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Yakima, Washington, July 1959

Date of account
1959-07
Location
Yakima, Washington
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Was Balloon 14Ju159 Yakima,Washington 口 Probably Balioon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERVATION 2222 Ground-Visual Ground-Radar 口 Was Aircraft Local 口 ProbablyAircraft 15/0622z Ju159 GMT. AirVisuol Air-InterceptRadar 口 PossiblyAircraft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE DWas Astronomical Meteor Yes 口 ProbablyAstronomicol OND Civilian 口 PossiblyAstronomical 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. 口 InsufficientDataforEvaluation 口 Unknown 1min 1 N 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Rnd, orange obj, size of a small button. Probable meteor due to flight Traveled straight overhead,disappeared characteristics,size,color,speed, beyond horizon. In sight one minute. ete. ATIC PORM329 (RRV 26SRP 52)

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