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Incident #429

ATIC NO. ---
AF NO. ---
REPORT NO. ---
DATE OF SPOON ---
TIME OF SIGHTING 1920 P
SPEED Similar to F-82
SPEED Similar to F-84
COURT S to N
NO. IN GROUP 1
MEAN ---
PRINT --- SKETCHES ---
Temporary ATIC Form 329
(Form 52)

DATE OF INFO 22 Aug 1949
LOCATION Seattle, Wash.
SOURCE Airmen
DATE IN TO ATIC ---
COLOR Similar to F-84
SPEED Similar to F-84
ALTITUDE --- H
LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED ---
TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground
MANFARERS ---

Aircraft

23 August 1949
TOM 452
SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects

f. Object sighted:

(1) Number: One.

(2) Shape: Circular.

(3) Size: Estimated seventy-five (75) to one hundred (100) feet in diameter with an estimated depth of ten (10) to fifteen (15) feet.

(4) Color: Shiny aluminum. Object reflected the sun's rays.

(5) Speed: Estimated five (5) to six (6) hundred miles per hour.

(6) Heading: From north to south.

(7) Maneuverability: Object did not maneuver.

(8) Altitude: Estimated ten (10) thousand feet.

(9) Sound: The sound was similar to a jet aircraft.

(10) Exhaust trail or not: No exh…

23 August 1949
TCM 452
SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects

sighted and reported that it bore no resemblance to any aircraft they had ever seen before.

2. a. Location and time of sighting: Approximately thirty (30) miles west northwest of Seattle-Tacoma Airport, 1920P, 22 August 1949.

b. Weather at the time: Clear, visibility unrestricted.

c. Names, occupations, and addresses of witnesses:

(1) ARTC Controller, Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center, P. O. Box 3224, Seattle 14, Washington.

(2) Senior ARTC Controller, Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center, P. O. Box 3224, Seattle 14, …

Restricted

TCM 452
23 August 1949
SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects

(8) Altitude: Object was estimated four (4) to five (5) thousand feet.

(9) Sound: No sound was heard.

(10) Exhaust trail or not: No exhaust trail was noted.

g. Mr. [redacted], an Air Route Traffic Controller, was on duty at the Seattle Air Route Traffic Control Center at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport and noticed what appeared to be a jet aircraft in the direction of the Olympic Mountains at an estimated distance of twenty (20) to thirty (30) miles away. He brought this to the attention of Mr. [redacted] who was the senior…

RE164VA
PP JEDC JEZAB 222

DE JWEKHR 21B
P 242050Z
FM CG MCCHORD AFB WASH
TO JEDC/CG AMC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
JEZAB/CO FLIGHT SERVICE WASHINGTON D C
LF GRNC
Incident 430
429

L 1303. ATTN: MCIAXO-3.

1. IN COMPLIANCE WITH FS REGULATION 200-4 THE FOLLOWING REPORT OF SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS ARE SUBMITTED:
A. LOCATION AND TIME OF SIGHTING: OVER THE CITY OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON. 1845P, 22 AUG 49.
B. WEATHER AT THE TIME: CLEARON VISILIBITY UNRESTRICTED.
C. NAMES, OCCUPATIONS, AND ADDRESSES OF WITNESSES:
(1) , , 143RD NATIONAL GUARD ACNT CONTL AND WARNING SQDN, , SEATTLE 8, WASH.…

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D. PHOTOGRAPHS OF OBJECTS, IF AVAILABLE: NOT AVAILABLE.
E. SKETCHES OF OBJECT'S CONFIGURATION: NOT AVAILABLE.
F. OBJECT SIGHTED:
(1) NUMBER: ONE.
(2) SHAPE: CIRCULAR.
(3) SIT: ESTIMATED 75 TO 100 FEET IN DIAMETER WITH AN ESTIMATED DEPTH OF 10 TO 15 FEET.
(4) COLOR: SHINY ALUMINUM. OBJECT REFLECTED THE SUN'S RAYS.
(5) SPEED: ESTIMATED 5 TO 6 HUNDRED MILES PER HOUR.
(6) YEADING: FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
(7) MANEUVERABILITY: OBJECT DID NOT MANEUVER.
(8) ALITUDE: ESTIMATED 10 THOUSAND FEET.
(9) SOUND: THE SOUND WAS SIMILAR TO A JET AIRCRAFT.
QPL EXHAUST TRAIL OR NOT: NO EXHAUST TRAIL…

T/SGT ALSO ZXXXXX ALSO SAW THE SAMEJECT. SGT WAS AT HIS HOME IN THE SOUTH END OF SEATTLE AT THE TIME HE SAW THE OBJECT AND HE REPORTED THE INFORMATION TO THE CAA CONTROL TOWER AT BOEING FIELD SEATTLE WASH, WHO RELAYED THE INFORMATION TO THE MCCHORD FLIGHT SERVICE CENTER. BOTH SGT AND SGT SAW OTHER AIRCRAFT IN THE AIR AT THE SAME TIME THE CIRCULAR OBJECT WAS SIGHTED AND REPORTED THAT IT BORE NO RESEMBLANCE TO ANY AIRCRAFT THEY HAD EVER SEEN BEFORE.

2. A. LOCATION AND TIME OF SIGHTING: APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SEATTLE-TACOMA AIRPORT, 1923P GWW AUG 49.
B. WEATHER AT THE TIME: CLE…

(8) ALTITUDE: OBJECT WAS ESTIMATED FOUR TO FIVE THOUSAND FEET.

(9) SOUND: NO SOUND WAS HEARD.

(10) EXHAUST TRAIL OR NOT: NO EXHAUST TRAIL WAS NOT EXXXXXX WAS NOTED. GGM MR. , AN AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROLLER WAS ON DUTY AT THE SEATTLE AIR TXXXXX AIR ROUTE TRAFFIC CONTROL CENTER AT THE SEATTLE-TACOMA AIRPORT AND NOTICED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A JET AIRCRAFT IN THE DIRECTION OF THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS AT AN ESTIMATED DISTANCE OF 20 TO 30 MILES AWAY. HE BROUGHT THIS TO THE ATTENTION OF MR. WHO WAS THE SENIOR CONTROLLER ON DUTY. SINCE THEY WERE AWARE THAT NO JET UNITS WERE STATIONED WITHIN THIS AREA T…