Moseslakeafb Washington — May 1949

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Keywords: disco, loc17j, fflrm, htunbcr, varjhigh, meuv3r, cjondi, tont1, ulust, rmnained, p_peo, ltjnclassified, hose5, mgton, iuifiilt, su3j3ct, lflying, discsn, gen9r, coapli, tjins, dtfini, euvera0ili, iltar, eaaoe
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1. DATE TIME CROUP J.H.litary 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 to 1 1/2 lv!inutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Vi sua] 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE e e o o o 0 I o PRO..!ECT lOC17J RECO~D 2. ' ATION Uos es Lake AFB \'lashington 10. CONCLUSION AIRCRAFT ( C-.31) o data presented to indicate object could NOT have been an A/C. 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object appeared very smal 1 rt'm point or observation. Si.l ver in color and traveling at a high rate of speed. ,FTD. SEP 1\3 0-329 (TOE) _PN~Ioae edition flf thle fflrm me,. b.a u .. =d:.:.. ------- 1. Date of Observ .1tion 23 May 1949 D.:1tc o f I n t ervi.)".'! 2 . Exact Tir.1c (loc.1.l) 3. Plac~ of 0\:'serv.::!.tion Moaea L&l:.e _;,ir Foroa Ba&o, \'laahin~ton 4. Position of observer 5. ~hat nttracted attention to object. 6. Htunbcr of objects 7. Apparent size S. Color of object 10. Altitude Not discernible lo.ooo-ls.ooo 11. Direction fron observer 12. Distance fro~ observer 13. Diraction of fliGht of objoct(s) 015-o20 VarJhigh rate ot apeed (i'aater 16. Sound .and odor 1S. Lu::rl.no si ty 19. Projections 20. I t:meuV3r s ~rait;ht flight 21. Hanner of dis :~.ppen.rance 22. Effect on Clouds Additional Infor:lation ConcerninG Object- ~/Qn.ther CJOndi tions. tmC\J\55\FlED Str.Bcr~CT: Report on "lying Disco" ( 9) Sound: !Tont1 (10) lb:!Ulust trail o~ not: !~one e. General ~e:.1arks: Object a~1:9e~red t o be tra.velinc t Jo fr:-~s~ to be ~.n aircraft. It rmnained in vie\! for 1 to 1 1/2 r.1:!.nu.tes on a. s t rai -::;~1t and level course before d.!sn.p_peo.r i:1.g fror:1 si~::t. Objec t e s t i u.?..t e d to be S-10 miles froc the base. Ad j u t2.n t CO: Ohief of Staff USAF ATT.EN: Director of Intelligence .AT'l!IN: Director of Intelligence AT~Ta Director of Intelligence WNGRADED AT I YF.AB INTERVALS~ DO DECLASSIFIED A F"f'ER 1! YEARS. DOD DHt 52u0.10 ltJNClASSIFIED HEAOOUARTERS,J2'tJ, FIGHTE-R WIHG,ALL '~ HOSE5 l.AK& "IR FORCE BASE HOSES l.Mr&,WASH.MGTON UNCW\SSlFlEL IN RPl Y IUiFiilt TO: SU3J3CT: Re_!>ort on lflying Discsn co andi~ Gen9r.al Air Eatc riel Co::1:-:t2..lld 1iright-?at tcr~on .AF 3ase D2.yton, Ohio 1. In coapli e.llce 'trit:t Con.'\.C Lotter 200-1, cl...'1.ted 25 i:arc:l 191~3, t~ follO'tJins informat:!.o!'l is re)o:-ted concerning si~lting of a "flying Ci sc ~t this station. a. Loca.tion a."ld ti~a of sig ir.g: Obser,re d f ro:.1 t.1e g rouni!. C?.t ~.:oses L~:e Air For~e 3i.l'3e, \la.shi!l~,)n a.t a.,?)rox!.r.~tely OS45 ho1.trs loc~l J o rc1a.n , .md 1st Lt ~:-ald 3 :Bl!.s3 L~ Col ~Tal t e r C (cll :pilots). !To dtfini t a sC'..av e disco rni ol e ( 7) ::a.r:euvera0ili ty: ~!one r.Jc::.1c tlnd .:tJ lr0c s of o b.sc rvo r : Occup..;.tion -~.nd hobbies: UNCLASSIFIED In ci.lc nt _ ~}.~ Lt Col .J:iltar c. Eaaoe Lt Col fi~llac-, R. Jordu 1st Lt C~r3ld B. Bliah co~cnts of InterroG~tor rcl~ti7c t o int~lliccnce and ch2racter of obser7er(s): General Remarb t O!>jeot appeared to be traveling too fo.st to be an airoraft. I t remailAed 1n 7iaw for 1 to 1 1/2 minute a on a str~izht and lavel course before disap~u-in6 from eight. Objeot o::stinw<atad to be 8-10 milea trom the baae.