USAF record 28966179 (1956)

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 16 July 1956

2. LOCATION Puyallup, Washington

3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local [ILLEGIBLE] GMT 17/0330Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual [REDACTED]

5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes [ILLEGIBLE] ☐ No

6. SOURCE Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION unknown

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one

9. COURSE ascending

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING One oval object, size of weather balloon, red on one side & winged. Object appeared to be ascending. Seen through binoculars of unknown power. Faded in sight after an unknown period of time.

11. COMMENTS Definitely identified as a weather balloon released from the Seattle-Tacoma Airport one-half hour prior to the sighting.

12. CONCLUSIONS ☐ Was Balloon [REDACTED] ☐ Probably Balloon [REDACTED] ☐ Possibly Balloon [REDACTED] ☐ Was Aircraft [REDACTED] ☐ Possibly Aircraft [REDACTED] ☐ Was Astronomical [REDACTED] ☐ Possibly Astronomical [REDACTED]