Washington State ‘UFO’ Investigation, 1952-1960

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# Office Memorandum UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT

TO : SAC, SEATTLE (62-

DATE: 6/1/56

FROM : SA CLEMENT W. PARKHURST

SUBJECT: FLYING SAUGER SEEN OVER KENNEDICK, Washington;

Gordon Richardson, Informant

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Sgt. GORDON RICHARDSON, Kennewick, Washington Police Department advised that for several years he has been very interested in flying saucers and has read everything available concerning this topic. GORDON advised that he has some information which he considers to be of utmost importance to the defense of the U.S. concerning a flying space ship which he observed over Kennewick, Washington about a year ago. RICHARDSON stated that he had never told anyone about this matter and had not discussed it with other officers of the police department because they "never pay any attention to what he says". GORDON prefaced his remarks by stating that he realizes his information sounds like a "nut complaint" but assures the writer that this is not so.

RICHARDSON stated that the thing he saw has been weighing very heavily on his mind and he believes the information should be passed on to the Air Force or other interested Defense Agency.

RICHARDSON stated that about a year ago he was on night shift and was in the vicinity of 1st and Washington, Kennewick at about 10 plm. when he observed a large, shining, metal ball about 30' in diameter swoosh in from the West at rather low altitude--only 200 or 300 feet in the air or less. The ball was travelling at a high rate of speed and when it got about three blocks east of Washington Street it came to a complete stop. RICHARDSON stated that the ball had left a tail of fire until it stopped and then emitted no fire or smoke. RICHARDSON described the ball as perfectly spherical and made of shiny metal. He stated that apparently the ball had at least two different kinds of motors to propel it, because when it was standing still he could hear the "chug chug" of the engine sounding like a tractor engine and apparently an internal combustion engine. The ball stood still several minutes and then took off with a speed so great that it disappeared from sight in a matter of seconds. RICHARDSON stated that obviously some different type of engine was utilized im flight such as a jet engine because of the speed with which the ball left. RICHARDSON noted no fire or smoke on leaving.

RICHARDSON stated that the most disturbing thing to him is that apparently the builders of the ball of mastered the pull of gravity. He stated that this fact puts this country in a poor position defensively as the ball obviously either came from Russia or some outerspace planet in which case the Russians might get hold of it first. RICHARDSON noted that the ball was flying too low for radar detection and too fast for interception by any known US device. RICHARDSON commented that the U.S. does not have this ball or they would not be producing winged aircraft, jet planes, nikes, etc. RICHARDSON stated that he theorizes that whoever built the ball is using the principle of likes attract and positives repel to defy gravity and that the ship is flying on electron beams or some other natural phenomena such as light waves. He stated he never saw the ball again and has not advised other persons other than the FBI. He also stated that he did not hear of anyone else seeing the ball but commented that due to his training his is a skilled observer.

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE

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JUN 4 1955

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