PROJECT 10073 R~CC~D L..vCA T ION Sa~ttle, lr1::.shl.ngton 10. CONCL..USION ', Observer::; attention drm.':'l by sound of A/C overhe~d. C..j=:;C~'"'-"C:- . -.th:l"t t::"l~t he sa'.r could r.~vc bc~n a fc~"::-.o.ti.o:l of ,J~'t. A. C. 11. &~i;!r SU:.t.\\A~Y AND ANAL. YSIS O~:vrve:-spotted fou~ cbjoc~:J a p,.sa. .. t oug!'l a b:'..:::.!~ ir. c:.~ lc~th to width. Thc .. o was no ovidc~co of ~o::v c::-\'.:~;;,:.'" t .. ~:: ls. a;)joct di:;appe~ed into clouds i.""l ;.bo\.-t fivo scco:oC.;;. v -r ... ~ \ ' v Preloaa ecUUooe ol &hie fona _,. be ueed. HEADQUARTERS UMITE' 'TATE~ All FOIG THE IMSPECT~r. GEERAL OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIOM RHDRT WAD" dY CARTEH O. <;OOffiR c}) J ..- UNCLASSir-lE UNCONVNTIONAL AIRCRAFT Si ted by ik. ~iashington on 15 August 194 9 . CMARACTER Investigation directed by District Cocrrnder. , inter- vie~ed by writer and a description obtainad of four objects seen by h~n on 15 August 1949. admitted that what he saw could have been a flight of jet planes. present at the time Mr. sighted the objects, could give no substantiating information DISTRIBUTION (Action copies) ACTION COPY fORWARDED TO Cammnding General Air Materiel Command nright-Patteraon AFB Dayton, Ohio AT'l' N a 1IC IAXo-3 DISTRICT COMMANDER AfCSI fORM .. 23 JULY l91tl UNCLASSir-1~0 UNCLA5Slf1ED 1. This investigation, directed by the District Com.,aoder, was predicated upon letter from the Seattle Field Division, Federal ilureau or Investi&ation, dated 17 August 1949, File i/:105-0, in Vlhich WtlS set forth information volunteered t o that office by :.J.r. to the effect t hat on 15 Augu st 1949 in Seattle, da shingt on, he had sighted four (4) objects which he believed t o be flying discs. AT SEATTLE, 11ASHINGTON On 9 November 1949, ;.:Ir. a mail carrier, , Seattle, ~ashinbton, was interviewed at his h ome and stated in substance: On 15 August_l 949 , at ap~roximately 1455 hours (Pacific Dayli ht Time) he had just stepped offa bus-and was standin~ on the siciewalk along 19th Avenue Northeast a bout 100 feet from the corner of East 65th Street. As he was sortinb a hand full of mail, he became c onscious of t he sounc of airplanes and raised his head to l ook for them. ~he planes makinb t he no1 s e could not be sighted, but as h e was l ooking upward he spotted f~ur QOj 8ctc th~ougn a break. in the c l ouds. They llere flying i n a "V" f or .. .a ti on with .J:4 aoove and behir.d r 2 By this time the ~oise s u pposedly heard from cbtiven~fOna'"l" type a "ircraft could no lon{;er be h eard. The objects appeared at ~oout_a 40 angle of elevation abov e t ne hori zon and were tar away anci very. high: -sez:ved _ t he_ f our objects about I'i ve seCOOQS as tnsy pasted f rom Vi9W behind the clouds, reappeared and then finally vanished behind a solid overcast. They were silver i n color with a dark border; shaped like a flattened oval, havin& about a 32 to 1 ratio of length to ~iCkness; "large in size ana a pparently c on- atructed of aluminum. The objects were flying good formation, strai 1Eive1- ii:i a- n ortherly direction. There was no evide nc e of exhaust~ no effect on cloudsJ n~ light other t han the r eflect i on of t he sun on the ob ects, and no apparent sup?ort~o~.E!E~UJsion. No sound was heard, and could only j udge their speed as very fast. has worke tor t he United States Post Office Department f or many years and is presently workin~ out of the University Branch Post Offic e in 5eattle. During the first 1'iorld ,;ar he was an Aviation ;'achinist ir. the United States Navy. He likes to hunt e.nd fish. s pendi ng most of his free time outdoors. At the t~e of sightin& t he objects, he was completint an exceptionally easy work day and was not fatigued or under any strain. The person in the vici~i ty of the sibhtin& was ;..'Jiss heast Seattle, .:ashington, who, al thou~h having her attention calle d to the objects, was unable to see anything. stated that the t our objects could have been airplanes. as they were a considerable distance from him. AGEUTS NOTE' Mr. Jl&s quick to admit that the four objects could have been airplanes a nd that he ia not familiar with the ne.v tyf)es of jet air- craft. Prior to s igntin~ the objects, UNCLASSIF1ED had read an artic l e in a national ma gazine a bout "flying discs" His character and intelligence would indicate that he is a sincere and reliable individual, capa ble of describinb anythin& exactly as he saw it. S. On 9 November 1949, a student at the University of viashing,ton, , ~eattle, i',ashington, was interviewed at her home and stated in subst cc; A few tnonths abo, durin~ the mornin~ h ours, she hnd stepped off a ous and was walking along 19th ~venue :i:iortneast towar d her house when she noticed a s,nall plane flying overhead. diately ther eafter the 1aila~n, wh ose route she is on and who had also gotten off the bus, called to hor to look at the "flying discs". 4 tree b l ocked her view in the diroction she was supposed to look and she was unable to see anything . She walked as far as her house with the mail~n, who did not appe~r to be overly excited, but s e emed t o have a pr ofound veneration for the precedi llb UNCLASStflED