I. Ci..\ TE TIME G~OUP Civ.t Uan & M!1 tta"' 4. NU).68M OP: oaJ!CTS S. L!HGTH OJI OSSIAV4TION 6 TYPE OF 08SIAV4TIOH 9. PHYSCAL. !VI"O!NC& Spokane, tlashington 10. CONCLUSION bt~nad cal. (1. Altair -2. Arcturus) tair a~ SO des elevaticm, 13.5 deg azimuth at time of initial bserntim. Object characteristic ot star/planet sightil:!g. a' 4S deg elavat.i~ Z'/0 des azimuth h po~ition o:r tb RO\Uil object blnim lilite dla to grec reported b d-,}:&rtaaat by' d..Y1.11m. At iJJ elwatJ.on JJ S dag a DisappaaJecl a t, 40 deg el:avt.ltion 170 dag az:l.rratth. Oscilla z:S am mo-ved to South. Obsen$d ld.tb BX. Oblong ebang:S~ 'tC'J ro~m. Obsered ld.th Teleacope. Had epidr wsb appearance. At 4S des elevation, 'Z'/0 des ad.muth. 1k.ved to 10 deg eJ.etrlll+M on, 23.5 deg azlJDUth. Oacl.llatecl lile a pendnlu11. IDI lavu in a f'I'O m :u rtace to l ,000 tt. r.t1ESSAGE D~PART1\\C:NT OF Tt iE AIR FORCE STAff MESSAGE BRANCH U1 JCLASSIFJED lCTIOrT : NIN-7 CE RUWHGP S 2131628 ZJHt UU lJ IJ U TO RL~G E/UDC ENT ~FB COLO 2U~H2H/25S)RAD MCCHORD 3 WASH R:~t.:DS~/t.-;~,:; WRIGHT P{\TTERSCN -F'8 OHIO ~VE'HQ/US WASH DC RL~HQ/S2CRE RV AF WASH DC :.::;(:.'IS DCOi 05023 JUL S5. FOR: .OF'SC <FTD), US~F {:.t="Cf'l}, .Jc.F.:T~7>r 4r <SAF'OI) . UFO REPORi: (l) TN ACCORJ:.NcE vii:" ?t'R~ ~4 :; U I S SECTION C, AF"R 200-2, THE FOLLOWING Ir1F0RM~TIO~J !S SUB~tT!0: C2) GENER~L REQUIRED D~!A (PAR~GR~PH 14)~ ' Al DESCRI?7iCN OF THE OBJC:S, t!) FiRS7 OBJECT: ROUND SECOND OBJECT: OBLONG CHANGING TO ROUND FIRST OBJECT: B~SEBALL SEl.:OND OB.JECT! ".PPROXIMATELY THE STZE Or ' BE~'~k P,'LL C3 F'IRS1 OB~ECT: BLUISH WHITE ':H N ~!=:0 TO GREE~::SH I r~lT OE?ARTMENT OF TH:: A!R FORCE UNCLASSIFIED STAFf MESSAGE BRANCH August 65) S:!:C OX D OBJECT: BRILLIANT GREEN TO SILVER TO OBJECT: N.~ THR OUGHT . !\ SPIDER-WEB APPEARANCE. C9' FI~ST OBJECT: N4 S~COND OBJECT: ~?F::.'RED TO BE SPINNING VERY R!\P!DLY CLOCKWISE ~s VIEWED THROUGH A 60 POWR SCOPE DESCRIPTtON OF COURSE OF OBJECTS, Ct>FIRST OBJECT: REPORT TO THE POLrCE DEPARTMENT SECOND OBJECT: REPORT TO THE POL!CE DEP~RTMENT ASi<EO TO INVESTIG.~TE BY COMMAND POST IJJHEN REPORTED TO ~ IR FORCEe (2) FIRST 03JECT: 60 DEGREES ELEV~TTON-135 DEGREES .~z 1i1UTH SECCNC 09JECT: 45 DEGREES ELEVATION-270 DEGREES OBJECT: 1~ DEGREES ELEVATI ON-235 DEGrtEES INCQ,",\Ii'1G D9A R'L'/ISNT OF THE AIR FO~C~ ST A~f MESSAGE ~:<ANCH Ui-1CL.~S31FIEO I (4) FIRST :EJECT: OSCILLATED LIXE A PENOULU~ S~tC~D OBJECT: OSCILLATED LIKE A PENDULUM \)) r~PST CBJ~CT: SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH 52SOND OBJECT: SLOWLY TO !HE WEST C63 Flqsr OBJECT: O~IE HOUR IEN MINUTES S~:OND OBJECT: ONE HOUR TWENTY MINUTES (C) MANNER OF OBSERVt-TION (1) GPCUND~VISU~L (2) FI?ST OBJECT: BINOCUL~RS-POWER U~JK~IOWN S~:OND OBJECT: B!~IOCULARS A~ID TELESCOPE-S0POWERo :.F.) TP1:: r..:40 DATE OF S IGH'liNG. \ 2 ) DUSK ~ND NIGHT (E) LOCATION Or OBSERVERS FIRST ORJrCT: , SPOXANE, WASHINGiON SE~OND 03JECT: SEVERAL LOCATIONS WITHIN 7HE CITY 0~ SPOKANE, WASHINGTON AND FAIRCHfLD ~FB, WASHINGTON { r ) IDENTIFYING INFORMATION ON OBSERVERS {t) F"I?.S:' OBJECT: CIVIL!" POKANE, W~SHINGTON, P~TROLMAN SPOKANE POLICE DEPARTMENT, RELI~BLE& SEC ID OBJECT: CIVILIAN -SAME AS FIRS: ORJ~CTo CHILD ' FB, WASH, FAIRLY RELI~RLE .. fj. J/E~7Ht:P AND WHIDS f',1ESSAGE DEPAR1"t ... ~N.T OF Hit AIR FORC~ Sl.~'!f Mt.SSAGE 3-~ANCH UNCLl\SSlf.JED (1) FIRST 09JECT: CLEAR, NO CLOUDS, V!STB!LTTY GOO~ SECO~D OBJECT: CLEAR, NO CLOUDS, V!SCBtL!TY GOOD (2) WI~G DIR~CTION/VELOCITY: C3) t!~JL IMlTED (~) SL~F4CE TO ~,000FT C60EG (F) PER THOUSAND) :e2aFT TO 12,000rT C6DEG(r) PER THOUSAND) ST~NDAHD LAPSE RATEo t2,000rT TO 30,000FT (4 DEG (F) PER LEVSl INVERS! ON , CHIEF. ESTIMATES BR~NCH, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION B: szo ON HIFORMf\TION OBTA1NED FROM REPORTED S!GHTINGS AND A '7H{ !\C0GH CH2Cr~ OF OfHER GOVERNMENT .t\GENCIES WHICH TNCLUD2D SP0~'NE ~PPROACH CONTROL, LOCAL TOWERS, '~ID THF LOC~L COMMAND PO'~T-. f'o. ?OSSIBLE EXPLANATION OF THE OBJECTS COULD HtVE REE:N OR S?2CIAL q~LLOCNS~ E: ADVANCE COPY DELIVERED TO JCS/DIA