DIRECTOR IGENCE HEADQUARTERS USAF C
BT 4E4
TAT L-37
IN1. ROUND 500 4
2.NCOULD NOT TELL-S/ZE
3. REAL WHITE AND BRIGHT 3. REAL WHITE AND BRIGHT
4. NEG
5. NONE
6.NONE 6NONE
7. NONE 7. NONE
8. NONE
NONE
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PAGE TWO RJWPDM
II 1. A NEIGHBOR
. e/eVATION
AZ1MUTS
4.STATIONARY
1 HR 15 MIN.
III
1. BISUAL BY GROUND
2.-
3. N/A
IV
1. 08/0015Z T0 1. 08/0015Z TO 08/0134Z
BV.DUSK BVDUSK
121N - 48W DKPD 2020 12,000 FT TO 15000 FT SW OVER WHITEHEAD MOUNTAIN 121N- 48W DKPD 2020 12,0U FT TO 15000 FT SW OVER WHITEHEAD MOUNTAIN
vI.
C
1. 1.
6 MILES WEST 6 MILES WEST DARRINGTON WASH ( C
YEARS OLD CALLED IN
(
TO P46
2. N/A
VII.
!
1. CLEAR
wsw
2. 1 10,000 250 DEGREE - 49 KNOTS
USCO
3. HIGH THIN BRKNt NoTEi BrOKeN Clouds
4. 15 PLUS
5.-
S. NONE

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09/0800Z DEC RJWPDM
astro charto
West.
1 tend to L
C
this time of year.
K Prob ASTRO
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