Colville Washington — July 1953

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Keywords: willett, watch, gaiicti, ouiftatiom, iytoinci, ourka, co1111ty, cedta, akywatcben, weddeaday, pllnomeftoa, mlaates, watoll, allnoat, ooatiftuouaa, tttertlon, peeullar, olloura, nlftala, aarrow, moitly, qalaat, ciscatld, loek1d, oblcunilf
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lo DATE T OP GaiiCTI 1. LINOTM OP OUiftATIOM t. ftHYIICAL IYtOINCI I. LOCATIOM OURKA.TCBl ~clal City_ ~d Co1111ty Paper 10 CeDta 18 -PAGES b,. Three People. . Tile t.,..boar obr:aaN by three 3 reUabl~ wl~n ctc;n little to aolve 1 Three Colville ,akywatcben report a flylnc,J saucer in th... early WedDeaday morning. They are M~ .. Gerald Willett and Kra. John Link, on the 4 .~ ... lhm. at tbe wat:ob ~wer and Jam Kohl thtt pllnomeftoa-a few mlaates . Link. "'' pea It wu about :\ rtet p&a oa watoll ud tbat tile,. II:'U. after we ,..chad tiM I towar Ullla ()(rJ. Willett) called v.a~bect It allnoat ooatiftuouaa, for my ~ttteRtlon to a peeullar atar 1ft t-.vo olloura. 1 tlae eut. We watched for a loq n did aot Nlftala ltatloaa,. but , tlmo. It ... mac~ to mcwe at tlmu. 1 ~4)VId about Ia a aarrow arc _.. :. but moitly qalaat the wind u Ia ,. ral mu.. ent aact aOI'thealt of '( ciScatld b,. tbe cloud wblch 1ome- t he tower. It loek1d Ua a ID\&11 U.... oblcunilf' lt! , and nemblld a 'atar aid the "It eertalnlT wun"t a ltar. Wo womea. oacept tllat It n~ained la Juat oouldn't flpre out wbat lt ~lalltoclt l&icl lie watebed It a Kolll1tldt atd tbe women can I f~w mlRu&-. uw It .. ,boot .. nd 1 bla attention to the object wbea be lt!niT la a aortlaoutert,. dlnetlon weat oa watch at I L aa. ! ~nd thea dllapp11r beblnd a cloud .. I watched It for a llttle wblle,'" I h'lnk. . aid Kohlatedt. .. At tlmM lt IMIDM 1 "'Vh .. I .. at oa watch Wedn... to 8hoot off la a aoutheuterly dl " 'Y' moralnl r took up the broom NCtlGn. Flnall~ It ctllappeared and 'nd-weRt outalcle to aweep off the 11 dlda't ... lt any more. 1 r:a~orm,.. ld Mrs. Wlllett. .. I I .. The object aHmf!CI to be about n o tieecl an obj1ct In the Jky north-the alze "Of a halt-dollar and wu ,_, of tbe tower that ~sembled I shiny. rm aure it W'lsn't a at.ar. , . t atar and et cllcla't .. en to IN". 1 ba~e no ldea what lt mlabt ban I I' n._ 1 call\td Vlfliala'l ()(rs. Joha I been. 1 r.,nk) attention to It and we watch _ The wonaen aald they reported ''' lt molt of the two hourt t ' I rt to tbe Spokane rtlter centf"r and ~ \~ere on watcb. , "'J I that MYeral quationa were anaw.r- ' "{t looked about tile liM of a ed but that no on" thr ..... meet 1, I u ollar, but of coune it wu a loq to aet excited about lt." wsy off aad tbere wu ao W&7 to There bave been aev~ral lnatan.:. "u_,. ., real lill." of .. flFinl aauc:en" reported l~thia : 1\o(n. Llak tlaouP& the aiu m'-bt a,_ but tbll lJ the first tlrae the I .,.-. a ...-o Mjeet ba be repclftecl a.r~a tba ricWie of tbe "aueen,'' but lt clo werlfy .,.,_4 doubt that thf'IN' are atranp objectl Ia the tk)'. The akywatcheu were uked lfl they thou1ht lt mlcht have been a weather balloon. All exprea1ed doubt. The object seemed to move a1aln1t the wind rather thsn with It, and remained ln the aame cen-1 eral loeallty more than two hours. l The area ln which the object wu aeen Ia a ''dip" In tbe borlaon be tween Old Dominion mountain anct Call1pell peak. kywateben are familiar with the outll ... u lt lJ an excellent place to "apot.. plane c:omtn1 la from tbe eut. .AeMhlr n ol a Wllk While P. ~ ~ountr o1 ._ rw~ piute ol at * ol 1., I at a pe'at "'ftle wae alleaaotulllll caupt naue.ll It wttla the ltrUI el a lrror. . "It wn tb:ee till our plan . .,._.. weN ao Tile 11ld laa. -.er-la-law, rid.,. wttll Ida Ia tu fraat t. alii aw tM Ject W that Kn. of tile ne ,_a loelr," ld o4 e. ....._ npld1l' w1t1t1ut P.Ua 'I u na . tlt1t Ill ferward ,_ eutbeeU a .....,. ae'Mer" or otber Ia . do tile IITib The elllln11 II: Uaidaettftelale Aerial Objecta. Alr Taohelad latelUpace Center, Alr l'oroe 8111, Col ville, . .'1.::;hir.r:ton The o"lser~tion "I 1enorterl ln the !l.rticle of 17 July, e 0uld l)e ex,lai ned '1y n.s 3 trrni np: th \ t a diota.nt !)lane i gnited -:1 11':\gn~si'tr. fl\re, atta.tehed to : t. wing tip.