Corvallis, OregonAugust 1955

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Summary

On August 3, 1955, at night in Corvallis, Oregon, a civilian fire lookout reported one oval object. The Air Force recorded the report under Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object was red on one side and green on the other. It looked about the size of a quarter held at arm's length, seen through fire-sighting equipment. It appeared to go left and right and to stop and go. It was still in sight when the report was made.

The Air Force noted the bright star Capella was at about 20 degrees elevation in that direction. Officials agreed with the reporting officer and concluded the sighting was possibly astronomical, probably the star.

Reported location

Corvallis, Oregon

Date of incident

August 1955

State / country

OR / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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3 Aug 55 Corvallis, Oregon (8) Hap oa
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Hom, moe
; 0 Wos Aireroft
Local T7575 5 Ground: Visual O Ground-Radar Q Probably Abreroht
GMT " 0 Air Visuvol O Air-Intercept Rador | Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS « SOUR OX Was Astronomical C2pella
: O Yes O Probably Astronomical
‘Ne civilian (fire look-out) O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE BO ciiicniscomsmssimiopiossmprinisionin
still in sight at time of rpt| one BEY We pane. TE  vdivanon
top and go
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS :
Cne oval, r=d on one side and green on other, Capella at 20 deg elev LO deg az.
obj, size of quarter at arms length (thru fire
sighting equipment). Obj was seen at night and
appeared to go left and right and stop 2nd go.
Cb} was still in sight at time of report.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28963130