Washington State ‘UFO’ Investigation, 1952-1960

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ST"ANWIRD FORM NO. CM
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Office Me,rnot;an,durn . UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
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\\ Sgt. GORDON RICH ARDSON, Kenne wi. · , W·i~hington Police Depa rtmnt
advised tin t for sPveral years he htis been Vf/ -Y interreted in flying saucers and has
re~d ev r ything 9.Vd ilable concerning th i s topic.
GORDON advis e0. that he 1n s soire
informationwh:ich he considers to be of utmost importance t o the defr•nse of the U. S.
concerning a fly.mg sp:i. ce ship mich he observed ov e r Kalnewick , Wamingtm a.boot a
year3,go.
RICl~RDOON st:·ited that he ha<i never told anyone abnut this matter and ha s
not di-scusse<l it with other officers of the police deµlrtne rt because they "never
pay a.my attent ion to what he s ayst1••
GCRDON prefaced ·his remarks by stating that
he
realizes his informaticn sounds like a "nut romplaintn h1t assures the writ er that
th :is is not so.
HICHA RDS)N stated th=1t the thing he saw r-.ias bem weighing V Pry heavily
on his mind and he be.lieves t~ inforrration shoul d be ~ ssed on to tl:1- e Air Force or
other :int E'!'ested Defense Agency .
RICHARDSON st;.-1t e d th ~t atx,ut a ye ar ago he W3.8 on night shift and was
in the vicin ity of 1st an ·1 Wash ington, Kennewick at about 10 pl.m. whm he observed
a large, shining, 11etal ball about 30 ' in diamet er swoosh in from the West at
rat rer low altitude-- only 200 or 300 feet in t re air or less .
The ball W:is travelling
at a high rate of spped and '4len it got about thre e blocks east of .-Jashlll5ton Street
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it came to a oomplet e stop.
RICHARDSON stated th:c
th e ball had le ft a t ail of .
fi. re until it stopped and then emitted no fire or snoke .
RICHAHD OC'N described the
ball as i:e rfectly spherica l and ma.de of shiny In:?tal.
He stated that a pi;a1~ntl y
the ball had a t leas t tw:> 1ifferent kind s of motors to propel it, because ·when it
was standi.ng still he o:nu.d hear th e ''chug chugrr of the engine s:mnd ing like a
tractor engme and ap}->irently 'an int.erra l comb.1stion engine o
The ball stood still
se veral minutes 31 d then t ook off wi. th a spe ed so great that it disapi;eared from..
sight :in a ue.. tter of s ecorrl s .
RI CHARDOON stated th 1.t obviously some different tyre
of engine was utilized in fli ght ruch a s a ,jet engine because of th e speed v-.iith
which the ball left.
RICHARDSON noted. no fir e or smoke on lem.ng 0
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