USAF record 28965425 (1956)

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 23 April 1956

2. LOCATION Seattle, Washington

3. DATE/TIME GROUP Local GMT 24/0725Z

4. METHOD OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [HW: Ground-Radar] Air-Visual [HW: Air-Intercept Radar]

5. PHOTOS [X] No

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION seven to ten seconds

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE ascending toward WSW

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: One round, white object, one-half the size of the moon, looked like on the spokes of a bicycle wheel going round & round. The obj appeared to be rising and traveling a course toward the WSW. Seen for 7-10 seconds. It was estimated that the object traveled an arc of 140 dgrs.

11. COMMENTS: The large arc traveled in 7-10 seconds indicates a meteor.

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 83)

12. CONCLUSIONS: Was Balloon [STAMP: Was Balloon] Probably Balloon [STAMP: Probably Balloon] Possibly Balloon [STAMP: Possibly Balloon] Was Aircraft [STAMP: Was Aircraft] Probably Aircraft [STAMP: Probably Aircraft] Possibly Aircraft [STAMP: Possibly Aircraft]

[X] Was Astronomical Meteoror [HW: Was Astronomical Meteoror] [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE Probably Astronomical [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE Probably Astronomical