43.30N 134.00W Pacific Oregon, May 1961May 1961

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Summary

On May 22, 1961, at about 0849Z (Greenwich time), a military aircrew aboard an RC-121 radar plane reported an object near the coordinates 43 degrees north, 134 degrees west, in flight out of McClellan Air Force Base, California. The report was filed on the Project 10073 record card, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The crew described the object as oval and silver, about the size of a pinhead. It was seen at night, aft and above the aircraft. It moved on a straight path and was watched for about 7 minutes. The navigator said the object moved from north to south at a very high rate of speed, too fast to view through a sextant.

The intelligence officer noted that the brief 7 minute sighting made a preliminary analysis difficult. The card's location and date fields are hard to read, but the attached message supplies these details.

Reported location

43.30N 134.00W Pacific Oregon, May 1961

Date of incident

May 1961

State / country

? / XX

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 42

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
l. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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” Geo ri — {1 Possibly Bolloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP & TYPE OF OBSERVATION Leal adil :
D Wos Aireret
TE Siege TG RE 0 Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Rodar E os Rr dr RR
| rrobably Aarcraot
. ’ nA , Pa Bd | Possibly Aircraft
{ GMT er : IEE | 1 Air Visual £1 Air-Intercept Radar | 4
I's. PHOTOS 2 3 | & SOMRGCE 7 3 iJ Was Astronomical
Q Yes E Probably Astronomical
i £1 Mo 8 I= Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE {63 Other TYRE CTR
| [oO Insufficient Dota for Evaluation |
2 | 0 Unknown |
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28992687