PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION CONCLUSIONS Washington Area Washington 0 Probably Boli-n OATETIME GROUP .4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Bali-n Loc:al Rj(;round Visual 0 GroundRadar 0 Waa Airc:raft 0 Probably Airc:raft 0 Air-Vi au a l 0 Alrlntorc:opt Radar 0 Po ssi bl y AI rc:rah s. P HOTOS Was Astronomi c:al Probably Astronomical 0 Po uibly Aatronomlcal 7. l.ENOTH Ofl OISEAVATION HUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE 0 , Other_ lnsuffic:lont Oato for Evaluation 10. BRIEf' SUMMARY Ofl SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS bluish white, Radiosonde released at 0230Z Sand Point (see othe r report this date). been viewed eac h report indicates following nights 1st sighted in SW moving to south). considers object as approxi-ln mate position. :. If FctRM 112--PART II ' APPROVED I JUHE 154 ----Tc:UsSiii&r1oti)-UNCLASSI F \ EL> AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT l R EPORT ..0. i lA-UFOB-1-56 COMMEN'IS CF PREPARING OFFICER: l o In the opinion of the investigating officer this s ighting ~ undoubtedly caused by the star SIRIUS for the following reasons: ao 7he position of the star SIRIUS as plotted by the Uni,rersity of 't fashington Observatory correlate s very closely with SOURCE'S estimated elevation and bearingo bo During the period of this observation, this area has had unusual]y clear nights. This condition in an area accustomed to nightly overc ~ts, a t this time of year, would tend to attract undue attention to particularly bright stars o c. The fact that SOURCE observed object on succeeding nights in approximately the same position on each occassion L'1dic ates very strongly that sighting ,73.5 astronomical. d. Both sources stated that they now believe tha object to be a particularly bright star. I.E LAND R. II; I R! 1/Lt, tB .uP Officer in Charge COMMENTS of Approvtnc Officer: Concur with the opinion ot the PxepaJ'iq Of't1cer that thia eightin& vas caused by the star smrus. "/.U.t,CLASSIJ."I.:::D/S35AC\~ 143 , SU!?J: UFOE R:.;:PCRT, FOLLOl..JING UFOE IS .. FOR\~ARD~D I~ ACCORDANCE \dTH 2'1!;-2 PARAGRAPH 7. ot:.o.. ROUND 3 , W -THJES END OF PENCIL ERASER C,. BLUISH WHITE, AMPER ORANGE AND RED . D, ONE E, NONE F. NONE G. NONE H. NONE I. NONE 2. A. NOTICED LIGHT WHEN LOOKING AT STARS E, WP DEGREES C. SAME D. SLOlvLY RISING AND bOV I NG SOUTH E. STI-LL OESERV2D. BEARING FROM SIGHTING 100 DEGREES FiRST, THEN .120 DEGREESF. STILL SIGHTED AT 0730Z 31 JAN 56 EMA. -VlSUAL B. NONE C, TR B 1 G W KW f86D'S) REPORTED NEGATIVE SIGHTING or At-:Y OBJECT R,A-, PEEPZ -PERTZ' '31 JAN ' 1&56 .. B. NIGHT CLEAR '5. NC . J541'; LAKE WASHINGTON AREA s. AGE 13, G~ADSTONE , SEATTLE, PA~E TWO RJWPDM 05A ~ASHINGTON, BOYSCOUT ENTIRE TROOP AND AND BUILDING CUSTODIAN SAW OBJECT . B. NONE 7.A. NIGHT -CLEAR B. SURFACE 10,000 EWP DEGREES 25 KNOTS OOLC, NONE D. QT MILES E. NONE 8, POSSIBLE TEMPERTURE INVERSION SEA-TAC AREA, ALSO A H~LICOPTER UP IN AREA WOULD ACCOUNT FOR VARIED LIGHTS. S, ~CNE 1~ TR B 1 G W DIVERTED FROM TRAINING FLIGHTO INVESTIGATE LAKE WASHINGTCN AREA, NEGATIVE SIGHTING OF ANY OEJECT. ABORT AT 2~50PST. RE-LEASED AND RETURNED FOR GCI !RAING FLIGHT AT 2103PST. 11. NO IFR "fliGHT PLANS 12 . 25TH ADIV WEATHER OFFICER STATED A GOOD POSSIEILITY OF .. ,..A .TEt~PERATURE INVERSION. H!: ALSO STATED THAT WHILE OUTSID ~, HE OBS=:RVSD ~A HELI~OPTER PaACTICING LANDINGS AT TACOMA AND QUITE POSSIELY COULD HAVE B~EN OEJZCT SIGHTED. PROEAELY INV~RSICN CAUSZD REFLECTION OF GRCL:W CBJECT TO OBSERVER 13 . AF FORI"l 112 '.VILL NCT : E SUEt~ITTZD P. SEA ARTC, WEATH~R SECTION TACO TC~ZR D. 1/LT C. J . 02/00112 FEE RJWPDM RR RJEDEN RJEDWP RJEPHQ DE RJ~PDI': 05A F~ COMDR, 635TH ACWROK, MCCHORD AFB, WASH TO RJEDEN/COMDR, ADC, ENT AFB, COLORADO SPRINGS, COL EJEDtvP/CmJDR, AIR TECHNICAL INlELLI E..N5b -~.~NT._R, ~8~GHT PATTERSON AFB, OHI,P RJEPHQ/DIRCTOR OF INTELLIGE~JCE, HEADQUARTERS, USAF, WASHINGTC~ 25, D. : . Z~t';/ CctIDR, 25TH ADIV, l~CCHOR:J AF E, vJASH O.SGR> AF FORM tt2 AI'PP.OVf O I 'JUNt: 10 'll AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT SEA~, WA~!f~:i .N Flt_l-:ALJ+~2d ~S I) All OF P.t l't...a ' L...'l.~tJA~tJ" PART CfiE : Description of sighting by PART 'I"NO: Description o f sighting by Mr PART THREE: Supplementary investiga~i~ ~!:!J:Cft.e PART FCUR: Comw,ents of prepari ; II. Sffi!U.ARY: 'It.e UFOB was originally observed OURC:!B d i.Jring the evening of 30 Jan 19 56, !rom the hon:e o f in Seattle, Washington GECP.SF mmc 40.35. 'lhe objec t f appeared the so.ttheast arrl slo\dy ~ved to a position due southo The information in this report was obtained frcm oors<mel ar.d. teleohone interviews. IIIo INVCSTIGAfOR: 1/Lt lELAND R. KIF.K 2181.0! ----_ lllCLS. Classification Cancelled OR 'than~ed to 4d<"/ IEL.UID R. KIRK 1/Lt, USAF Officar in Charbe JOHN M WHITE JR Colonel, USAF Corttrrm1der / D/I, l~AF; Comdr, ATIC; D/I, 25th ADiv; Comdr, h602d AISS; CIC, Flight 1-A, u602d AISS . AP'(ORM 112-PART II N f ftQVEO I JUH 1941 AIR .INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT REPOMT ~oo. I Plt 1 - A, 4tJJ2 AISS i lA-UFCB-1- 56 I P:.u-t One l o SOURCE: Address: str Seattle, r,'l ashington Occupation: Stud.ent Education: Junior High School student Qualjfications: None II. P..ELIABILITY: SOURCE was interviewed via telephone, however, he seerood sincere and gave answers in a clear and precise H1a.nner. In view of & age and lack of technical background information is considered to be only fairly reliableo Ill. SOURCE'S DESCRIPTICJN CP SIGHTING: 1. SOURCEstated that he first observed reported object at 31/0230Z Jan 56, from his home in Seattle, Washington GEOREF ~ J..Q35. It was completely dark and the sky vtaB clear. sounc..: Jt:1ted object was round in shape and about the eiz~ of a pencil eraser held at arms length. Cbject -;ra.a bright and appeared to flicker like a sta r and appeared to change color s inclutli.ng v1hite, amber, blue and green. 'Nhen first observed, 3CURC~ st&ted object was southe~t .. of hie position or approxig~tely 160 at an elevation of 15. Object slOlfly mved to 180 and elevation increa.Bed to 20 by- 31/073CYZ Jan 56o Sa:mD stated that object had been visible in ap:::rro:d mately t he sa.-ne position eaeh !".ight since original sighting and he now believes it to be a staro Af fORM 112--PART II A9PROVEO I J UNE 1941 AIR lNTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT l RENRT M>. Flt 1-A, 4Ci:>2 AJSS lA-UFO~l-56 I. SOURCE~ Address : str NE, Seattle, W aa hington Occupation: . Brick Mason Educat..ion: Unk Qualifications: None II. RELIABILITY: SOURCE was interviewed via telephome and gave answers in a clear and sincere manner. It is f elt the information is probably reliable o III. SOURCE' S DESCRIPTION OF S IGHTING: stated he ob~erved object while visiting at the object was observed f o r about 5 was ~till visible when SOURCE de Jartedo The ~ather was clear and it was completely dark, with many stars in view at t~ne of obeervationo SOURCE stated the object was brighter than any stars that were visible and changed colors from a nent light blue to dark blue, purple and redo SOURCE stated the object wa~ round with the edges ap;:>earing similar to a bright star that twinklee. Size of the object was esti.rnated as being slightly larger than the head of a pin held at arms length. SOORCE was loo~ng ESE at an est:i.n.ated be~ing o! 16SO and elevatio n of 35 -40 when he !irst observed object. There wa.e no apparent movement of object during observation. SOORCE state d he believed the object to be a particularly bright star. .I,'IINt;OF''-ESPIO: .IoGE\,-,'lOl'':>C- '' olN<.L ~I Af 'FORM't12--PART II APf>ROVEO I JUNE 1948 .. UNClASSif'IED . (CUSSIY1CAT10H) AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT I RF'OAT HO Part Three P..IGE 4 Or SUPPLEMENTARY INVESTIGATIVE EFFOR'IS: 1 o Dr Jacobson of the University of 'llashington Obse..-vatory was contacted and plotted the positio n o f known bright stars and planets which m:i ght correlate with the inforr..ation received in the UFOB reporto Dr Jacobson reported that the star SIRIUS was visibl e and very cright during the perio d o f this UFOB observationo The pc.si tion and elevati:m of SIRIUS from observers oositicn and tLT.e of observation was a s 26 elevation, 180 bearing and 31/07302 Jan 56, 21. elevation, 2000 bea:-ing. Dr Jacobson stated that SIRIUS is the bri htest visibl e fixed star vdth a magnitude of minus 1.6o This star is predon.i.nantly b luish white with variations. 2o The Seattle Filter Center was c ontacted and inJicated they had received tne origi~al UFOB report from a Boy Scout in Saa~tle iash. at J l/03LCZ Jan 56o The observer was ::n ~i:l.tn K. Bond, 2217 E . 170t.h Seatt.le, :rashingt.on, Gladstone 6849. Tr:e scouc. troop reported taki:1g compass be~i~s and s~ate~ t h e object was 128 from th~ir positio n at an elevation c: a;J?rcxi::-:a':ely 20 1his info rmation was p assaj to the cont:-oller on C:lty with the 635th A.C &. VJ Sc-) Y.cC~ord hFB, ;iash. 3 . Th~Fleet '"e~ther office a t Sand ? oint Naval Air Stati o n was queried concerning balloon relea~es and reported the f ollowin.g: A larg'3 RA,'!INDSONDE BaJ loon was launched from that station GECP.EF DKNC 4541 at J l/0231Z Jan 56. Thi~ balloon had an ascent rate of approx.imat.ely 1000 feet per minute and expanded to a di&'leter o f 20-25 feet at r.:axi a:um altitude. A train of e quipment was attached to the bcilloon including weather i..rustrumenta, parachute and one smalJ light. From the launching place this balloon moved due south and at 31/03302 Jan 56 wa3 at an altitude o f 58, 596 feet at a position 42 rr~es due south o f Sand Point Naval Air Stat i ono The balloon burst at 31/0350 Jan 56 at an altitude of 88,921 feeto Balloons of this tn-:e a:-e r eleased from this station daily on schedule. ~o ?/cChord AFB weather office repo~ed generally clear skies during tirre o f sightingo ':lind~ were 010 /37 lalots ~t 10,000 feet, 30,000 and 350 /78 knots at 34,000 feet. There we:-e three separate t.emoerat1~e inv3rstons in the areao These inversions cov~red the folltm ing levels: 740 Milibars -730 ~.:ilibars, JOO c.:ilib:J.rs to 250 ~.:Uibars, 22S ~dlibars -213 :.;ilibars o NCLASSfF1EO . . . AF fORM 112-PA~T II UNCLASS1t-.~l) ArPROVEO I JUNE 1948 AIR INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION REPORT PAGLS PAGE 5o 1/Lt CoJ o Gundelfinger (GCI Controller a t McChor d AFB) received the o ribinal report from Seattle Filter Center at npproxi . .-..a:..~ly 31/0330Z Jan 56o Lt Gundelfinger checked \':ith Seattle A'IC who info r med him that there were no IFR flight plans in the areao There VI3rc no i:1dications o n the GCI radar scope o At 31/0455 Z Lt Sund~lfin,-er ciirert ~d t wo (2) F-86 D aircro.ft, .. hich ::ere on a traini:-~g flibht, to the Li:!.ke .a3hi:1[to n b ridge a r<Jao The F-86 D pilots circl e d t.he a!"e:l f or sev2ral :..inut~s and reported :-.egativ e sighting to t h e GCI co:1troller.. Lt Gundolfinger st~ted that i n his opini o n the observer s reporting t!'le 3it;::-tting w,..,.re watching a staro 6o 1/Lt Richard G. Tncmas, Flt leader and 2/Lt John jnd erwood, 318 Ftr Sq, call sign 'I'rumpet Baker 1 r,. 2, took off a:. apr !:'o:;r..i.I:ately ll/045fJl J a."i 56 a:-Jil we:-e dir c!'ted at ~5SZ by ?!ercury ( GCI) to Lake ,'/ashington area i n vicinity of floating bridp;e G~OREF DKt,iC L~53 5o At 8000 feet !.hey circle1 :.~e 1rea for a.;:>? r oxi::.dt'3ly 6 :rir:11tes and the only ~r~ng sighted was ~ ~atch of t~in haze off tte ea~L side of Lc.k:; :ashi.!"l.gton a t 50CO -60GO feet. n-.e weather was clea: ir: the entire area ex.c~pt for ligl::t hazeo It was moderately dart: .. md the moon wa s no t up . St3.!'s we!'C ;isible ar.d b r ignt . GCI repor7,ed no unusual. si.:.;htin;:s to pilots .~nd no con":. act was r.:ade on a:.rxr:1e rairu-o Only o ne aircr~ft :las observe d taking of: froLi 3 ::a- Tac on a svuth course as t!-'.e F-5 :Js wer~ lea:ing the area. There nas r.c turbulanceo Lt Tho.r.tas st.ated t~a:c shortl y b efor e taking off another pilot. pointed ouL a r>articu2.arl y tri:.:ht star in the Southeast.