# June 23, 1952 — Spokane, WA — Weather Observer Sees A Round Disc

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**Created:** [June 23, 2025, 2:34am UTC](https://uapdiscovery.discourse.group/t/june-23-1952-spokane-wa-weather-observer-sees-a-round-disc/201 "2025-06-23T02:34:56Z")
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June 23, 1952 — Spokane, WA  
4:05 pm. Airport weather observer Rex Thompson sees a round disc with a metallic shine flash and flutter like a flipped coin for 5–7 minutes over Geiger Field [now Spokane International Airport], Spokane, Washington. [Eberhart]

Blue Book Documents:

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Source:  
Brad Sparks, Blue Books Unknown Catalogue, Case 633, p. 140;

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Frank C. Feschino Jr., Shoot Them Down! The Flying Saucer Air Wars of 1952. [Lulu.com](http://Lulu.com), 2007, p. 15;

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NICAP, “June 23, 1952: Spokane, Wash.”;

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