1952: Technician watches UFO near Larson AFB

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THINK ABOUTIT SIGHTING REPORT

Date: December 22, 1952

Sighting Time: 1930 (7:30)

Day/Night: Night

Location: Larson AFB, Moses Lake, Washington

Urban or Rural: – Larson AFB

Hynek Classification: NL (Nocturnal Light) Point or extended luminous source observed at night.

Duration: 15 minutes

No. of Object(s):  Single

Size of Object(s):

Distance to Object(s):

Shape of Object(s): Disc

Color of Object(s): white

Number of Witnesses: Single

Source: U.S. Air Force Project Blue Book Special Report #14 (Battelle Institute Study), 1955

Summary/Description: An instrument technician, while driving from a large city toward an Air Force base on December 22, 1952, saw an object from his car at 1930 hours. It suddenly moved up toward the zenith in spurts from right to left at an angle of about 45°. It then moved off in level flight at a high rate of speed, during which maneuver it appeared white most of the time, but apparently rolled three times showing a red side. 

Full Report

An instrument technician, while driving from a large city toward an Air Force base on December 22, 1952, saw an object from his car at 1930 hours. He stopped his car to watch it. It suddenly moved up toward the zenith in spurts from right to left at an angle of about 45°. It then moved off in level flight at a high rate of speed, during which maneuver it appeared white most of the time, but apparently rolled three times showing a red side. About halfway through its roll, it showed no light at all. It finally assumed a position to the south of the planet Jupiter at a high altitude, at which position it darted back and forth, left and right alternately. The total time of the observation was 15 minutes. Apparently, the observer just stopped watching the object.

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Entry on this case from Brad Sparks’ “Catalog of 1,500 Project Blue Book Unknowns”:

Dec. 22, 1952. Larson AFB, Moses Lake, Wash. [??] 7:30 p.m. Instrument technician stopped his car to watch a hat-shaped glowing object rising vertically in odd spurts right and left, then level off at high speed, glowing white with a red side when rotated, and halfway through a roll no light, then held stationary in the sky with jumpy movements, S of Jupiter (which was to the SSE at about 151° azimuth 53° elevation). (Battelle Unknown No. 6)