Spherical Metal Ball Observed Over Kennewick, Washington

Sergeant Gordon Richardson of the Kennewick Police Department reported observing a large, shining metal ball approximately 30 feet in diameter traveling at high speed over Kennewick, Washington about a year before June 1956. The object came to a complete stop, emitted a trail of fire, then accelerated rapidly and disappeared.

“RICHARDSON stated that about a year ago he was on night shift and was in the vicinity of 1st and Washington, Kennewick at about 10 pm whan he observed a large, shining, metal ball about 30' in diameter swoosh in from the West at a rather low altitude--only 200 or 300 feet in the air or less. The ball was travelling at a high rate of spped and when it got abauit three blocks east of Jashington Street it came to a complete stop. RICHARDSON ststed ths the ball had left 4 tail of fire until it stopped and then emitted no fire or smoke.”

Verbatim from FBI-UAP-D013.pdf · View original on war.gov