Seattle roof landing with Soviet markings
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A disk-shaped object landed on Mrs. T.L. Kremmer's roof in Seattle on July 15, 1947 at approximately 9:42 PM, burning briefly before extinguishing itself. The recovered object was a 28-inch plywood disk with Soviet emblems and internal components including radio tubes and an oil can, later determined unable to fly.
“MRS. T. L. KREMMER, TWO SIX NAUGHT EIGHT DASH TWENTY THIRD AVE., WEST, SEATTLE, REPORTED FLYING DISK HAD LANDED ON HER ROOF ABOUT NINE FORTY TWO PM LAST NIGHT, THAT IT WAS BURNING AT TIME AND IMMEDIATELY EXTINGUISHED. DISK DESCRIBED AS ABOUT TWENTY EIGHT INCH [redacted] CIRCULAR PIECE THREE SIXTEENTH INCH PLYWOOD CUPPED UP ON TWO SIDES.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1947-07-15
- Precision
- day
- Location
- Two Six Naught Eight Dash Twenty Third Ave., West, Seattle
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Washington
- Branch
- FBI
- Unit
- FBI Seattle
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- circular disk, cupped on two sides
- Size
- about 28 inches in diameter
Resolution
Plywood hoax device with Soviet markings, radio tubes, and oil can; consensus that it could not fly
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_1
Case ID: 1947-FBI-61356C
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