3. DATETIME GROUP LENGTH OP OBSERVATION BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING .;:;ra.lcht ov..,.rh "::lfl, A'nC PORlll 329 (R&Y 26 Sll.P 5~ PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possi~ly Balloon d ; Groun d Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar 0 P robobl y Ai rcroft 0 Ai,..Visuol -Intercept Radar 0 Po ssi bl y Ai rc roft o .;: Was Astronomical P robobl y Astronomi col Civi1io..n 0 Po ssi bl y Astronomi c:al a. HUMBER OF OBJ ECTS 9. COURSE 0 Other 0 Insufficient Ooto for Evalua tion buJ;.tan. Probable ..,rncj r-.d SA!i'OI-3d/~.fHBurna rd/72291 RlB DIBB~, IRGISJ.A'riW LIAISC. Ai"NITICif: 'l'XAM c SUBJEC'!: WO Sightinga, State or WaahiDgton Secreta17 to Conga esaman 6th Diatrict, Waahingtcm State, contacted tbe .t.eroapece Technical lD'tell1pnee Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base statin8 it hacl been brought to the Congressn'a attention that during Jul,. and A~at o~ 1959 there were a ntDDber of aight1ngs or uniaentU'ied fi.;/ina objeeta 1n the areaa c4 Bremerton, hkima, Belllngb-, aDd ~i.a, Washington. 2. Tbeae objeeta were deeeribed aa red, green, vb.ite, blue, and yellow ~ tlae v.rloua vitooaeea; all a1gbt1nga oecuring at night. 3 AnC eontaeted tbe 25th Air Div:laion, l&cehord Air Foree Base, Wasb1ngtoD and requeated an in-.e.t1gat1on or these eightings. The Directorate of Intelligence or the 25th Air Division 1n'fonued ATIC on 15 September 1959 that tbeee light. rea\Uted 1:rom rlarea emenating .trca Jmovn fiiendl,-aoureee. A tel~e call to tbe beee eamnaoder, ~.JcChord Air Foree Baae, Waab1Dgton, de-t.erm1Md that theae .triendl7 soureea were SAC aire:ra!'t eooduetins a re:t'Ueling mission in the 4. Will you pl-ee 'Jnfo11 Col'lgl'eami'D theee f'1 nd1DP tbe-. sightinsa and thet the letter -addressed. t o t.tz Date /~s.z RJZDSQ/f,I.~ T~Ch\JICAL rn::LLIGZNC;:: c::::;JTt:R '.JrtlGHT PATTErtSOi..J AF.;j O:ilO RJEZHQ/ !.:.CS HlT:!:LLIGE.lCZ. , ; A D':1U.!\.:tTSi1S USP.F, .J.c;SHI~!GTOt-,J DC U:~ L I~: I TiD 6, N:::GATIVZ SZCT!Oil :::rc:!T: 1. VI~U.t\L s:.:.:crro:J r rvE: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon 0 Probably Balloon 0 Possi~ly Balloon DATETIME CROUP TYPE OF OBSERVATION Was Aircraft ?::'ucl 0 .Groon d Vi suol 0 GroundRodor 0 P robobl y Aircraft 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-Intercept Rod or 0 Poss ibly Ai rcroft s. PHOTOS 6- Was Astronomi col P robably Astro nomical 0 Po ssl bl y Astronomi col 7. L ENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 0 In sufficient Data for Evaluation BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ho:cc .l obj l")bje~t.; (no Pi~!l.:lll) r: or-':ho 4TJC FORM l,_ (a&V 26 SXP 52) h~-t.l:.'P H 0 tfEO CZCSQAS62ZCQYC691 DF(_RJWZDM 162A FM 25ADIV MCCHORD AFB WASH TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO RJEDSQ/AI~ TECHNICAL I NTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO l - RJEZHQ/ACS/INTELLIGENCE HQS USAF WASHINGTON DC RJEZHQ/OFF ICE OF INFOHMAT ION SERVICES HQS USAF WASHINGTON DC RUEPBL/1~06 AISS FORT BELVOIR VA INFO R~vZSB/vJADF HAMILTON AFB CALIF /UNCLASS IF IED/2SODI 7-557 8. UFOB REPORT. THE FOLLOv!ING UFOB REPORT IS FORWARDED I N ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 200-2. 1. CIGAR SHAPED 2. SMALLER THAN DIME 3 . ORANGE-P~D 5. ONE ON TOP OF OTHER 6 . LIGHTS COMING FROM SECTION nvo: 7 NONE 8. NONE 9. NONE 1. GLOW OF LIGHT 2. 15-25 .3. 29~. DEGREES -ELEVATION, DEGREES ELEVATION 90 DEGREE AZir-1UTH DISAPPEARED OVER HORIZON ~. STJAIC:i{!:' t"LIGnT PAT({ s:J!TC:il~IG POSI TIONS fiTH O~lZ ANOTHZR PAGE TWO R~TZDM 162A BEYOND HORIZON 6 . SECTION THREE: VISUAL 2 . SECTION FOUR: SECTION FIVE: YAKIMA, WASHINGTON SiCTION SI:X: NZWS CASTER, F- 6 2 . NEGATIVE SECTION SEVEN: AND ONE HALF GLASSES 7X51' 1. CLEAR, DARK, TEMPERATUHE 61 DEGnEES 2. ALTITUDE DEGREES KNOTS SURFACE NW 10 TO FOUR MINUTES YAKIMA, WASHINGTON, PAGE TWO RJWZDM l62A 3. UNLIMITED 4. 60 PLUS 5. NONE 6. NONE INDICATED SECTION EIGHT: APPARENTLY NONE SECTION NINE:: SECTION TEN: NO IFR TRAFFIC REPORTSD SECTION ELEVEN: INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, EVIDENCE NOTED DOES NOT LEAD TO POSSIBLE SOLUTION AT THIS TIME. SECTION TWELVE:: 16/2331 Z J UL RJl.VZDr1 AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WRIGHT-PATT ERSON AIR FORCE BASE &TT~ Of: AFCDT- 42 UFO Sightings, State of ~-lashington ro: SAFO'I-3d (Maj L . J . Tacker) b rought to the attention of A'l'IC by Congressman . tat e of Washington, that during July anu August of 1959, t here were a number of sightings of unidentified flying objects in the areas of Bremerton, Yakima, Bellingham, anu Hoquiam, Washington. 2 . These objects Here described as red, green, vThite, blue, and yellow by the various witnes5es; all sightings occurring at night. 3 . AT'IC contacted Lhe 25th Air Division, :tcChortl AFB, Hashington and equest ed an investigation of these sightings. The Directorate of Intelligence of the 2.)th Air Division informed A1'iC on 15 Septerr.ber 1959, that these lights rnsul Lecl from flares emanating f rom knmm friendly sources. A telepltonH call to the base cor-.mander, ?1cChord AFB, Washi ngton tleterrr.ined that the:.;-:3 f riendly sources were SAC aircraft conducting a efueling rr.issi.on Ln the are a . h. I t is requested that Congressman findings concernin!:; these sightings. bP. addressed to: Conures~rr.:~l 6th District Washington State FOH TaE CONNANDER: LPHILIP G. EVANS V Col onel, USAF Deputy for Sciences and Components be informed It is requested that the l etter