Washington State ‘UFO’ Investigation, 1952-1960

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Saucer Again
Is Reported
Over Tacoma

Flying saucers returned to Ta-
coma at midnight Monday, ac-
cording to at least seven persons
who reported watching an orange
ball appear, then shrink and dis-
appear.

The ball was first noticed by a
Tacoma transit driver, Richard K.
Hirist of 914 So. Wright St., who
stopped to let off a passenger at
Union as he made the 6th Ave.
run into town.

His three passengers also saw
the glow, so Hirist stopped at a
destaurant, where he found three
more believers and put in a call
to McChord Air Force Base. At
McChord's tower, however, they
were unable to locate the phe-
nomenon.

The seven persons then watched
while the glow "shrunk to the
size of a grapefruit, then to the
size of an orange, anddisap-
peared," Hirist reported.

He estimated the object was
about 1,000 feet in the air.

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
EXCEPT WHERE SHOWN OTHERWISE

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SEARCHED | INDEXED
SERIALIZED | FILED
JUN 1 8 1954
FBI - 1
Dec 1954

100-18945-54

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