SUBJECT: CHRONOLOGY OF WASHINGTON STATE UFO REPORTS          FILE: UFO2309




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                     Chronology of Washington State UFO Reports
                                January - April 1988

    DATE      TIME      PLACE         DESCRIPTION

    1/20      Night     Edmonds       Woman saw a ice cream cone-shaped
                                      object for few seconds before it
                                      winked out.  Neighbor reportedly saw
                                      it for several minutes but refuses
                                      to report it because of her religious
                                      beliefs.

    1/21      10:45 PM  Oak Harbor    Multiple witness sighting by Dan
                                      MacIndoe and family.  Circular-shaped
                                      object with lights made sharp turn,
                                      passed overhead.  Seen for 25-40
                                      seconds observed through telephoto lens.

    1/21      11 PM     Oak Harbor    Navy enlisted man noticed bright light
                                      in rear view mirror.  When he turned to
                                      look the light shot passed him.  Engine
                                      of car stalled on the next turn, car
                                      stalls frequently since encounter, dash-
                                      board displays (outside temp. gauge, oil
                                      and radiator readouts) malfunction.

    1/28      12:05 AM  Oak Harbor    Jerry Lang watched 3 objects--1 with
                                      structure, 2 spheres of light--over
                                      mouth of the Skagit River for 1 hour &
                                      50 minutes, through binoculars.  The
                                      2 spheres changed to disk-shapes when
                                      they descended to the ground.  No sound.

    2/29      6:25 PM   Seattle &     Hundreds of people called TV stations
                        Bangor        and the UFO Reporting Center to report
                                      a green fireball streak across the sky
                                      from North to South.  Reports were
                                      received from as far south as southern
                                      Oregon.

    2/29      7:30 PM   Orting        A 17-year-old high school student
                                      made a one-hour videotape of the planet
                                      Venus that she mistook for a UFO.  The
                                      videotape was later broadcast on KIRO-TV

    3/3       Evening   Seattle       Police and the KMPS radio station
                                      received reports of balls of light
                                      observed over Green Lake.

    3/5       9:30 PM   West Seattle  A couple observed a huge (225-300 foot)
                                      metallic object hovering 300 yds. over
                                      the West Seattle golf course, rock back
                                      and forth in a "falling leaf" motion,
                                      shoot off straight up.  5 blocks away
                                      another witness reported bowling ball-
                                      sized balls of light zip up and down
                                      the street.

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                     Chronology of Washington State UFO Reports
                                January - April 1988

    DATE      TIME      PLACE         DESCRIPTION

    3/12      1:55 AM   West Seattle  Witness observed a plate-shaped UFO
                                      with 3 lights--red, green, and violet,
                                      move in an erratic zig-zag, up-down
                                      motion over Elliot Bay off Duawamish
                                      Head for 2-3 minutes.

    3/13      3:30 PM   S. Seattle    A distant black object was observed
                                      by a witness while driving North on I-5.

    3/21      3:45 AM   Puyallup      A diamond shaped UFO with a lighted
                                      opening was observed by 4 witnesses at
                                      treetop level at a distance of 300 feet.
                                      Seen for 20 seconds.

    4/4       9:00 PM   S. Seattle    A woman driving north on Rainier Ave. S.
                                      noticed 3 small white dots of light over
                                      Lake Washington in a triangle formation.
                                      They shot off in different directions.
                                      2 miles north at Rainier Beach she saw
                                      a gigantic object shaped like the
                                      Goodyear blimp, hovering over a house to
                                      her left.  It was dark grey with dark or
                                      black lines coming up from underneath.
                                      It had a red, blue, and flashing white
                                      lights.  A second witness north on
                                      Rainier Ave. reported seeing what may
                                      have been the same object with a diamond
                                      shaped lighting pattern.  Both witnesses
                                      reported the UFO shot off to the West.

   --Donald A. Johnson, Ph.D.
     P.O. Box 161
     Kirkland, WA 98033




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