60 mi W Newport, OregonNovember 1961

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On November 20, 1961, a military observer aboard a T-33 jet about 60 miles west of Newport, Oregon, reported an object at about 6:35 p.m. (0235 Zulu). One object was seen, round and yellow, about the size of a softball. It looked like a ram jet engine spurting a bluish flame, with a tail about one and a half to two feet long. No sound was heard. The object was at about 20 degrees above the horizon. It made a straight, steep dive of about 40 degrees into the clouds. The sighting lasted about 6 seconds. The sky was clear at the aircraft's altitude with a bright moon. The Air Force listed the case as having the marks of a meteor.

Reported location

60 mi W Newport, Oregon

Date of incident

November 1961

State / country

OR / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 44

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| + 5 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD ;
1 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
; Alo he ie (A SAA TL CATE : 0 Wos Balloon
1 20 Nov Ol 60 mi W Newporx vy, Uregon 0 Probably Balloon
1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION UW: PORN. Bien
1 Y 0 Wos Aircraft
4 ETT 0 Ground-Visual 0 Ground-Rodar n] Probably Aircraft
4 f GMT.= 102352 “7A Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aireralt
<i i PHOTOS . SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical M C7¢6/2
a ] 0 Yes ‘1 Probably Astronomicol
E | “Ne Military O Possibly Astronomical
FE { 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE [0c Oe coon a on
4 i 0 hr ehabi Data for Evaluation
i Gd Sescending 0 Unknown
| 4 | 0 wil oe : by -l OD cenaling ; j
4 130. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING icund yellowisn objt spurHl. COMMENTS Sighting has characteristics of
3 {ting bluish flame like ram jet engine with tail] meteor observation.
I {12 1/2 - 2" long. Flight into clouds straight.
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