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UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE9369577

DATE OF SIGHTINGAugust 1965

REPORTED LOCATIONSummer Washington

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1. DATE - TIME GROUP

15 Aveust 65

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19/01,309

PROJECT 10073 RECORD

LOCATION

3. AOUECE

Civilten

4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

KML Four

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

1 Your 0 “inutes

é. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

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7. COURSE

8. PHOTOS

m Yes
.0_No

9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

1) Yes
ar No

FORM

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10. CONCLUSION
Other (GROUN

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UFO Sighting, 18 August 1965

318F1S/5304
325th Fighter Wing (Air Defense)
McChord AFB, Washington

1. Reference your letter, 318FIS/5304, subject Unidentified Flying

Object Report, dated 25 August 1965. Request information regarding
the photographs taken by Mr Stafford on the night of 18 August 1965.

2. Initial report indicates that objects were visible for 1 hour
and 40 minutes and that the weather was overcast with light rain
end visibility of 4 - 5 miles. Request information as to the width
of Lake Tapps and the distance from the observer to the town of
Buckley, Washington. Would it be possible to observe ground lights
in this locality from Sumer, Washington? During what portion of
the 1 hour and 40 minute observation were the objects stationary?
Also, four objects were reported; how far apart were the three
objects near the ground in terms of degrees of arc and what was the
distance from these objects with the one in the sky (slsc in terms
of degrees of arc)? The size is apparently extremely large. We
request that the witness compare the size of the cbject to the sive
of a Mull moon. Since the observer initially considered the light
as a fire, was the Fire Department in Puckley, Washington camtacted

to determine if s fire was in progress during the time of the report?

FOR THE COMMANDER

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ERIC T de JON 3 Colonel, USAF
Deputy for Technology and Subsystems

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Altituce Temperature in Csontizrade
Surface +15 de:rees
6,000 feet + 6
10,000 + 3
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20,000 -l4
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