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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.
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IN REPLY, PLEASE REFER TO FILE NO. ___ Federal Bureau of Investigation United States Department of Justice UNKNOWN(FLYING SAUCERS) Subject's Name and Aliases Address of Subject Character of Case DESCRIPTION OF SUBJECT: E. H. WHITSON Name of Complainant 5739 KIRKWOOD AVE. Address of Complainant KE 6906 Telephone Number of Complainant 11-10-54 10-31 PM Date and Time Complaint Received FACTS OF COMPLAINT: Complainant advised that between 10-25 and 10-30 PM on this date he saw two white very bright objects in the sky in the north east direction of his residence. He stated they resembled two stars following one another but were not blinking and were traveling at a high rate of speed. He continued they were traveling one behind the other in a southern direction(toward town). He related subsequently after observing them for approximately one minute they disappeared into a cloud and only one appeared"to come out of " the cloud and it subsequently disappeared. Lt. Commander HENRY J. VOGT staff duty officer Pier #91, was furnished the above information and he said he would notify OSI at Mc Chord Field. SA R. E. Nelson, CIC, R #3 was also furnished the above information. ACTION RECOMMENDED BY AGENT:
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