Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record Card — Seattle, Washington, 28 June 1956
AI-Generated Summary
This document is a Project 10073 record card and associated teletype report regarding a 1956 UFO sighting in Seattle. The object was officially concluded to be a probable aircraft.
On June 28, 1956, at 2144Z, a sighting of an unidentified aerial object occurred in the vicinity of Seattle, Washington, specifically near Des Moines. The witness, a T/SGT serving as a controller for the United States Air Force, observed a single, round, silver-colored object that appeared very bright. The object was seen through an automobile window and was described as traveling very fast in a straight upward trajectory. The duration of the observation was approximately one minute. The report was processed through the 25th Air Division and transmitted via teletype to various commands, including the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The official conclusion reached by the reporting officer and concurred with by the evaluating authorities was that the sighting was likely generated by an aircraft. The weather conditions at the time were reported as having unlimited visibility, and the sighting was classified as a visual observation with no radar contact or photographic evidence.
Concur with reporting officer that this sighting was probably generated by an aircraft. Poob ably aircraft.
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Official Assessment
Concur with reporting officer that this sighting was probably generated by an aircraft. Probably aircraft.
The object was identified as a probable aircraft based on the report of a T/SGT controller.
Witnesses
- [illegible]T/SGTUSAF