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

Released: June 12, 2026

This file details an investigation of various sightings of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) in Washington state between July 1952 and August 1960. Thi…

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             SUBJECT:          SIGHTING OF UNIDENTIFIED
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                               6/6/54, 11 :35 Fil
                               P. V. HOVIELL, Chief, Counter Intelligence, 20th OSI, advised as follows,

                          GAIL PJOClK, Pas.c o, W~sh., Ph.one Pasco 6054, supervisor of a local ground
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                                                                                          McCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, McCHORD FIELD, WASHfNGTON


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             Mr. R. ·D. Aue;rpaoh
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                           Sgt. GORDON RICH ARDSON , Kenne wi. · , W·i~hing ton Police Depa rtmnt
          advised tin t f or sPveral years he h tis been Vf/ -Y interreted in flyi ng saucers and has
          re ~d ev r ything 9.Vd ila ble concerning th i s topic. GORDON advis e0. that he 1n s soire
          informationwh:ich he consid ers to be of utmost importance t o the de fr•nse of the U. S.
          concerning a fly.mg sp:i. c e ship mich he obse rved ov e r Kalnewick , Wamingtm a.boot a
          year3,go . RICl~RDOO N st:·i ted 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 at tent ion to what he s ayst1•• GCRDON prefaced ·his remarks by stating that he
          rea lizes 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 Pr y 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 in gton, Kennewick at about 10 pl.m. whm he observed
         a large , shinin g, 11e tal ball about 30 ' in diamet er swoosh in from the West at
         rat re r 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
         it came to a oomplet e stop . RICHARDSON stated th:c1 th e ba ll had le ft a t a il of .
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         ball as i:e rfectly spherica l and ma.de of shiny In:?tal . He stated tha t a pi;a1~ntl y
         the ball had a t leas t tw:> 1ifferent kind s of motors to p ropel 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 vera l minutes 31 d then t ook off wi. th a spe ed so great that it disapi;eared fro m..
         sight :in a ue.. t ter of s ecorrl s . RI CHARDOON stated th 1.t obviously some different tyre
         of e ngin e was utilized in fl i ght ruch a s a ,je t 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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                    He advi$ed t}.lat ~the" had .been report~ at Willapa, Point GranTille
                    and Neah Bay. H'•·· adfta«t ihat all bf Ml:ese 'With the •oeptioa :o f
                    Neall Bay had bee~ dee:t-royed by the demolition aqtJad and that those
                    at Nuh Bay woul4 -be &eat~1ed ·on ltonday, He: ad.t'rised ·tilaa:t .a :,__
                    search was being mad•· ot the coast for any more at these obj ecta
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