1. DATE TIME GROUP 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION Tacoma, Washington 10. CONCLUSION AlRCRAF"T f4t'~ . (1 Witness) S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 20 Minutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Grourd-Visual 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Object was roUnded coming to n point at each end. Size ot a silver dollar. Its color 1-m9 bril!)lt oranee. Object was at ar estimated 5,000 ft., traveling east to northeast. O_!:Qect tra'lelc a in a straieht l !"~ in an _up ~JYJ~own_ maz~n~r. Obj appeared tWice in tho twenty minute J:C r:l.(il. It seemed to be traveling ~ circUlar oourse. The observct s:1w it on Ute northeaflt leg ,. .... time. Object could have posnihly been satellites but are mmor, probably aircraft. Sip)lt 1ng is consistent with an aircraft sighting and probably is or tl> sep~te aircraft. mthcr t.hnn one although it is possible that one aircraft could hn\c eire ed the area but if that were tile case the plane should have been observed makfne manuevers. . . . ACTION: NIN-7 UNCLASSIFIED DIPAIIMINI Of THI All FOICI StAif MISSAGI IIAIKM INCOMING MISSAGI INFO : XOPX-2~ XOP-1, NJn DIA-l (19) ADV CY DIA. 9.18 8 19~ FlU J -~ RUEDQXBI FM J25FTR ''!G ~CO)RO F'B WASH TO R lJfi'!FV /AD C 11122 IJ-WUU-~ UEOHQA ~JEDH\'4/SEffiET~RY OF ~F W.4SH DC FOR: rJS~F C~FNIN>, OSAF CSAF'OI>. SUBJ: U NIDE~TIFIEiJ FLYING OBJECT. THE FOLLO'WIM; INFORMAl ION IS SUBMITTED ON AN UFO S IGiiTED 4 A ffi IL 56. 1. OESrn I PT 10 N Or THE OBJECT. A. sHa~ v~ S ROU~EO COMING TO ~ PO I ~'T ON EACH SIDE. B. SIZE COM AREO TO SILVER DOLLAR C. CCl. OR ., 4 S BR I G HT ORANGE AF.HQ JAN n 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED gAGE 2 RU'-\.f3 H 5332 UNQ. AS F NO T A IL , T R A 1!. , EX HAR ST G ~ SO Uf\IIJ :~. ~JO OTHE~ OETILS UNCLASSIFIED IIPAITMINT Of THI All FOICI ST AIF MISSAGI II A NOt INCOMING MISSAGI ~. OBSERVER :'!~ S CO~ lt\G FijOM \'fORK, ENTER I~ H:>USE. S. C3JECT EST I'J~TED ~T 5,~09 FT, TR . VELI~.J; EAST TO : . TR ~VEL I ~.r; I \J A STR ~ IG ~ LINE. MOVED .1 ~ AN UP A~ DOWN J . :JBJE CT A PP a~ ED T'''l CE , SEEMED T 0 HAVE TRAVEL EO IN A C IR Ct.L~R OR'31T. OBSERVER SA f1 IT ON THE NORTHEAST LEG EACH TIME. a. GRO!J~ -VISUlL. AFHQ Juts 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED UNCLASSIFIED DIPAaJMitn' OF Jill All fOICI SY., MISSAGI IIANCII INCOMING MUSAGI 5. LOC.TON OF 09SERVER. TAOOM,,, WASH. 41JEGREES 12r., 122DEGREES 2~. 6. OBSERVER : \41 SS PAGE 3 R'-"~H 5JJ2 U"Ja.AS ~. OBSERVER ~E'.A!Rl<S 'A!ItllS CALM f{) SKY CLEAR WITH MOON /f ~ Q I R E CT I 0 N 34 ~ DEGREES C CE ll f ~C : U~ I 'A I TED E ~J~ r:t. ~ tj) COVER VELOCITY VERT T E\1 P GRAD IE ~T PLUS ~EGREES C UNCLASSIFIED llfAifMIIIt OF TMI All S1 APf MISSAGI IIANCH INCOMING MUSAGI I. Ml INTERCEPT lCTION J. NO OT tt:R IR TR AF'FI C. D. JAMES L. COTTO~, 1SfLT, 31!1'H DMINISTRATIVE OFFICER. NO ~ELI~ I ~A\RY LYSIS L. ~ PHYS fC~L EVIDENCE. UNCLASSIFIED