PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD - 25 June 1956 - Kelso, Washington

On June 25, 1956, a civilian sighting of an unidentified aerial phenomenon was reported near Kelso, Washington. The report, documented under Project 10073, describes a small, round object that displayed a green flare and a white light. The object was observed moving back and forth over a duration of five minutes, with specific sightings recorded at 0800Z, 0814Z, 0846Z, and 0851Z. The observers were identified as civilians, and the report was processed through military channels, including the 25th Air Division at McChord AFB and the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson AFB. The official evaluation concluded that there was insufficient data to conduct a thorough analysis. Investigators noted that it was impossible to determine whether the observations represented a single object remaining in a fixed position or four distinct, separate sightings, as positional information was missing from the submitted data. While the green flare was explicitly noted as unexplainable, the report suggested that the white light observed might have been a ship traveling up the Columbia River, as there were no aircraft reported in the area at the time. The weather conditions were described as mostly overcast with broken clouds at 16,000 feet.