ev-intel-2ea706255bbb

635ACW (Jan 56) — 1956-01-31 — Lake Washington (Seattle), Washington

1956-01-31· Lake Washington (Seattle), WashingtonResolved prosaic
Strangeness (S)
0.0
Credibility (P)
1.0
Evidence (EVID)
1.0
Date conf
9.0
Loc conf
0.0

Narrative

On 31 January 1956 at 0330Z, an entire Boy Scout troop and AWD building custodian in Seattle, Washington observed a round multicolored object (bluish white, amber orange, and red) about 2 times the size of a pencil eraser end. Object noticed when observers looked at stars at 28 degrees elevation, slowly rising and moving south. Still observed bearing 102 degrees at 0730Z. F-86D's diverted from training flight to investigate Lake Washington area but reported negative sighting; helicopter practicing landings at Tacoma may have been the object. Conclusion: 25th ADIV weather officer stated good possibility of temperature inversion. Inversion caused reflection of ground object to observer.

extracted via: llm_subagent_v1

Witnesses (1)

  • [anonymous] military officerrole_pattern

Source documents (1)

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Score evidence (5)

Why this event scored the way it did. Every contribution is traceable.

s

  • outcome=resolved_prosaic (cap S<=3)
  • post-blend cap S<=3 (resolved_prosaic)

p

  • docs=1 (+0.5)
  • single agency (+0.5)

evid

  • narrative only (base 1)