3. DATETIM! GROUP GMT o~Lo~Joz PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCA"tiON :Bel1.1ngbam, Wash ... TYPE OF OBSERVATION J(l Ground VIsual 0 Ground-Radar 0 AI,.. VIsual 0 Alrlntercept Radar HUMBER OF OBJECTS CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon Possibl y Balloon Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft Ylos Astronoml col Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Other UNIDENTIFIED 7. LEHOTH 011 OBSERVATION l see description Insuffici e nt Data for Evaluation lEI Unlcnown 10. BRI!II SUMMARY 011 51GtiTIHO One round, white obj size ot head or pin held Investigated by Flight 1-A, 46o2d AISS. at arms length, seen by observer to move Forwarded to ATIC as very slowly in a 30 deg arc across the f'ront of the bit dipper. (SEE CASE 17 SEP 55) rORM 329 (RitV 21 SEP 52) R F .r'f1J54 F11 COIiDH 635'1'11 ACl:RON ;; CCJitii?D AFB iJi\SH i7.J CCJ} "'R '' fJU' f"l )!j I l rC" T rr-nr--0 AFb o:;J(; f>AJ? AG r1APP. F, i~vt~f: l,lJI,f"l, '- flo\ lJ. GOOiJ UAT C1-: H~C FOR A1RCI1/\FT AF fORM 112-PART II ' APPRt>VEO 1. JUNE 1948 (Cl.ASSII"'CA TIOIO AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT I f4POIIT NO.lA-UFOB-3-5 5 Flight 1-A, 4602d AISS P~G! 2 OF 4 '-"CES I. SOURCE: Mr. Charles Saullders Address: 620 Garden St., Bellingham, Washington Age: Unknown upation: Grocery Store Clerk Educatioft: High School Qualifications: GOC Observer II. RELIABILITY: Source appeared to be sober, conscientious, and cooperative. Source's GOC supervisor affirmed these indications. III. SOURCES DESCRIPTION OF SIGHfiNG: 1. Source described object as being a round, white light the size of a I pinhead held at arm' lenRth. 2 . Object moved err.a tic ally laterally and horizontally. 3. ,.. Source stateui t.ht obJect definitely moved in referenc e to a known, stationary object. ObJet!l ~<1-:&:t observed to move appr.oximately 30 degrees across the big dipper. _ -t1 Source aasoclattKI JnovehHnt of object with inten.sity of light. Light - - to intenaify whrt oh,1ect moved and groir dim when object was motionless. This waa a night l'ighting observed for 15 minutes. Weather cond.tt. \ nns were clear and unlimited. ARtA REPORTm OH . AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT FROM (.-tgmey) ~ErJ.INGHAM, ~/ASHINGTON,_USA _!..!. ?.t 1-A, 460 AISS f'IIUAA0 BY ( O."> SOURCE ~CHARD E. _HANSEN J l[Lt, USAF Hr. ~ (Cbntrol n "Wibo!r, dlrtclir~, pr,mo., rt'f")rl. etc , u r n p-p4fro/Jie) AFR 200-2,_dtd 12 Aug 54, TT msg_635th AC&W Sq SllUIIIIIRY: (J!:nl" eoftdlf "'" " '"'IV of rtptWI. Gior Jl(l'llfi~rm.:4 '" /lnal Ollt-4rn!rnct p4TI1V111PII. Li# in,lOltAftl allower /.tfl . Bcgln tat of ltporl 011 .1 f' Form 111-Pt:rl II. ) I. CONTENTS: PART ONE: Description of sighti~ by Mr. Charles Saunders, GOC observer, Bellingham, Washington. PAnT TWO: Supplement~r.r investigative efforts. PART THREE: Comment.B of preparing officer. II. Stw.MARY: 'fhe un.i t1ei'\Ufied flying object was observed by SOURCE while- on duty at the GOC po'.Jt at Bellingham, Washington, .(GF..OREF DKND 3145) at 04/053(J2 Sept 19.55. Th~ 19\ghtinp; was Mde in a westernly direction from Bellingham, \'lashing ton. Object was observed for 15 minutes III. INVESTIGATORS: U/:IG'f NOHHAN R. FISHER, AF18173959 A/I.C JAMF;S G. SLOAN, AF1942030S RICHARD E. HANSEN 1/Lt, USAF Officer In Charge JOHN H. WHITE JR Colonel, USAF L.\BRAr{t suBJt:.. ----'M<.'l..S. See individua l p11.rts D/I, USAF; Comdr, ATIC; D/I, 25 ADiv; Comdr, 4602d AISS; OIC Fljght 1-A, 4602d AISS "OTfl HilS DOCUMEm' CONTAJNS INFORMATION AFFECTING TilE NATIONAL DSFENS OF 1 HE UN I TEO STATCS WITHIN THl': MEANING OF THC: E.Sf'IONAG!: ACT. !'JJ U.S C - 31 AND 32. AS AMEJ'iOEO. ITS TRANSMISSION OR T HE REVELATION OF ITS CON reNTS IN ANY MANNER T O AN UNAUTIIuRIZEO F'ERSON 1:) PROHIOITEO BY LA \'I. IT MAY NOT DE ~l::PROOUC0 IN WHOLE OR IN PART. BY OTHER THAN UNITED STATES AIR FOflC AGENCIES. EXCEPT BY Pf.RMISSION OF T HE DI RECTOR OF AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION 'REPORT REPORT HO. lA-UFOB-3-55 Flight 1-A, 4602d AISS PAGE 4 ' OF 4 COl-U.fENTS OF PREPARING OFFICEn: 1. Arter reviewing the !acta a positive identification cannot be made, however the information available does not preclude the possibility of this sighting being astr onomical phenomena . RICHARD E . HANSEN 1/Lt, USAF Officer In Charge Approving Offloer: . .. ..J.. Concur with preoludes analysio. the opinion of the Preparing Officer that the lack of data i a fonrurdsd to ATIC as. "'unknown". ttOTl: THI S OOCUMEN r CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEi'ENS OF THE UNITED STATtS WI THIN THE MEANING OF THE ESPIOilAGE ACT, SOU S. C.- 31 AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TP.ANSMI~'SION OR THE P.EVELATION OF ITS CONTENTS 1~; ANY MAIIINER TO AN UNAUTHORtlEO PERSON IS PROHIBITED BY LAN. APPROVt U I JUr.t:. 1~ ... ~---------A_I_R_IN_T_E_LL_IG~E~N~C~E_IN_F_O_R_M_A_TI I REPORT~. l lA-UFCB-3-55 SUPPI.EHENTAL INVESTI GATIVE ErF'CR'i'S: 1. The 63 5th AC&\'1 s, s.t McChord AFB was unable t o furnish any infor mation oa the sighting . J\Olllic&l are no facilities available to Flight 1-A f o r checking on astro- 3. A check with Sandpoint NAS at Seattle, i-Jashington, the only agency in this area that launches balloone, revealed t hat n o such object from their station could have b eeft in the area of Belling ham at t he tine of the eight i ng . A balloon released at OI./0231Z Sept 1955 could n ot have been in the Bellingham area b e caus e prevailing winds were from the north and would hav~put t he b~lloon far to the south of t he aighting . _ HOT: T HIS OOCUMEtiT CONTAI NS ltiFORMATIOt: AFFECTING THE NATIOI'iAL OEFL:O.SE Oi' THE IJ;ITEO STt.TE:S VII THI N THE MEANmG OF THE E:SPIONAG ACT. Sol U S. C i ------~ ... ~ ... ~ .. 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