Release of Information on UFOs - Bremerton, Washington Sighting

This document collection details the Air Force's response to a civilian inquiry regarding a reported UFO sighting near Bremerton, Washington, on the night of July 23, 1962. A student from Ingraham High School wrote to the Commanding Officer at McChord Air Force Base on October 30, 1962, inquiring about UFOs and referencing a Seattle Times article that allegedly mentioned jets from the base making sightings. The Air Force investigated the claim and determined that no such article had been published in the Seattle Times during the previous year. Regarding the July 23 incident, the Air Force received multiple civilian reports of a 'lighted object' in the vicinity of Bremerton. These reports were corroborated by a pilot from a McChord aircraft who had just landed, as well as a Civil Air Patrol pilot. Both pilots, described as experienced observers, independently concluded that the object was a shooting star. Consequently, the Air Force determined that no further investigation was warranted under AFR 200-2, and no formal report was submitted. The correspondence includes internal routing slips and memoranda between the 325th Fighter Wing, the 25th Air Division, and the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, confirming the lack of evidence for the reported sighting and the non-existence of the referenced newspaper story.