Washington State ‘UFO’ Investigation, 1952-1960

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PASCOITES SPOT

MYSTERY' OBJECT

'Saucer'
Like Giant
'Pinwheel'

A brilliant and high speed
object that flashed through
the sky over Pasco was re-
ported by five persons living
in the Navy Homes Project.

Presence of the objects arou-
ed much speculation as result
of the final admission by the
Army Air Force that such objects
have been sighted on radar
screens and have been chased by
fast jet airplanes.

The object reported over
Pasco last night was describ-
ed in almost identical detail
by all persons who reported
they had seen it. The time of
the object's appearance also
coincided.

Mrs. Fern Jorgenson, 10-B
Navy Homes, said the "saucer"
was round and seemed ringed
with flashing lights, mostly
green.

"It seemed to be traveling at
terrific speed," she said. "I blink-
ed my eyes once after I first saw
it and it appeared to have gone
miles during the fraction of a
second my eyes were closed."

Mrs. Jorgenson's husband also
witnessed the strange sight.

Three boys who were playing
in a field back of the Navy
Homes' registration office, also
reported seeing the strange sight.

"It was just like a giant pin-
wheel," said Timothy Hogland,
9-B Navy Homes. "It seemed to
spin but it went so fast you hard-
ly could follow it."

Robert Greeno, 53-B Navy
Homes, said:

"It came out of the west and
streaked across the sky. It disap-
peared in the east."

Thomas Thompson, 10-D Navy
Homes, had another comment. It
was:

"It couldn't have been an
airplane with running lights.
I've seen too many of them.
This was round and it was
ringed with lights. It traveled
too fast for an airplane."

The closest check possible last
night disclosed that there were
no scheduled flights of airplanes
over this area at the time.

Another party also said he saw
the object but refused to be nam-
ed in the matter. He is an experi-
enced flyer and said it definite-
ly was not an airplane.

"I can only describe it by say-
ing it was something out of this
world. I never have seen the like
of it before."

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE

"Columbia Basin News"

July 29, 1952

Pasco, Washington

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FBI - SEATTLE

NW 90291

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