Yakima, Washington, December 1957
- Date of account
- 1957-12
- Location
- Yakima, Washington
- Source
- uap_archive
- Record updated
- 2026-10-10
Record summary
Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.
Published source text
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Source text · mention onlyPROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 18 December 1957 Yakima, Washington Probably Balloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local xOKGround-Vi sual 口 Probably Aireraft GMT-19/0108Z AirVi swal Air-Intercept Radar Possibly Aircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE αxWas Astronomical Meteor 口Y 口 Probobly Astronomical XOKNO Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMSER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor 口 Insufficient Data for Evaluation 口 Unknown 2 seconds one SW 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Large red fireball, size of end of This was without doubt a;meteor. pencil beld at arm's length, red, We are now having the Geminid shouer. leaving contrails. There was an explo- sion & ball of smoke. Smoke lasted until sundown. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26SRP S2)
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