Hinkle, OregonApril 1952

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Summary

On April 23, 1952, at 4:30 p.m. PST, a civilian in Hinkle, Oregon reported seeing an unidentified flying object northwest of Pendleton, Washington. The witness observed a silver flash followed by a light green ball descending vertically with a light brown trail. The object struck the ground beyond a ridge about 12 miles south of Hinkle. The brownish trail remained visible for 20 to 30 seconds after the object hit the ground. The Air Force evaluated the sighting as unknown.

Reported location

Hinkle, Oregon

Date of incident

April 1952

State / country

OR / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 9

Original case file scans

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 23 Apr 52

2. LOCATION: Hinkle, Oregon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local 1630 PST, GMT [illegible] 0030 Z

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: X Ground-Visual, [ ] Air-Visual, [ ] Ground-Radar, [ ] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: [ ] Yes, [X] No

6. SOURCE: male-civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: [blank]

8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1

9. COURSE: [blank]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Silver flash followed by light green ball. Ball w/ trail. Dove vertically.

11. COMMENTS: Brownish trail visible for 20-30 seconds after sighting. Think, object struck the ground.

12. CONCLUSIONS:
[ ] Was Balloon
[ ] Probably Balloon
[X] Possibly Balloon
[ ] Was Aircraft
[ ] Probably Aircraft
[ ] Possibly Aircraft
[ ] Was Astronomical
[X] Probably Astronomical METEOR
[ ] Possibly Astronomical
[ ] Other
[ ] Insufficient Data for Evaluation
[X] Unknown

ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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