What Is The Yakima Firing Ground? Two Events Near Yakima, WA From 1974 and 1977

Near Yakima, WA

Is this white circle at the Yakima Firing Ground a GoogleMaps 'whiteout'?
GoogleEarth 46"40'41"N 120"21'47"W

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GoogleEarth shows a white dome at this location
Maybe this is the Echelon installation known to be on this 'base'.

Yakima Valley, Washington, USA

The Yakima Indian Tribe have a legend of a "large man with red eyes who came to live with the tribe." If a member of the tribe became sick, the strange man would heal him. Eventually the man died and a "large flying object came down from the skies, put his body aboard, and flew off into the sky." (Bader, Strange Northwest, p.29)



YAKIMA, WASHINGTON, at 19:50 hrs. (local) on October 07, 1974

Huge search light beam from 4 miles high in the sky illuminating a one mile diameter circle on the ground.

Passenger asked pilot what was a light in the sky overhead. Flight was direct from Pendleton, Oregon, to Sea-Tac (Airport) at 10,500' msl. The light source seemed to be sourced at about 20,000' msl like a huge landing light or search light that illuminated the ground below about 1 mile in diameter. The source was not visible as though a wing-light was blocked by the fuselage, but the cone of light got brighter and ATC denied any traffic in the area.

At this point I elected to change course and fly around, rather than through, the light beam area. Air to air queries to other pilots affirmed that the anomaly was visible to others that night. At this point "Deep Throat" advised to "can the chatter if you want to keep flying". The beam was visible until descending into Sea-tac.

The next day a Seattle radio station reported that some hunters in Winthrop, WA, called in to report seeing the same light to the south and wondering what it was.

(NUFORC Note: We have contacted the source of the report, requesting more information about the incident. PD) Rptd 2009-07


From The 1977 HUMCAT

Harrah Yakima Washington
Date: January 19 1977
Time: 0630A
Jose Cantu, 9, was preparing his breakfast when he saw a "little man" outside in his yard. He went outside and saw two greenish creatures about three-foot tall, unipedal, who rotated on a base instead of having legs and feet. According to his published drawing, they had only one eye, pug noses, and vestigial arms. Two steely craft were observed, one resting in the backyard and the other on the roof of the house, and in these were two more identical creatures. Hiding behind a washing machine, he saw the first two beings return to the UFOs, which were brilliantly lighted inside and contained "two chairs with very tall bases." Ramps led up to "cross shaped" doors. After the humanoids had re-entered, the craft in the yard rose and disappeared in a cloud of steam or smoke. Marks in the gravel were found where Jose said the creatures had stood, and in the long grass of the backyard was a circle of whirled grass about 10 feet in diameter. Investigators found these traces still present during their on site inspection.
Humcat 1977-2
Source: William Vogel & David Akers for Cufos
Type: B


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