PROJECT10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Wo 8olloon D Preltoltt, Bolloon P w, Bolloon a.shmere Washi J. DATI-TIMe 4. I OP IIRYATIOM a Wo Alrcroft a PrelteWJ Alrcr.ft ~t!CG..untl-Vlavol a GrouniiRodor o Cjllars D Alr-lntorc.,t Ro4or Po I W J AI rcroft 7. LI!NOTM OP.OIII!IVATION I. NUMIIR 0' OIJICTS 3 minutes six IRIIP SUMMARY 0' SIOMTIMG Six objects with appearar1ce of upside down light colored cono , .l:1.rk on insidle with strings or ropes hn ngin from outside perimoter. Tho con'l~ appeared to be ~.hout the size of n quarter & at fai.rly low altitude. No .-.;nund. Obj0cts had erratic mu(l"t nl and were traveling very fast. J\p, >''rod to have dropped from an a/c, yot t:1aveled quite fast. A'I"'C PORif l29 (RilY 26 81EP 12) PoaaiWJ AatNftotcol Other Kites lnufflclont Dote fer Evoluotion Ol1jects mving with wind. Soun~ like kites with tails broken loose and rnoving with wind. Sunset at 1750, 10 minutes prior to sighting possible disappear- n~ce due to loss of sun <>n objs. PP RJ RJEPHQ DE RJWPHK 45A FM COMDR 62D TRPCARRWG H LARSON AFB WASH TO RJEDWP/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEPHQ/HQ USAr WASH 2' DC UNCLAS FROM TCOIN 122. HQ USAF ATTNI DIR OF INTELLIGENCE. SUBJECT& (yPsiDJ DpW tiGHT COLORED THE CON 'WAS AR~ON THE ~NSI~WITH . i APPEARED TO BE ABOUT THE ~12 OF A( QUARTER) AND AT .:...!FA:..:.:I:....::.s..., ..:.; -~ ONE WAS LOWER AND APPEARED FIRST AND THEN THE OTHER FIVE APPEARED AS THEY CAME INTO VIEW. THERE WAS NO SOUND AND THE OBJECTS APPEARED ERRATIVtiN THAT THtv APPEARED AND DISAPPEARED WHILE IN VIEW. THE I OBJECTS WERE SAID TO BE TRAVELLING VERY FAST AND TO BE PAGE TwO RJWPHK 45jft . ~Xl!ZXIJXJJIX . / . A FJW MOMENTS. SOURCE ALSO STATED TOO INVESTIGATING OFFICER THAT THEY PIONEER DRIVE CASHMERE, WASHINGTON. AGE THREE RJWPHK ''A A. CLEAR WITH VERY HIGH CIRRUS JXXJIJ,IIIIIIIIIIXXX c. NEGATIVE D. CLEAR/15 E. NEGATIVE ;. NEGATIVE 8. NEGATIVE 11. NEGATIVE .11. ASSISTANT GROUP INTELLIGENCE OFFICER 1/LT ROBERT B. FINJ;AY.:.. I _J DESCRIPTION OF OBJECTS VAGUELY RESEMBLES THAT OF SOME TYPE BALLOON. HOWEVER, ALL NEARBY WEATHER SERVICES, AND BASES WERE QUERIED AS TO BALLOON LAUNCHING. FOUR LAUNCHINGS OCCURRED AT DIFERENT TIMES AT .DIFFERENT AREAS. TKER WAS NO RADAR CONTACT BY NEARBY SITES AT ANY Ae UNKNOWN NEGATIVE .. OBJECTS TRAVELED IN OR11(:.;! -~LY]DI IO~)i>lSA'PP.ARING _ OVER THE CASCADE MOUNTAINS. VERY ERRATIC IN MOVEMENTS, A'P'PEARING AND DISAPPEARING. E. NEGATIVE MINUTES I SIC 3. A. GROUND-VISUAL Be OBJECTS WERE OBSERVED THROUGH TWO UNIDENTIFIED TYPE BINOCULARS 5. CASHMERE WASHINGTON 6. SlG.HTING WAS RZPORTED BY 4-' ADULTS AND BY 8-11 CHILDREN, ALL CIVILIANS. CASHMERE, .WASHINGTON. PAGE THREE RJW'PHK 45A 7. A. CLEAR WITH VERY HIGH CIRRUS JXX11Jtiiiiiii221XXX PAGE FOUR RJVPKK 4'A TIME. THE FACT THAT SEVERAL ADULTS, AS WELL AS, CHILDREN IN ONE GROUP SIGHTED THE OBJECTS PROVES THAT IT WAS MORE THAN HALLUCINATIONS. IN FACT, THE INVESTIGATING STATE PATROL OFFICER STATED THATUPON HEARING THE STORY HE LAUGHED, AND THE PEOPLE BECAME VERY INDIGNANT OF HIS MISBELIEF. NO LOGICAL EXPLANATION IS OFFERED FOR THE SIGHTED OBJECTS.