PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2-LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 0 Was Balloon 29 Jul 59 Bellingham, Was h o ProbablyBolloon Ground-Radar -. ....... Was Air craftRecrffuel ing-Opr ~ roun "' tsuo 0 Probob y Ai r cr t GMT ~06450Z J u l 59 0 Ai,..Visuol 0 Air- Intercept Rador Possibly Aircraft 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical 0 Yea 0 Probably Astronomical >D<No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical 1. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8 . NUMBER OF OBJECT S 9. COURSE 0 Other_----=-"'""':""--::---:---:-- 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 10. BRIEJI SUMMARY OJI SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS Rnd obj, s i z e of n i ckel or quarter, ve~y Subsequ ent data indicates brlght, fluore~cent bluish-white, two possible observation of refueling in trail. Faded out of s i ght. In sight operation. one to three minq. ATIC FORM 329 (REV :16 S&P 52) CZCSQE406ZCQYC557 DE RJWZDMA 7 FM COMDR 757TH ACWRON BLAINE AFS WN TO RJWZFAL/COMDR AIR DEF COMMAND ENT AFB COLORADO RJEDSQ/CONDR AIR TECHNICAL I NTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OKD ~L--~ RJEZHQ/ASST CHIEF OF STAFF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHINGTON ZHQ/OFFICE OF INFO SERVICES HQ USAF WASHINGTON DC RJ~.JZDM/COMDR 25TH ADIV f"ICCHORD AFB WN //UNCLAS//ACW-570PS 7-793. FOR 25TH ADIV: ATTN: DIRECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE. SUBJECT: UFOS REPORT. FOLLOWING UFOB I S FORWARDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFB 2a0-2 I . DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT 1. ROUND 2. NICKEL OR QUARTER 3. VERY BRIGHT, FLUORESCENT BLUISH WHITE. 4. TWO (2) 5. TRAIL 6. BRIGHTNESS; AS A BEACON BUT NON GLARING-HUGE 7. NONE 8 . NONE 9 . NONE II. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT 1. BRIGHTNESS 2. THIRTY (30) TO FORTY (40) DEGREES NORTHWEST PAGE TWO RJWZDMA 1 ABOVE HORIZION. 3. SIXTY(~) DEGREES AOBOVE HORIZION SOUTHWEST. 4. SOUTHBOUND, THEN BRIEFLY NORTHBOUND CLIMBING, THEN SOUTHBOUND 5. FADED OUT OF SITE 6. ONE TO THREE MINUTES III. MANNER OF OBSERVATION 1. GROUND VISUAL 2. NONE 3. N/A IV. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING V. LOCATION OF OBSERVER BELLINGHAM, WASHINGTON NAN DELTA 30 45 48 DEGREES 42 MINUTES NORTH, 122 DEGREES 30 MINUTES WEST VI. INDENTIFYING INFORMA"flON OF ALL OVSERVERS 1. CIVILIANs MRS. BELLINGHAM WN. RELIABILITY UNKNOWN - VII. WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT CONDITIONS ATfTIME AND PLACE OF.SIGHTING. 1. STRONG STATIONARY RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE IN GULF OF ALASKA DOMIN- ATING ENTIRE AREA AIR MASS IS RELATIVELY DRY AND STABLE 2. SURFACE: CALM 00iJ NOT AVAIL 0iJS NOT AVAIL 16,000 NOT AVAIL PAGE TWO RJWZDMA 7 DEGREES 10 KNOTS DEGREES 10 KNOTS ~ 0 227 DEGREES 31 KNOTS 5~ ,ru0a 227 DEGREES 30 KNOTS W ,aai NOT AVAIL 3. NONE 4. UNLIMTED 5. NON 6. NONE VIII. NONE IX. NONE X. NONE XI. 1/LT KENNETll R. HOFFMANN SENIOR DIRECTOR NONE 3Z/I 828Z JULY RJWZDMA :\:?.; I~!-i~ /Haj Friend/ arr.a/69216/17 Har oO UJ!'J S'l~htings, St.at.e of Wa:iliington SXFO!-Jd {Maj L. J. Tacker) 1. brought to the attention of ATIC 'by Congn:s~ ~ State of Washington, that. during July and August, o 1959, -were a number of aightings of uni.dol1t1.fied fiying objects in the a.roas or B:-emertun. Yakima, Bellingham, c.nd Hoqulam, Washington. ~. These '1bjoc t.ft .rer-~ d~scrt...bed a~ red, gr~-3n_, ~!lite, b l ua, and :rellow b y the various w:lt:fte~s; all :rl.ght.ings occ,ll"rtng at night. 3. Xl'IC contac t~d the 25th Air Division, :'icChord ?8, h'a;shLF1gton and requasttKl &n invee1:.igation o.t theae :u~htings. The Directorate of !l".~lllgence of the 25th Air Division inl'ormed ATIC on l;) Septeltbar 1959, tilat these lights rse~-.uted from nare~ en-.ar.atir.g f rom known friendly l3)Urct.tl9. A telephone call to the ba ee co;r.m.a..ndt)r McChord AYB, ',laahington dat.el'!1d.rutd that theM friencll,y sources ioiare SAC ai.rcral't. Ci)nducting a :c.fueling mission i n the fll'1)a. !l. It is roque a ted thAt Goner'lsSJT.an 'i'owlesson be in.for::.ed of our flnc..lings concerning these sigh~ings. It is requested that t.he l etU,r t.~ acdr.~:t'td tot Congres~v.n 6t.n L'i.r...rict Washington State Colonel, USU' puty for Sciences and COMponents C..O~HATION: