FBI-UAP-D013, Washington State ‘UFO’ Investigation, 1952-1960

Short overview

This file concerns reported UFO sightings in Washington state between 1952 and 1960 and includes FBI and Air Force correspondence. The strongest candidate passages focus on a June 1954 report from Pasco. The historical OCR text is partly very degraded, so details should be read cautiously.

Why this is interesting

• The file documents early official routing and reporting practices for UFO sightings.
• The Pasco passage includes shape, color, altitude, and duration as reported observation details.
• It distinguishes a verbal report and expected follow-up from any confirmed investigative result.
• The OCR noise makes the source useful for context but not for over-precise claims.

Selected passages

• p. 0: The file is headed “FBI-UAP-D013, Washington State ‘UFO’ Investigation, 1952-1960.”
• p. 22: A memorandum is captioned “Sighting of Unidentified Objects over Pasco, Wash.” and refers to June 6, 1954.
• p. 22: A local ground-observer supervisor in Pasco reported two half-moon-shaped objects about six times as large as a half moon; one reportedly formed into a large fireball and the other into two fireballs.
• p. 22: The objects were estimated at about 1000 feet altitude and observed for about ten minutes; the OCR/direct text is faulty here, but the core report is legible.