Orting Washington — August 1965

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Keywords: message, unclassified, ruwhbh, incoming, branch, staff, jclas, mcchord, observer, department, llijrct, irshin, vltnal, obj0r, fltdtp, nirtlt, ovrrr, 11res, hmtmitlg, somrl, observarl, vlhil, nnpjx, hsprvat, ilcar
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1. OAlE TIME GROUP 3 .lliJRCt: 1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION Or+.ine, IRshin~l.on 10. CONCLUSION other (Gll'lfl\ID L]';HT) ~. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS ?. -3 ?-linutes t .. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Vltnal \Hay f~nm Observe r JJ. Pt ! OTOS ?. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Sauce r shared obj0r-t, 'fltdtP. nb ... !';i zr~ -.r a hr,s!-cetball oh:Jerv~ d a t nirtlt 1r:LLh ovrrr.1!;+.. nn,. nb:}rct no f0a 1~11res not. ed. f-hmtmitlg somrl llu:n ar r0n rn 11 i ('(I I,. <'int u tel de sr rj hP.ri ., ;, bro krn rut le ObservArl f.rorn r11r vlhil d}'i~titu. Objrct \f; l~ hovr!rir~ near a arrl di nnpJX'H r ed nv ( t t II' hi 11 ''1 x 1 f:'r ') hsPrvat i on ror ?-3 mim . es ilcar I"J"'ltn-l lE'VE'l. l 'b.i'rt tm n .i 11 1.he "-'lSt and clj d not chane; e in azimut.h or ~"lP.v:1t.ion. ''"' nnnn'l'~ . .i11st. 1rent nv c-r the hill Hou S\rif~. D., rl: njr. ht 'L., r-0r ",I r". Li rj 1 t o n]Y c'! :>crvcd . ! rnl< h) e after midn:iPht. 'l0;ra 11 'llf'lH' . 1 i'< el.'' ud sinl:.er-r.ret~ t i r-n light such as 'ln a/c "'!' "'"~ ., rounri 1 iht. n n the hilJ. stated Hhet.hf'r L r>rr-> \ r TO s c P 6 J 0-329 (TOE) r r v tou dllt on ot tfrlo t orm m .. r b o uod. UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT Of THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE ACTION: NIN- 7 Page 1 o~ 5 INFO : XOP-1, XOPX- 8 , SAFOS- 3 , JCS/DIA-1, SMB-1 (22) S\iB C 135 CZ CHQC74 1Z CQJD3 04 ..NCLAS SVC ZUI RUEArlQ 50~$ 245030a ZDK RUWHBH 7090 FM 325TH FTR WG MCCo!ORD AFB WASH TO RUWGALE/ ADC ENT AFB COLORADO ZEN/25 AD MCCHORD AFB WASH RUCDSQ/ AF SYSTEMS COMMAND FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RUEAHQIHQ USAF WASH 25 DC UNCLAS 318FIS 05291 SEP 65. (AFNIN) SUBJ: UNIDENTiFIED FLYING OBJECT. THE FOLLOWING INFOR~IATION I S SUBMITTED CONCERNING AN UFO.SIGHTED ON 21 AUG 65. UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE A. DESCRIPTION OF THE OBJECT: 1. THE OBJECT WAS SAUCER-SHAPED BUT ITS OUTLINES WERE NOT D I ST I NCT. APPROXIMATELY THE SIZE OF A BASKETBALL 3. ,'IH I iE 4. ONE OBJECT 5. NO FORMATION PAGE 2 R UWHBH 7a91J UNCLAS 6o TrlERE WE~E NO DISCERNIBLE FEATURES. 7. NO TAIL, TRAIL, OR EXHAUST 8. A HUM~IING SOUND OF '' METALLIC'' QUALITY THAT DID NOT EMANATE FROM T~E OBJECT ITSELF .. IT APPARENTLY HAD NO SPECIFIC SOURCE YET VIAS AUDIBLE ALL AROUFD THE AREA. THIS "HUM" WAS ACCCM PAN I ED 8 Y A SOUND DESCRIBED AS A BROKEN RATTLE. 9. NO OTHE~ PERTINENT FEATURES WERE DESCRIBED. a. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT: 1. OBJECT OBSERVED WHILE DRIVING 2. OBJECT WAS HOVERING ON A HILLSIDE NEAR GROUND LEVEL AND APPEARED IN THE EAST FROM THE OBSERVER' S POSITION 3. THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN ASIMUTH OR ALTITIDE UPON AFHO 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED Page 2 of 5 UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE Page 3 of 5 DISAPPEARANCE 4. THE OBJECT DID NOT MANUEVER WHILE IT WAS BEING OBSERVED 5 . THE OBJECT MOVED OVER A Hill CROUG HL Y A BLOCK AND ONE HALF FROM OBSERVER) AND DISAPPEARED 6. THE OBJECT WAS VISIBLE FOR TWO C2) TO THREE CD C. ~tANNER OF OVSE~VATION 1. GROUND-VISUAL PAGE 3 RUWHBH 7~9a U;-.JCLAS 2. NO OPTICAL AICS ~ERE USED 3e NO AIR-aORNE SIGHT lNG D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING 2. LIGHT CONDITIONS WERE DARK E. LOCATION OF OBSERVER 1. ONE < 1) MILE NORTH OF ORT I NG WASH F. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF OBSERVER RT lNG WASH, HOUSEWIFE FAIR RELIABILITY . UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT Of THE AIR FORCE STAFf MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE G. WEATHER AND WINDS ALOFT CONDITIONS 1. OBSERVER REMARDS THERE WAS NO ~WIND 2. ALT ITL~E WINO DIRECTION VELOCITY SURFACE CALM CALM PAGE 4 RUWHBH 709~ UI-JCLAS <THERE WERE NO FIGURES AVAILABLE FOR 80000 Fn 3~ CEILING WAS 65a0 FT OVERCAST NO RAIN 4. VISIBILITY TEN (10) MILES 5. OVERCAST 6. NO TrlUNDERSTORMS IN THE AREA 7. VERTICLE TEMPERATURE GRADIENT TEMP IN CENTI3RAOE PLUS 63 DEGREES UNCLASSIFIED Page 4 of 5 UNCLASSIFIED DE,ARJMENT OF TH AIR FORC STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH INCOMING MESSAGE Page 5 of 5 H. NO OTHER UNUSUAL ACTIVITY ASTRONOMICAL OR hiETEOROLOGICAL WAS REPORTED I. NO INTERCEPTION ACTION TAKEN Jo NO AIR TRAFFIC WAS REPORTED THAT NIGHT ACCOUNT FOR S JG HT I NG. PAGE 5 RU'NHBH 7 J9J UNCL AS K. 1ST L T J~MES L, COTTON WG I NT ELL IG ENCE OFFICER 325 TH FTR WG MCCHORD AFB WASi-l. OFFICER HAS NO PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS L. THERE IS NO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE AVAILABLE. N NOTE: CORR CY OF AF IN 30716 (1 Sep 65). UNCLASSIFIED