PI<OJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Abou.t Jurh-!' 1955 K'~Nrffi\.JICK, H.~-\3!-ii~{G'i'ON 0 Wos Balloon 0 Probably Balloon -----li Possibly Balloon 3. DATETIME CROUP 4. 'fYPE OF OBSERVATION :1 Ground Vi suol s. PHOTOS ----.. - 6:-s6URCE a Ground-Radar a Airlntercept Radar 7. LENGTH OP OBSERVATION not gl.vcn 0. NUMBER OF OBJECTS a Was Aircraft a . Probobl)' Alrc:roft a Po ssi bl )' Ai ret oft a Was Astronomi col a Probably Astronomical 0 Possibl)' Astronomical 0, OtherliU.CS' .ble Rpt 0 Insufficient Dato for Evaluation lO. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING .L;:~rt?;e, shiny me t a l ball appea,_..ed lo~ . ., oYer ob3'.n"Ver. Crone t o a stop, the n left with 3 high r ate o f sp-eed. S~ates h e hea1d ,. chug t;;hugu s ound. R~ported to FBI who forw~rded it to AF OSI. A'riC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) 11. COMMENTS Ob,ject reported lyr nfter sightlng . ~l:'oo old to i.nvest :igate. llitn ess ''Saucer" enthusiast. Unreliable Uni.dentif':tP.d Fl:rin~ 2)0DI 1st Ind Hea.:lquarters J 25th P. i:r Division ( Defense), NcChord .AFB, \'Jashington TO: Commander, Flight 1-A, 4602d Air Intelligence Service Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Washington Forwarded for your information and necessary action. FOR THE CON~vl~NDER: AIS()C 20 }Tovet~ber 1956 SUBJ~t URiB TOt CoJnander Air 'i'sehnical Intelligence Center J'..ftMt AJ.~II 4~ l-1right.-Pstterson Air Foree 1. The ineloaed correspondence ia th arded to yol]lt orgsnization for your i~o~ation and necessar.r action. 2. Since no report of a lJlt"''B sighting has been ml\Oe organuatlon has not authorized OIC Flight l .... A, h6o2d AISS, to investigate the Source lilted i.n the correspondence. 3 Raquest you adrlae th:t.a organization of' any action neeessar:r rogarding the inclosed e. rea TH:S COMMANDER 1 2. Lt;&-tr 2oth ro, CSI w/tn4 tr 2Sth AD (Det) v/1 Incl . <rrt\RI.ES W. OOD.'3EY Captain, U~AF Assistant Adjutant L~SSlE!ED J10.9 R-.oort FILE CLASS:_ OFFICIAL FILl: ~:r~ A FOIN IV 2b ( llnio~ I n t.,lli6ano" Co9n t e r , ::'l giJ;t-lla \iter~ o n "i r ~ -,r~e . .3>:ide, .l\FfllNA~'.~c Ai=OIN4X3 _AFOINIlX4 OIN..tC"' OUIJUUlU.r, :letldquuters, 1+6~d ~\lr lnt8ll l6en\la .;t;rviu d'l'J ron ~), ZD' .ioir J~ree '.3azt, Colortdo T.l.ls C.utt.er 1.1 1n :-a~ipt o l ~ :tsl ::tspo,t J ated 1~ JJne bllli tte4i t ch Ot't!c ot 33)eCi.dl :nves t\g~ :ions 1'8- a UFO aii'J1ting ob11e1eoyed. b y a ~g' :<1ehtirds o n >Ye r ~\dnne"Wiek, on in 1955, c~py attach &a..t on t~ :i:ni ted claU. aubmi t t d ~tl ~ralue&tion o..t' the plua a ,:)--eneral chaoll o f a(Stivi tiu of tb are i n tutta cion, in t n f~llo~ing& e&tul t e J li :.r u-ro a igl:). "::ing 'W4.:S l'a,gorte d ,').nu y~o.r cJ..fter ~h. inc i- '* plMce, ~king 1 t i.11poaaibl4 f.,r .ln i."lmeui..4 t a ...anJ on--sn~- estig ion. . b. l t tt,P,i)e&rs odd that an o bject al8 l:oi;tg e t.\8 ariDg at low ~li1 tude o~r a tairl:f larg e town ieklt, wils no~ ooa"n~d or rspor..ed o y o~hf:tr3. deacri~ed, o. Y Waahi~ton, ~nich is approximatel7 15 ~ilea l t ot Y'~nn'~iclc, ha an as'tabli3hed U. J. weather burea u ~ ~ lauuching station. U~lloone ar~ l aunchdd ~Y~rJ 3iX hours. d . Thre an!t a pproxi:ae. taly nine t o ten :nili tary airdr')l)t~!'l ~ ieltU i n th ~icinl ty ot and betw-,ctn :!akima and :eannewiek '~t .1.1 t D.U.Il ly, launching 3ehedule d or un:Jcheauled balloon3. ~ a . RadiotSonde balloons launcned .at ni.ght from mili tarJ da are flcm attYeu to irw'!nty tee~ in di ter. 'l'ho:r CUT'J a . Dning light ~nderneata whioh, 6nerally. gi~e a metallio en reflso\ln6 on tb$ surf3ce o f tn balloon. ~heea ..,h f. The gener~l '"ind direction en Ule night of t~cl si61'1 ti.q.g~'-;: ~ .~ - a ou th~aat. Cur ~41ll:l$dce h a 3 s llown that a l t ilougll 9lbal "~ ;, ."I, ... , OSQnd bdlloo - c-A~etveen 600 t o 1200 feet p~r s a oo.nd <i"-:; =. - -;c.ts eaat t o ai t tV4'k~es o r ,.,ind oondi t ions, will r el1Mlin at a Co ' - ;: l;JW a l t l ~;. r ~ L~ 3y9~;re" :~t s F.ldb.a.rdson 13 a f l y ing 36Uce r a.at . Hl:J 3 tefD.~zril""t'11at ne haa b6en "intarea~ed i n f'l:ri~------ for y&ar3 r~d has everJthin~ on t h e subject aonf 'rrr FOR"tt 144 ( RF.V 20 FEB 56) ROtJTrNG AND COORDINATION S HEET ,\ FOIN4X 2b Ar0U~4X2c ~ClASS! fiE FILE C LASS: _ OFFICIAL FILE COPY _OFFICE OF RECORD ] . l n liens ol t!le !ioo.,...,. :lur conc.lu .sions. .:1 ~rs?n~ly JU~tto ~ ~he objeo~ ~oa~r,.~ ~as d b~lloon. . i1~fsr~noe 94lra~r~tJh J o f y ou.r baaio COl"r8.:$.901lc.ittnOI!le ;:'om 'Y14., of all !:lft tttri~l. o n f lle :re garding ~ub jct ~)Qdlo)M~n, 1 t ..rs ta.t lle not c)nly h .aa ~ ~i~J.t-a\lti"1e i~i!14Stion and ~ r1!n\ly atron8 t>.,liei' i n sunor.all~ "flyl::1~ !J~Ua~rs, .. 0 11!; Chat ll continue ~11~in~ .l nu133.ll\ht ot a.l:ls~lf t o the ~'Bl .:oh1 :l'ther unita. ~; 1 tber~i'or. a.~"'tl. tb-&5 :lii.t ~io.tu .... r d3on l>tt ~n- r..ed, i n subd~no, of tQe fo!lo~inga u . 'Tht n .3D.~uld report all \;?o ~igh ~1n.gs t:o ~n naars .- -; UD 1 ' prefer3bly .!l 460-l4 .\.l.>S unit, an~ not t.~.. ~a I. b . '111..-G i;be .-\1r I'orce is l n r~o4$ipt ? t ':li3 r~por~ ot tl\e ewick aigh tlng a 'the i.nfor:n~tlon i a ~ing u~"d . .1~ pctrt ot "";h e i n our continuing ~>ro~cm for t dT,u dy nd -Uldl.y~i..:J o.i" '..lni- U'i.d aeri~l objeot3 t and that his l.;l-;f.trest i.n t h e ..-nattl!tr l.! ~. E\Jr'tner, :'1a :.,hould b e :\n.forruad i n a -:~thcf.r f1:,:~ maona r a a a n officer of tha l'l.~ ~1a i a certainly .J.wara t'1. t unleds uay '~ ~!'\Ci da.ot 13 r"eported i:nmeui.;ltely i t i.J of l i:nitaa V 3. lUtt !')r i~Yt":3tl d. I ! ueaired, i ;a.~a und~r puagrapb. 3o thro-Jgll ~ above made of the corresponddnce. e . A a rd tJ3U '010 qustionnai:e to~a~er wi ~b :!o r:n A. ~010 Observers !natruotion 3heet,~ b e a~nt to Sg~ Bichardaon a rsqueat that al t hougll late 1~or proper !>roc.,~sing. the data. deair~\lle tor canpl-etentl88 or file. A..personal in~erfi~ by .nember ot your f'i~ltl Hnit would b e desir~ble in -t;h.jtt it \t~ill rd an opportuni t,. to ~tudy or make scme obaer'fa tion of the t."e ersonalit.7 inTolTed. ATIC .1-0RM l.U (REV 20 YEB S 6 ) ROUTING A N D C OORDINATIO!"f S H EET AF-WP-0 -'29 MAR 5 6 JSM lOO..lqc}45 1015 Second Avenue Seattle 4, ashington Colonel Spencer W. Raynor, US~' District Commander 20th Distrlct, OSI McChord Air Force Base, \lashington Re: Unidentitied F'lying Objects The following information was furnished to Special Agent Clement ~l. Parkhurst, resident a~.z;ent, Richland, \iashington, on June Sergeant C-ordon Richardson, Kennewick, ~1a.shington Police Dep~ment, advised that for ssveral years he has been Ye~ interested in f'l]irig saucers and has read everything available concerning this to~ic Gordon advised that he h a 3 some intortna.tion lthich he considers to be or ucmo3t importance to t h e d.gf9nse of the United States concerning a flying space ship which he obaer~ed over Kennewick, Washington about a year ago. Richardson stated that he had never told anyone about this matter and had not discussed it with other officers ot the pollee department because they "never pay a'f1'1 attention to ''~hat he says". Gordon prefaced his remarks by stating that he realizes his information sounds like a nut ~om plaint u but a3sures the wr-iter that t)lis is not so Richardson 9tated that the thing he saw has been weighing very heavily on his mind and he believes tha information should be passed on to the Air Force or other inte tad Defense Agency. Riehardson stated that ab_out, a year ago ha ~3.3 on nifSht shift . _ _ j .and was in the vicinit:z or lst and ~Jashington, Kenne'"J.ck, at_ aoout-lQ--p}r .when ha observed-a-large,--shl.nint~, ..... rilataJ: bal:l -a:bout 30'-in diameter owoos h in from the vJest at r ather low altitud~ onl:r 200 or 300 feet in the air or l ess. The baJ l ,.,as travsling at a high rate of speed and t~hen it got about three blocks east of Hashington Street it e;~g,tg. !l . .Qo~ s lP .. o .,k, Richardaon stated that ths b all ha d left a frail of f~re until it s opped l and then emitted no fire or smoke. R:.lchard:son deacrll1ed th9 ball at oer-! f:)ctl:r s pherical and made of shiny metal. ~ a .. sf-~!f~.f1avra.";par~IY.:otft~E --; b;1,ll h.~d at le~st tt.,o different kinds o! mo ors tp; .. :~.rope:h~.i~-.,b~,~3&.'1i_h~n ! it, was sta.nding still he cot&.ld hear the "chug chug of ~"vhe ll~:aounding .ca a tractor engine tr' f'r? o- DEPARTMENT Of THE AIR FOitC! HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON THI! INSPECTOR G!NERAl USAF 20th DISTRICT OFFICE OF SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONS McCHORO AIR FORCE BASI!, WASHINGTON SU3JECT: Unidentified Flying Ob,iect Obeerved Approximai .. ely 1 Ju .. Yle -195.5 in Vicinity of Kennewick, Uashington TO: Commander 25th Air Division (Defense) :t-tcChord AF'B, ~Jashington ATTmJTION: Intelligence Officer Thin office is :i.n receipt o.l a letter from the Seattle ?ield Office, Federal Dnreau of Invest.ieation, copy of Hhich is att2.0hed hereto for yocr infor~tion and a~ action you may dee~ appropriate. Cy ltr, FDI, dtd J uA.Nf!!D SP~I C7:;R ,:i . RA YH OR Colonel, USAF District Commander P t<-It Lc: P/,l~l\'~ ccs-Hv~ !<.SA r-/ oAr SMA~IA-May 55-lOM lp DISPOSITION UFOB Report FROM DATE COMMENT NO. 1 Comdr 4602d AISS mt AFB, Colorado .. \ TT'~: AI SOC OIC Flt 1-A, 4602d AISS McChord AFB, Washington Lt Stra3ser/rdb/116 Forwarded is a copy of a UFOB sighted 1 June l9'i,5 at Kennewick, The report was initiated by the FBI, sent through the OSI to the D/I 25th Air Division and was rec~ived from that ottice. Due to the age of the in.f'ormation and the circumstances or sighting, no preliminary investiga tion was made by the office or the D/I. LELAND R. KIRK, Capt, USAF Officer in Charge 1015 Second Avenue Sea i; i;le, ~,lashing ton October 17, 1936 Colon~l S!)an\ler U. Raynor, USAF D!~trict Commander 20:~ District, OSI r~.!~Chord Air Force Base, Haahington Ra: Uniden~if1ed fflyin~ Objacts . Dear Sir: Cn J e 12, 1955, a l~tter was directed t o your office reporting information furnishad by Sgt. Gordon Richa~dson, Kennawia~, Washington Polic~ Department relativ~ : o hi3 s!3htlng or an un1dent1f1ad fl~r1ng object. sst. Hichardson has conta~ted o n.::' Senior Reaid~nt AgenG at Richland, vla3hin ton on a numb~r o.i. ... ~lmaa since his original reporting of this inciden t and has etated that ha is most a 1ous to talk to a rcpr~eaocativa o f tne Air Force concerning his obaervai;ions or this unidantified !'lying ob,jeac. S3t. Richardson stated t hat h e had soma new information t.i~11ch apparently is not a !lew observation, but s ome t heories on h1a previous si ting, wb.ich ha desires t o paas on t o the appropriate represanta.tive o:t" the Air Force. Sgt. R:!.chardson haa been advised that his or131na1 inforMation \'4as turned over to your office and that his subsequant contac cs tilll also b e :rurn1shed to you for your infornution. 'l'his matter tfas discuasad ~lith Najor Russell \iomack of your office on Cc tober 9 , 1956 and h3 suggested that this lett~r be forwarded. Sincarely yours, R. D. AUEHBACH Special Agent i n Charge DEPARTMENT Of THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON THE INSPECTOR GEN ERAl USAF 20th DISTRICT O FFICE OF SPECIAl INVESTIGATIONS M cCHO RD AIR FORCE BASE, WASHINGTON SU.f3JZC1': Unicle.n.tii'ic d Ji'1yin ~CO: Co .~.lai1d.er 2)t.~ Air Di vi ~ion (lli1') AT.ftT: Irr~clli_:;8nce Off l ccr f.1cCilord :'.FD, ~!o s 'liu.:;ton