Scnt.,enb :::r OATETIM! GROUP LENGTH Oil OBSERVATION BRIEII SUMMARY 011 SIOHTIHO PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 'tiash.i 1.;tJn TYPE OF OBSERVATION 11 Ground VI sual 0 Ground Radar 0 A i r- Vi sual 0 A ir-Intercept Radar Civilia."1 a. HUMBER Oil OBJECTS Stationary r~ce:. ved. CONCLUSIONS Wa s Balloon Probably B al loon Possibly Balloo n Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Was Astranomi cal Probably Astronomical Possi bl y Astronomical In s u fficient Data for Evaluation P');.;sibl a ba 1 :.oon r '3ro 9Ile filtc:r c~nte~f/>6J:L rece.i ved si!T'2lar re.~ar+, san:P lo~ation. ATIC FORM 329 (R&V 26 SEP 52) ,PRH C~2 ) \ u.tti Jl:IPPG 011 P.R JED~1H JEDHP JHPRH 333 DE Jl~PPG ID 68 ~ CO~DR 57ADIV FAIRCHILD AFB WASl{ TO ZEN/CDIR OF INT HQ USAF tJASH25 DC JEDvJP/AIR TECH INTELL CENTR tvRIGHT PATTERSON AB OHIO INFO ZEN:CotIDR ENT AFB COLO SPRINGS COLO ,JEDMH/ Cot1DR SAC OFFUTT AFB NEBR .t~, .. ,..-.J : : -~ 92ID 4632. REPORT OF SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED 4. TH1E 121~ PST SIGHTING REPORTED BY , AN. EMPLOYEE OF THE NORTHERN PACIFIC PASCO, WASH. THE UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT REPORTED WAS FIRST NAKED EYE. AT THE TIME FOR THE INITIAL SIGHTING IT WAS REPORTED TO BE IN THE C0~1PANY OF A MUCH LARGER OBJECT WHICH DISAPPEARED BEFORE THE OBSERVER COULD GET AN ACCURATE DESCRIPTION. ITS METHOD OF DISAPPEARANCE iJAS UNNOWN. SSS INCE ALMOST NO INFOR~1ATION COt!CERNING TI1E LARGER OBJECT COULD BE FURNISHED BY MR. INDRED THIS REPORT WILL COVER ONLY THE Sr1A!..L OBJECT. THE OBJECTS ttJERE FIRST OBSERVED AT PP.SCO, PAGE TWO Jt.JPPG ~ 6B !ASH. BY ND A GRUOUP OF OTHER PERSONs. Ct1R DID NOT NOW THE EXACT f1BER OF PEOPLE NEITHER DID HE FURNISH NAMES AND ADDRESSES) SOMEONE I N THE GR CURED A PAIR OF BINACULARS AND ALL INFORMATION FURNISHED BY i1R. WAS BASED ON HIS OBSERVATION OF THE OBJ ECT THROUGH THE B INOCULARS HE REPORTED THAT HE FIRST SIGHTED ntE OBJECT AS PASCO, ~ASH AND FURTHER OBSERVED IT FOR A PERIOD OF APPROXIfwi ATELY SIX ( !>) HOURS ALONG THE ROUTE OF THE NORTHERN PAC IF'IC P.R HHILE THE TRAIN .. WAS ENROUTE TO SPOKANE, ~vASH THE POSITION OF THE OBJECT ~mEN FIRST SIGHTED WAS ESTIMATED TO BE AT APPROXIMATELY 000 FEET ALTITUDE AT A DISTANCE ESTIMAT~D TO BE APPROX 3 0 MILES WEST, SOUTHWEST OF PASCO. OBJECT WAS NOT MOVING BUT RE~1AINED I N A STATIONARY POSITION. MR STIMATED THE SIZE OF THE OBJECT TO Bt: ABOUT THE SAl1E AS THA OF CESSNA 170 I RCRAFT WHEN OBSERVED AT AN ALTITUDE OR DISTANCE OF 1500 FEET. THE OBJECT APPEARED TO HAVE ti/INGS POSITIONED MIDWAY BETt\TEEN THE NOSE AND THE TAIL. NO VERTICAL OR HORIZONTAL ST~.BI LIZER \JAS VISIBLE. T HERE APPEARED TO BE NO TRACE OF A~l EXHAUST AND NO SOUND WAS HEARD. AS STATED THE OBJECT STATIONARY ( DESCRIBED BY INDHED AS APPEARING AS AN AIRCRAFT I N A TIGHT BAtJKN THIS HAS TRUE THROUGHOUT THE SIGHTING EXCEPT FOR ONE NOVE NOTED tJHEN THE OBJECT vlAS FIRST OBSE RVED. THIS MOVE \vAS I N A PAGE THREE Jl~PPG 33 6B STRAIGHT LINE AND COVERED ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF THE VISIBLE SKY. AFTER COMPLETING THIS MOVE AT AN EXTREMELY HIGH SPEED THE OBJECT RETUR D TO ITS ORIGINAL POSITION. THE SKY WAS CLEAR DURING THE PERIOD OF THE XSERVATION. VI IBILITY WAS UNLIMITED. ~!0 PHOTOGRAPHS WERE TAKEN. THE OBSERVER S A PRIVATE PILOT WITH APPROX- IMATELY100 HOURS FLYING T ME INNSINGLE-ENGINE AIRCRAFT. AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME OF THIS SIGHTING AN OBSERVATION OF AN OBSERVATION OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT lt/AS REPO D TO THE SPOKANE FILTER CENTER BY WASH rETAILS OF THE SIGHTIJG w~RE NOT AVAil TIME OF THIS REPORT BUT THE OBJECT WAS SIGHTED IN THE SAME GEOGRAPHICAL AREA AND I N ABOUT 11iE SAHE POSITION. A DE'rAILED INTERROGATION OF MR INDRED HAS NOT BEEN CONDUCTED. THIS INF TION CONTAU-1'ED I N THIS REPORT HAS T AKEN OVER THE TELEPHONE. MR DE THE CALL AFTER HE HAD COMPLETED HIS RUN FROM PASCO TO SPOKANE. HE WILL BE CONTACTED, INTERROGATED AND ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WILL BE INCLUDED I N THE REPORT ON AF112. 04/.023 1 Z SEPT JWPPG