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- PRELIMINARY UFO REPORT
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- DATE: March 5, 1988
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- TIME: Between 9:20 and 9:25 P.M.
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- LOCATION: West Seattle, Washington
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- DURATION: 1-3 minutes
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- SOURCE OF SIGHTING: UFO Reporting Center 206-722-3000
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- INVESTIGATOR: Donald A. Johnson, Ph.D., MUFON
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- While crossing the street on foot from a corner
- convenience store a man and a woman observed a huge, metallic
- spherical-shaped object surrounded by a corona of bright blue
- light over the West Seattle golf course. They described the
- object as "as wide as a football field is long" (300 feet). They
- heard a humming sound, and estimated the altitude to be only 300
- yards above the golf course.
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- They reported being nearly knocked down by a car because
- they were standing there in the middle of the street "kind of
- mesmerized" by the sight of such a strange object so close to the
- ground in a populated area. The driver of the car who stopped
- got out and also watched the object. Together they watched the
- object for a period of approximately 30-40 seconds. It moved
- very quickly right, then left--in a zig-zag fashion as it gained
- altitude--and then departed very quickly into the upper atmosphere.
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- The woman is in her thirties and works as a transit operator
- for the regional transit system. The man, her boyfriend, is in
- his forties. After the sighting they discussed what they had
- seen with the other witness. The other witness suggested that
- they not report it to anyone and drove off without giving his
- name.
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