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This Federal Bureau of Investigation Seattle field office file (100-18945) gathers flying saucer material from 1952 to 1960. It holds newspaper clippings, citizen complaint forms and agent memoranda about sightings over Pasco, Kennewick, Seattle, Richland and the Hanford reservation, Spokane and other Washington locations. The file records 1952 agreements with military intelligence on passing reports to OSI and the Air Force. One Hanford sighting from 1953 was attributed to a meteorological balloon. The FBI itself carried out no investigations.
From the source:Release of 2026-06-12 Incident: July 1952-1960, Washington State, United States. This file details an investigation of various sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) in Washington state between July 1952 and August 1960. This file includes memoranda and correspondence between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Air Force regarding UFO sightings.
“Office of Special Investigations”10 pages
# Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice
FLYING SAUCERS
Subject's Name and Aliases
Address of Subject
Character of Case
DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT:
HILTON BROWN
Name of Complainant
3245 47 SW
Address of Complainant
HO 0661
Telephone Number of Complainant
10:40Pm 619/54
Date and Time Complaint Received
FACTS OF COMPLAINT: Complainant stated he had seen two metallic objects in the sky moving westerly taking about $ 1 \frac{1}{2} $ hours to travel from above him to the horizon. He stated he could not say they were metal but they had a metallic lustre. He stated they were about 7 to 10 degrees apart and he guessed they were about 30 miles up and about 1000 feet in diameter. He stated he and his neighbors saw them and he watched them through binoculars. He stated that he saw little pips of white smoke eject from them every 15 minutes. Complainant stated this occurred about 6:30 PM last night 6/8/54 and was viewed from the rear pdf his home. He stated he watched the objects continuously for
l $ \frac{1}{2} $ hrs. until it became too dark. He stated there were jets in the sky at the time and he assumed they had seen the objects. He also stated he assumed here was a gondola type object hanging from the under side of the objects
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