Adair AFS, OregonFebruary 1961

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Summary

On February 28, 1961, around 7:30 p.m. local time, military observers at Adair Air Force Station, Oregon, reported a white, star like object. The witnesses were three Air Force officers, listed as probably reliable. The object was seen for about 20 minutes and stayed stationary. It was about the size of a pencil eraser at arm's length.

The object appeared and disappeared at about 40 degrees elevation and 270 degrees azimuth. It showed no motion and simply faded from view. The object was described as exceptionally bright.

The Air Force card states the object faded after being viewed for 20 minutes with no perceptible movement. It concludes the object was probably the planet Mars, which was very bright at that time of year and was in the position reported. The disappearance was probably due to clouds moving between the witnesses and the planet.

Reported location

Adair AFS, Oregon

Date of incident

February 1961

State / country

OR / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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: ae PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD i
| I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
3 gd 0 Was Balloon
28 Feb 61 Adair AFS, Oregon O Probably Balloon |
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Bl Gost fi ne |
TEI inne me ssn 8 Ground- Visual O Ground-Rador 5 Probably Alrer oft
iP OT oe ST IR items O Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 8. SOURCE O Was Astronomical MAES !
[ O Yes | B Probably Astronomical
& No Milita : ODO Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION " NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE NI icici |
: O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
O Unknown
20 min 1 Stationary
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING White, star-like objt, |[!- COMMENTSOhjt faded, after béing viewed | |
seéze of pencil eraser. Appeared and disappeartfor 20 min with no perceptible movement. |
| ed at 40° elevation, 270° az. No motion; just| Planet Mars, which is very bright this
| faded from view. time of year, was in position reported
| for objt. Disappearance was probably due
to clouds moving between witnesses and
planet.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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