Post by auntym on Apr 11, 2012 12:26:45 GMT -6
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Tri-City Herald
Intrigued by the UFO report published in the Tri-City Herald on April 1? It seems that the Mid-Columbia has been a hotbed of UFO sightings since the 1940s. Project Blue Book looked into some of the sightings.
Looking for UFOs? Yakima Valley's the best place
Published on April 17, 1977
By Dick Moody, Basin Editor
Mid-Columbians have been looking to the heavens for years and haven't always been able to explain what they see, but they have reported 107 unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in the eight-county area in the last 20 years.
The U.S. Air Force's "Project Blue Book," a document of 12, 750 reports declassified in 1976 contains 44 reports from Mid-Columbia from 1948 through 1969.
Five of those 44 are listed as "unidentified."
"Project blue Book," discontinued in 1969, was operated solely to determine if UFOs presented a threat to national security. It was determined they did not.
Since the demise of the Air Force study, several private organizations, including Phenomena Research of Seattle, continue to document reports of serial observations.
Your best odds for sighting a UFO is the Yakima Valley.
According to reports filed with Phenomena Research in Seattle and the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book of 1948-1969, the most reports in the Mid-Columbia region have been in the Yakima Valley.
Toppenish leads with 11 reports. Others are Yakima, 10; Buena, 2; and Sawyer, Granger, Union Gap, Outlook, White Swan, Zillah, Selah, Harrah and Prosser, all with 1.
Walla Walla equals Toppenish with 11. Others are Kennewick, 8; Kahlotus, 7; Larson Air Force Base near Moses Lake, Richland and Pasco, all 6; Moses Lake, 5; Soap Lake and Pendleton, both 4; Heppner, Basin City and Othello, each with 3; Benton City, Hanford and Ephrata, each with 2 and Boardman and Royal City, each with 1.
With the assistance of the Phenomena Research staff and microfilm copies of "Project Blue Book' files the most interesting of the reports include these summaries:
CONTINUE READING: www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/04/11/1890924/mid-columbia-where-ufos-are-born.html
Mid-Columbia, where UFOs are born[/color]
Tri-City Herald
Intrigued by the UFO report published in the Tri-City Herald on April 1? It seems that the Mid-Columbia has been a hotbed of UFO sightings since the 1940s. Project Blue Book looked into some of the sightings.
Looking for UFOs? Yakima Valley's the best place
Published on April 17, 1977
By Dick Moody, Basin Editor
Mid-Columbians have been looking to the heavens for years and haven't always been able to explain what they see, but they have reported 107 unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in the eight-county area in the last 20 years.
The U.S. Air Force's "Project Blue Book," a document of 12, 750 reports declassified in 1976 contains 44 reports from Mid-Columbia from 1948 through 1969.
Five of those 44 are listed as "unidentified."
"Project blue Book," discontinued in 1969, was operated solely to determine if UFOs presented a threat to national security. It was determined they did not.
Since the demise of the Air Force study, several private organizations, including Phenomena Research of Seattle, continue to document reports of serial observations.
Your best odds for sighting a UFO is the Yakima Valley.
According to reports filed with Phenomena Research in Seattle and the U.S. Air Force's Project Blue Book of 1948-1969, the most reports in the Mid-Columbia region have been in the Yakima Valley.
Toppenish leads with 11 reports. Others are Yakima, 10; Buena, 2; and Sawyer, Granger, Union Gap, Outlook, White Swan, Zillah, Selah, Harrah and Prosser, all with 1.
Walla Walla equals Toppenish with 11. Others are Kennewick, 8; Kahlotus, 7; Larson Air Force Base near Moses Lake, Richland and Pasco, all 6; Moses Lake, 5; Soap Lake and Pendleton, both 4; Heppner, Basin City and Othello, each with 3; Benton City, Hanford and Ephrata, each with 2 and Boardman and Royal City, each with 1.
With the assistance of the Phenomena Research staff and microfilm copies of "Project Blue Book' files the most interesting of the reports include these summaries:
CONTINUE READING: www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/04/11/1890924/mid-columbia-where-ufos-are-born.html