3. DATETIMI CROU' PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION Taco-., Hash 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Wos Balloon 0 Probably Boll oon 0 Possibly Balloon Cl Wos Aircraft Q Probably Aircraft II Possibly Air croft 0 Wos Aatronomlcol D Yea 0 Probably Astronomical 0 Po ui bly Astronomical 7. LENGTH Ofl OISI.-VATION I. NUMIER 0' OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other::---~--:- -- 0 Insufficient Doto for Evaluation 10. IRII' SUMMA.-Y OP SIGHTING Speed was tremendous. straight up. 1 5'.'1 to NE to NW [) Unlcnown 11. COMMENTS Descending, level and Possible aircraft. lJNCLAS.SlFlZD AF FORM 11 PART 1 APrROVEO I Jll'<( IIJ ,If CO-.NH 'f H lfl\1 I' T h\') USA- M.\TS Itt-BS-51 Unidentified Flying Object nc:1r Tocorr.a, .J:!shington AIU.A "II POR f(l) O'f US ( nnshington) II.J" '""' ' Intell i.gsnco Divlsi~n, 1:(1 "t,TS OAT&. C." P'f'Ot>T Oo\H or wrliH''o\lo I .~. I.J'< 1-HU'ARCDBY ( UJI tr)~c;r--------- Joseph IV. Carels, .:ajor, USAF lt/1-r t t!r. tH OJ '~t ' I Report contt1ins inforoation on the sighti ng of an u ni.de'1t.lficd t'lyl:-~::; t ' J .. .K t in the vicinity of Point Defiance, Tacoma , i.'Ja:>hinJt on, a t 1940 PST, 12 iprl l 1')51 \1ILLIA;.1 L . TRAVIS Lt Colonel, USAF Chief, Jntell1 ermce Divis i0n I I c t A t ~" ITa!ASSIFIED AF FOR~1 11~-Pf.RT II AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT Intell:lgence An1~e:iS Aili livi~j on, tlq :AT.., Thll follo.;i~..; ropcrt of t.:1a siJr1tir.t~ or n1. unltlentif l~l flyi11--> u~j ~ t j n th vici::ity of Poir,~ Jofiance, T.:~cor.:a, ,:a~hi;'l~too, ;;a~ ::;ubr~tit.t,;: l o' cc:,o["(l '11.;:. t, ~er~!co Center, cchord Air Force J3::;o, e'~ineton: .;eathcr at tin;e or Coiling nl vis io.i.1ity hr;"..i.r it .. l . Taco""~a, :;o :-hingtorl~ of Object; Object !:lijht<d: rhs l.lJ'';: ~ot4tl.i/t . .!~:t t.o n')rt'v.:A~t, thou to h">.:i)t.l .. t AF FORM ~12~PJ~T II ArPROhO I JV.t i , :e I ROM l . l,.h 11cr1 Int~lligance A~J r~{E AFB AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT ACI'OnT 1>0 . Di'liJon llq -~7S a pproximat ely ztrn:un of l i J:lt .tt s cldflr and silv e r i n c o l or. g . :i~n~nMl He::~arks: Object . !::lS in vic., for roxi::,atl;!ly t:o a !. l a l!:l.l~' :,o three 1.1lnutes o Gu3sts call9d fro: .. i noi rl e : '/Sgt house r or.l.:tr'ced o n t. i1e dur3 tirn and appe: ra!'CO of U . ..;ht tur~t::;. ..i-t~,c~::;os, -:!.:.le: "Jic.<.r;,; t!.o object ntt Lip - t ed t o estlr.~te speed and ul t i tude but, in the dark an:i :Jilonco , had no lJnsi.:. for co arison. '!he \I~ t nc s ses a r J connlderod co:r.pl e;ta l y rel~ a'o lc on:l t:1cj r :t r l'o!' ':1 ~,j ">"' i 3 confirmed by o +!'lcr GO'J r c -3s. V . C VZLS l l !C' t. SS~F1EO