Paranormal Sightings in Washington
18 nightmarks documented
18 paranormal sightings in Washington
Harvard Exit Theatre — the Woman's Century Club ghost of Seattle
A former member of the Woman's Century Club still glides through her old building — Seattle theater-goers hear her piano and see her on the staircase.
Bright object observed over Seattle — Boeing's headquarters city (1957)
An unknown over Boeing's headquarters — four days after Sputnik, when the whole world was watching the sky.
Bright object observed over Bellingham near the Canadian border, Washington (1955)
A bright unknown near the Canadian border — America's northernmost coastal city, watching the sky toward the Soviet polar route.
Radar-visual contact with unknown target at Larson AFB, Washington (1953)
Both radar and visual observers at a Strategic Air Command nuclear bomber base tracked an unknown disc-shaped object.
Third Blue Book unknown at McChord AFB near Tacoma, Washington (1952)
McChord's third unknown — the air defense base protecting Boeing and Seattle became one of Blue Book's most persistent locations.
Bright object observed over Spokane near Fairchild SAC base (1952)
A bright unknown over a SAC nuclear bomber base in the Pacific Northwest — where the modern UFO era had begun five years earlier.
First of two unknowns observed at McChord AFB near Tacoma, Washington (1952)
The first of two McChord unknowns in one week — Tacoma's military air base couldn't explain what kept appearing over it.
Second unknown at McChord AFB — six days before the first (1952)
McChord's second unknown in a week — the air defense base protecting Boeing, Bremerton, and Puget Sound couldn't identify either one.
Bright object observed over Bayview on Whidbey Island, Washington (1952)
A bright unknown on Whidbey Island — the Navy's Pacific patrol base in Puget Sound saw something its patrols hadn't found.
Object observed over Soap Lake near the Hanford nuclear reservation, Washington (1952)
An unknown in the Columbia Basin — within range of Hanford, where plutonium reactors fed the nuclear arsenal.
Bright object observed over Walla Walla, Washington (1952)
A bright unknown near Hanford's plutonium reactors — on the same day as an unknown 1,000 miles away in South Dakota.
Object observed near Larson SAC base at Moses Lake, Washington (1952)
A second unknown near Larson AFB — the SAC base in the Columbia Basin kept producing cases investigators couldn't solve.
Bright object observed over the Yakima Valley, Washington (1952)
An early unknown in the Yakima Valley — which would become one of America's most persistent and studied UFO hotspots.
Second Blue Book unknown over Spokane near Fairchild SAC base (1950)
Spokane's second unknown — the SAC bomber city kept seeing things that its nuclear-armed base couldn't explain.
Kenneth Arnold's Mount Rainier sighting — the 'flying saucer' that started it all (1947)
Pilot Kenneth Arnold saw nine crescent craft weaving between Cascade peaks at 1,700 mph on June 24, 1947 — coining 'flying saucers' and launching the UFO era.
The Ape Canyon Attack — Mount St. Helens, Washington (1924)
Gold prospectors endured an all-night siege by rock-throwing ape creatures in 1924. The gorge still bears the name Ape Canyon.
First Methodist Protestant Church parsonage — Seattle's poltergeist house
Tables lifted off the floor and dishes flew from shelves in this Seattle parsonage — journalists and city officials witnessed the poltergeist firsthand.
Ye College Inn — Howard the ghost of Seattle's University District
A ghost called Howard watches guests sleep and opens locked doors at this Seattle inn near the University of Washington — his identity remains a mystery.