Seattleandrentonwashington — May 1953

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Keywords: ngton, renton, seattle, sezsrtce, uewuk, sftattle, iusch, tjpan, aahingtoa, ftilb, siahtidit, lslops, sigbtidga, unlmrml, teleecro, vie11ed, nmrber, obened, l1ud1dg, abitted, hnrison, 1uhtngton, obllli, unlcnatm, obeenena
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t. DATI TIMI Cl \oi l:t:.r.s ~. MUMUI OP OIJICTI Gl'OUrd-Vlsu:l (1'<) t. '"YIICAL IVIDINCI 2. LOCATION n. 111P IUMMAIY AND AMALYIII Obj eot !lear Renton. r:h:l.ngton light sezsrtce UATS, 3000 Uewuk street, li. \1., -:r-sh~ton 2$, n. c. Civilla obeez ?ere of Sftattle and 13 'Iusch l9Sl loi.UI E. ~. 1!a3 or. P.tJpan 1.ntor:.atioD on t~e eil)lting o.t: 311 unidentified i"l.1'ing ~bj Act il'l th8 v1 ai:'lit.y o Seattle and Renton, v;aahingtoa CEiU.LD F.. T'lUJl 1.1aj or, U~.AF Intelt Jgc O!fioer center, Aft!h A'f'IAJ,.2o UNa:ASSIFIE& ftilb' 8G tloe, l!A!S l. Dat. of a.i.~a 11 1-l9Sl UNCLASSIFIED IP.-J2J-S3 2. Time of siahtiDit lSlOPS'r ~ ? :" v Y:eather at the tL-ne of sigbtiDga Clear, visibi lit7 lS miles.. :.L~s aloft 10,000 000 i'aet )600 lJ) lalOta. (street address unlmrml) Seattle, 1,'/aahi.ngton, telephone n.nto~ ~1ash!ngton, telephone 6. Type of sigbtiDgs Ground observation. teleecro.e. Object ;ru vie11ed through a four power 7. Objao\ si,gbted n. NmRber -ODe c. Sise-r8p)rted u the size or a r.arble d. Color -'\'fbi te to opaque ~-Altitude -One obsener estilr.atecl 20.000 t~, nrd the other obsex ver osti- e. Sou.Dd -no sound wu heard h. E trail-DO ahauat trail, no obened propulsion syst. i. l1ud1Dg-object abitted back ar.d :torth, then disappeared over the hnrison. j. location-Town or n.nton, ~,1uhtngton . k. Of Obllli tal;ion-unlcnatm 1. Object position 1D relation to obeenena Uo bearing wu given Ceneral n.arba The roar power acope 1l8ecl trU a rifle scope. One obaener reported the object wu tJ]olring lighted. Bo interception wu attempted. DO plv"sical. evidence._. produced. 110 pbotogyapba or *etch subna1 tted. l!ou higb lt1 tndeJillgonJ "1!-nt reoor".Ad ' tM eral ~c1 2!-th!_!.ght~. Seat a UAS V:-!1/DF ~acilitiea report-~ &\ at MjfEf a.:n oon tr~ch. tney .were tracld ng was on a balloon to s+..ation bear.l:as of . , a claaa B fix. At l900PST the balloon to station bearing ~ 60, and at 19)0PS'f the bvloon to station bear1~ 7f&a S~, still a class R l')lot. Cenral ni renlt were locall~. at the ti:ne of s1 gbting but none l'Jero reported at high altitud.. DOWNGRADED AT 3 YE:\U I~"'T~RVALCJ~ DECLASSIFIED AFTER 12 YEARS