Incic on't. Si.~ilo: to F-84 Sj0ilar to F- 84 Si:.l.ilD.r to F - 34 PP JEDC JEZAB 222 DE JWEKR 21B FM CG MCCHORD AFB WA H TO JEDC/CG AHC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO ' JIZABICO FLIGHT SERVICE WASHINGTON D C L 1383. ATTNa MCI~0-3. 1. IN COMPLIANCE WITH FS REGULATION 210-4; THE FOLLOWING REPORT OF REPEAT ABOVE LI~JEl. IN COMPLIANCE WITH FS REGULATION 200-ltV THE FOLLOW- ING REPORT OF SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS ARE SUBMITTED: A. LOCATION AND TIME OF SIGHTINCa OVER THE CITY OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. B. WEATHER AT THE TIMEI CLEARGN VISIBILITY UNRESTRICTED C. NAMES, OCCUPATIONS, AND ADDRESSES OF WITNESSES: 1~3RD NATIONAL GUARD ACNT CONTL AND WARNING SQDN, AND WARNING SQDN, 143RD NATIONAL GUARD ACFT CONTL SEATTLE IIJXIIIIIXIIJII 8 WASH. (3 CONTROLLER, lltJRD NATIONAL GIARD ACFT CONTL AND WARNING SQUADRON, UN CLASS II- . P~E >LV JWEKJ 21B D. PHOTOGRAPHS OF OBJECTS, IF AVAILABLE: NOT AVAILABLE. EeJ SKETCHES OF OBJECT'S CONFIGURATION: NOT AVAILABLE r. OBJECT SIGHTED: (1) NUMBERI ONE. (2) SHAPE: CIRCULAR C(3) SIT& ESTIMATED 75 TO 181 FEET IN DIAMETER WITH AN ESTIMATED DEPTH OF 11 TO 15 fEET f(-) COLORa SHINY ALUMINUM. OBJECT REFLECTED THE SUN'S RAYS (5) SPEEDI ESTIMATED ' TO 6 HUNDRED MILES PER HOUR (') HEADING I FROM NORTH TO SOUTH (7) MANEVERABILITY: OBJECT DID NOT MANEUVER. (8) ALTITUDE: ESTIMATED 11 THOUSAND FEET. (9) SOUND& THE SOUND VAS SIMILIAR TO A JET AIRCRAFT. Cll) EXHAUST TRAIL OR NOT: NO EXHAUST TRAIL WAS NOTED FIRST SAW THE OBJECT FROM HIS HOME IN THE NORTH END OF SEATTLE. HE CALLED WAS ON DUTY AT THE 143RD NATIONAL GUARD AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND WARNING SQUADRON AND REPORTED THE REPORTED THAT AFTER RECEIVING THE CALL FROM SGT HE STEPPED OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE AND HE SAW APPARENTELY THE SAME OBJECT REPORTED BY P~E 3 JWEKJ 21B ALSO SAW THE SAME OOJECT. AS AT HIS HOME IN THE SOUTH END OF SEATTLE AT THE TIME HE ~HE OBJECT AND HE REPORTED THE INFORMATION TO THE CAA CONTROL TOWER AT BOEING FIELD V SEATTLE, VASH, WHO RELAYED THE INFORMATION TO THE MCCHORD FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER. BO SAW OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE liR AT THE SAM TIME THE CIRCULAR OBJECT WAS SIGHTED AND REPORTED THA IT BORE NO RESEMBLANCE TO ANY AIRCRAFT THEY HAD EVER SEEN BEFORE. 2. A. LOCATION AND TIME OF SIGHTING: APPROXIMATELY 38 MILES WEST IORTHWEST OF SEATTLE-TACOMA AIRPORT, 1921P Se lEATHER AT THE TIMES CLEAR, VISIBILITY UNRESTRICTED OCCUPATIONS, AND ADDRESSES ON WITNESSES: SEATTLE AIR ROUTE TRArFIC CONTROL SEATTLE 1, WASH. 2> SEATTLE AIR ROU1E TRAF IC ONTROL CENTER, SEATTLE, 14 PHOTOCRAPHS OF OBJECTS, IF AVAILABLE: NOT AVAILABLE. SKETCHES OF OBJECTS'S CONFIGURATION: NOT AVAILABLE. , OBJECT SIGHTEDI l ) NUMBER I ONE !> SHAPEI SIMILAR TO AN F-82. 5) SIZEI SIMILAR TO AN F-s. ') COLOR: SIMILAR TO AN F-84. i ) SPEED: SIMILAR TO AN F-81& ) HIADINCI OBJECT WAS HEADING FROM SOUTH TO NORTH. ) MANEUVIRABILlTYI OBJECT DID NOT MANEUVER. PAGE II UWKBM 21B (8) ALTITUDE: OBJECT WAS ESTIMATED FOUR TO FIVE THOUSAND FEET. (9) SOUND: NO SOUND WAS HEARD. CJI) EXHAUST TRAIL OR NOT: NO EXHAUST TRAIL VAS NOTED SEATTLE AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC VAS ON DUTY AT THE CONTROL CENTER AT THE SEATTLE-TACOMA AIRPOR AND NOTICED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A JET AIRCRAFT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS AT AN ESTIMATED DISTANCE or 28 TO 31 ~ILES 'AWAY. HE BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF MR. WHO WAS THE SENIOR CONTROLLER ON DUTY. SINCE THEY WERE AWARE THAT NO JET UNITS WERE STATIONED WITHIN THIS AREA THEY NOTifiED THE MCCHORD FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER. THE DISPATCHER ON DUTY AT THE MCCHORD FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER DID NOT HAVE A FLI;HT PLAN ON ANY JET AIRCRAfT OR FIGHTER TYPE AIRCRAFT IN THIS AREA AND MADE A CHECK OF ALL THE MILITARY BASES WITKIN THE AREA TO DETERMINE IF ANY JET OR FIGHTER TYPE AIRCRAFT liRE FLYING LOCALLY FROM THEIR BASES. A NEGATIVE REPORT WAS RECEIVED. IIR. ND NR, BOTH REPORTED THAT THEY VERI DEFINITE THAT THE OBJECT SGHTED DISPLAYED VISUAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A JET FIGHTER. AND THAT ITS SPEED WAS SUCH TO LEAD THDt TO BELIEVE IT VAS A JET I.:cc::o:m FLIG::T 3.:RVICE c~ . .J.'T:::..'R I:cChord :~ir 7orce Base :ash inz; t on ._USJ ..... CT: Unidentified :.. l y lnc ub j octs T O: Command inG Gen : r a l Air Llat erie 1 Conunand 'Nright-? a,;terson A Base, Ohio ATTi:l;TIO~T: r.~C IA;~0-3 In compliance with FS ~egulation 200- 4 the follovl~nt; of sightin~ of unidentified flyini: object~ e r e st.b- of Seattle, Location and time of siGi~tin~: Over ,;l1e city ~eather at t h e time : Clear, visibility unre - c. Nanes, occupations, and add~esses of ,.,itnes~es: ational Guard Aircraft Control and .::: r n - ing Squadron, 7:'[' shin6ton. onal Guard ing Squadron, 8 , :Jashington. S~.Hl t t l e ~"ircraf't Control an d .Prn- al ard Aircraft Control ing Squadron, 8 , 7iashinGton. d. Photographs of objects, if available: Photo- graphs of objects are not available. e. Sketches of object's configuration: Sketches of object's conficuration nre not available. ( l) :!umbor: '-no. hundred ( 180) feet i n diru.1.ter .. _t'1 n1 estih'lateci. deptr. o~ ten ( 10) : fiftcc!. \ 1 .. ) (4) Color: S:1iny a luminum. OJj 0ct re~lectcd. the sun's r e.ys Speed: .... stim~ted five ( 5 ) to :ix (C) ed m:.les per :.Lour. (5) Heading: From nortb to sout~. (7) ~.:anauverability: Object d!.d not t tn.neuvc r . tltuue : -stimated tan ( 10) thou~o.nd The sound .:as s ir.1ilar tor-j e t aircraft. (10) Exhaust trail o r not: :;o exhaust trail wa s noted. first saw t h e ob ect from his ~o~e in the north end of S 3attle. iie called :tho \;c.s on dut y at the 143r d llational Guo.r d Airc '"' C~ntrol a:1C: .:o.rn- in1 Squadr on and reported the object. repo~ted tha t after r eceivin g the call fro~ Sgt st~pped outside of t office and a rently the sc..:ie object reported b ~lso sa:1 t:1c sa:.1e ob- ject. was a t his one in the sout h end of S eattl e at the so.v.r t L e obj ct a.Yld he reported t::e infor r:ction to the CA.\ Control ToVJer o.t Eoei!1C Pield, S~altle, ::l'shi n t;ton, relayed t~1e inf o r:m tion to r.~cChord F 1 i8ht Service Center. Both Sgt an saw other air- craft in the air a t th e same time ~ circular obj ect was Unidentifle& ~lJinc ~bjccts s it...h ted and rep or ted t:1:. t :.. t b or e aft t:1ey .nr.d. i) Vc r seen '.)of _ ro. 2 . a . Location and time or sie: tin: : ~p,rox:.. . tcly thirty ( 30) milo s VTOS t n ortl!rlc:;: t ..,f ...,en t i.a c -. b . './~ather at t he ti1:1e: vl.:: 'lr, v_!:lbil.:.t~ u:.re - c. Names, occupations, and addresse~ of '."l.l.t:lo!:sc ~: (1) , .. STC Controlle r , vc a ttlu i r Route Traffic Control Cente r , P. 0 . ~ox (2) S~nior ' ~C Contr oller, Seattle Air Route Tr affic :ontrol Cente r , o. ~ox 3224, Seattle 1 4 , iashin._ton. d. Photog~apas of obj ects, if aveilaole : ~hate graphs of objects are not availeol e . of object' s tches of object' s co~figuroticn: confiGuration are not avcila~lo. f. Object sighted: ( 1) r:umber: One . Color: Simil~r t o (5) Speed: Similar to a n F- 8 4 . (6) Headins: Object we s heading from south (7} 1~neuverability: Object did not maneuve r . SUBJECT: Unidentified 'lyinc; Objects (6) Alt:tude: Jbj cct ~os est_nrtcd fo~r ,.!) to fiv e ( 5 ) thous end feet . { 9 ) Sound: :To sounu \las h eard. (10 ) Exhaust trail or not: Ho exhaust trail G Mr. , an Air Rou t e 'fraffic Controlle r , was on duty a t the Seattle Air ~cute Tr~ffic Contr o l ~c~ter at the S eattle-racoma A~rport e.:1d n oticed r:hrt appea"eC:. t o be a jet aircraft in the direction of the ~..,lympic i.:ou!l :lins at an estimated distance of twenty (20) t o t~ir (3J) .1iles away . He brou6ht t his t o t h e attontion ~f :~. \1:.o as the senior controlle r on duty. Since t~ey were a re tha t no jet units were stationed ::ithin this ar ... a t:1.ey :l.::>ti - f ied t h e I.:cChord Flig h t ~ervice Cent~r. T::e d:l.si)a t c:=--31" on duty a t t:1e i:cChord Fli~.)1t Service Ce:1t e r did not a v e a fliGht plan on any jet aircra f t o r fig:1ter t~-pe aircraft in this area and made a chec k of all the oilitary r:eses v1.i.thin the area to d e t e rmine if any jet or fighter typ3 aircr~ft were flying locally f rom their bases. A ne6~tive report VIas received. I.ir. and I.:r. b oth reported that t hey Vlere definite thn t the object si~nted disp layed visual characte ristics of a jet fig!1t e r and tha t its spued was such t o lead the1n to believe it was a j e t eircraft Lt. Col. , USA:-:'~ Commandin g PP JEDC JEZAB 222 DE Jt~JEKHR 213 f~j CG MCCHORD AFB \lASH l..._ _ TO JEDC/CG A~1C HRIGHT PATTERSO AFB OHIO'"""'--- L 1303. ATTN: MCIAX0-3, 1. I~ C0t1PLIANCE ta!ITH FS REGULATIO 2 -4 THE FOLLOtJI:~G PC2T CF IGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS ARE SUBMITTED: A. LCCATION AND TI 1E OF SIGHTING: OVER THE CITY OF SEATTL:::, ' ' AS'[H:GTOt!. B. HEATHER AT THE TI:lE: CLEARGN VISILiaiTY UKRt:STIICTZD. C NAMES, OCCUPATIOi~S, AND ADDRESSES OF HITNESSE:S: 143RD i~lATIO'~AL GUP.RD ACtJT CO.JTL AND WARNIGN SQDi~, AND WARNI~G SQD~, CONTL AND WARNING S~UADR0!\ 143RD ~ATIO'~AL GUARD ACFT CC~.TLL 143RD NATI ONAL GUARD ACT F SEATTLE 8 , ~ASH. PAGE 2 JWEKJ 218 D. PHOTOGRAPH~ OF OBJECTS, IF AVAILA3 LE: NOT f\V.O.IL.'\'~LZ. E . ~l<ETCHE!: OF OBJECT'~ CO.JFIGURATIO~.: 1 0 T AVAILALE:::. F. OBJECT SIGHTED: 1) NU11BER: ONE. (2)~HAPE: CIRCULAR. (3) ~IT: ESTI~A U:D 75 TO 1~0 FEET I N DIAtIET?. ~!IT:f P<~ E~THIATSC D ~FT:! OF 1~ TO 15 FEET. (4) COLOR: ~HINY ALUt1INU~1. OBJECT Rt:FLECTED THE SU: " S RAYS (5) ~PEED: E~TI~1ATED 5 TO 6 HUNDRED 11ILES PER HOUR ( 6 ) YEADI NG: FROM NORTH TO SOUTI{. C 7 > t'lAi~EUVERABI LITY: OBJECT DID NOT NANEUVER ( 6 ) ALITUDE: ESTI~ATED 10 THOUSAND FEET. ( 9 ) SOU~D: THE SOUND WA~ SI MILAR TO A J ET AI RCRAFT. 'iPL EY.HAUST TRAIL OR NOT: NO EXHAUST TRAIL UAS t!OTED. G. FIRST ~AH THE OBJECT FRO[l HIS HO:~E I i,: THE i~C 2T;{ E~D OF EATTLE. HE CALLED HHO HAS 0... DUTY l\ T THE 1Lr3;-: fJ NATIONAL GUARD AIRCRAFT CO~TROL AND ~JARNING SOUADRCil AND REPORT::IJ -:-.{E OBJECT R!:PORTED THAT AFTER RECEIV!i G TH:::: CALL FRc:; SGT HE STELPPED OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICE Al\D HE SAl! APPAR:.TLY T 'iZ SAME OBJECT REPORTt:D B S( ZXXXXX ALSO SAW TH::: SAt1E !JECT. SGT H01iE. I . THE SOUTH Et'iD OF SEATTLE AT T!1:!: THlE :1!:: Sl'.t-: r r:::: O?J!::CT .''.~:D ' fE REPOKT.t.D THE INFOR~iATIO\J TO T;[i!: CAf, CO . T?.CL TC~:~H t.T _:c,:r;.G 1 I - L ~ ..... 'TTL; HA~H, HHO RELAYED THE: I. FOR:lATIO.' TO T!fE ::cc:!CP.D FLIG:!T ~.:~,\'IC .... CEt'TER. 90TH ~GT AI H AT THE ~t.:i!: Tli:i:: TH!: CIRCULA!~ CJJiCT t.AS S IGHTED I T L30R!: NO RE~Eii3LAi~C TO Ai' Y AIRCRt\FT Tf{~Y H.O.D EVER 2. A. LOCATION A1 D TI~lE OF SI G!{Tii!G: P..PP:~OXI::AT:::LY 3;.; ::ILES r::~T l''ORTHviE~T OF SEATTLE-TACO:lA .O.IRPORT, 19 2JP G~;H AUG 4 9 s . HEATHER .O.T THE Tii:E: CLEAR, VI SI BILITY Ul<:tZSTR ICT~C. C, l~A11ES, OCCUPATIONS, A1'D ADDRESSES OF l:JIT;~ESSt:S: , SEATTL~ AI R ROUT~ TRAFFIC CC. :~CL , SEATTLE 14 , HASH. SZATTLE AI R EOUT~ T F:Ir SEATTL!:, 14 , WASH. !OTOGRAPHS or OBJECTS , IF AVAILABL!:: NvT AVAILA3 LE . 3. SKTCHES OF OBJECT'S CONFIGURATIOlH ;'OT AVAILP..~L. F. voJECT S IGTED: C 1 > i U BER: ONE. (2) ~HAPE: S I MILAR TO AN F-82. (3) SIZE: S I tliLAR TO AN F-84. (4) CCLCR: S iiHLAR TO AN F- 8 4 (5) S PEED: S I MILAR TO AN F-84. (6) HEADI,G: OBJECT WAS HEADING FROM SOUT~ TO NORTH. (7) MAl' EUVERABILITY: OBJ ECT DI D NOT t1ANEUVER ( 8 ) ALTITUDE: OBJECT HAS ESTI~IATED FOUR TO F IVE THOUS.~i;D FS!:T C 9 ) !: CUt' D: NO SOUND HAS HEARD , P.~ ~ AI R P.Oi.JTE TRt\FFIC CO~:T~OLLER ~ AS C .. DUT.! I. T EATTL1:: AI R D~X XX ALi RCUTE: TRf,FFI C CC:~TROL C'Z.!T!!:R ;:T T:: z ~.:::::r~ . -T;.Cl-;, AIRPORT ArD 'OTICED H:lAT APP:::A~ED TO 2::: A JE:T t.I~C!"" t;FT z.: T : -:.~ ::-:T !C.~. OF THE OLYrlPIC L10UNTAH\ S AT AN ESTiilt,T::D DIST.~;~c: C7 2~ TC. 3 ~ AtJAY. !-[E 3ROUGr{T T.I:: TO THE ATTZ~lTIOi~ OF ::R. COi~TROLLER ON DUTY. S I NCE THEY HZRZ AHARZ TH.~T ;;o JZT u:~ITS ~TATIO~\ED HITHI N THI S ARSA THEY :!CTI FIED T:1E :~CC.IC2D FLI~-{T SZ .. '.' I C-: CENTER. THE DSPATC:1ER ON DUTY AT THE ;~CCHCRD FLIGHT SERVICE c:::,iTZ;: DID NOT HAVE A FLIGHT P LA:! ON A~:y J ET AIRCRAFT OR FIG'fTER TYP':: AIRCRAFT Ill THI S AREA DN :~J'.DE A CHECK OF ALL THZ ::ILITP:1'! ~.'!Ti-lli~ THE AREA TO DETER;iii,lE IF A:y JE:T OR FIGHTER TY?E ,;I .C~.',7T F LYING LCCALLY FRO~l THEIR BASES. A NEGATIVE R:::PC2T r:'.S :iZC.:IV ~C. BOTH R!:PORTED THAT Ti-lEY ~:E:P.E ~E:?I.:IT:.: T'i.!.T HE OBJECT S IGHTED DISPL.O.YED VISUAL CHP:1~.CT~ISTICS CF A JZT F!GdT:2 A~D THAT IT~ SP!:ED tvAS SUCH TO LEI\D TH!!:L1 TO 3 ELIVZ IT SSIFIED MESSAGE CtASSifiED MESSAG~