Klamath Falls, OregonJuly 1963

Unidentified

Summary

On July 3, 1963, at night, civilians reported an object near Klamath Falls, Oregon. The witnesses were a husband and wife; the man was an ex-pilot. The case was recorded in Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

The object was small and moon-shaped, about 3 inches in apparent size, and looked like a white glow. It appeared low, at about 45 to 60 degrees elevation. It moved over the airfield, then west, and split into two objects before disappearing at about 60 degrees elevation. Winds were from the west. It was watched for about 10 minutes. The control tower at Kingsley Field was called but reported nothing on the sighting.

The Air Force noted the object seemed to move into the wind and that no description of the splitting was given, with key details of its motion missing. The case was listed as insufficient data for evaluation.

Reported location

Klamath Falls, Oregon

Date of incident

July 1963

State / country

OR / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 48

Original case file scans

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Ee PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD A Lali
[1 oate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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| 3 July 1963 Klamath Falls, Oregon D Probably Belison |
| | 3 DATETIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION H Bagatey. Salsen |
1 SC br re ft Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 4 fia pad ARN
4 CMT 0341010Z 0 AirVisvol O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircroft
' | 5 PHOTOS « § : 0 Was Astronomicel
NE OYes 0 Probably Astronomical |
; B No Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical |
I | 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE ENB a CE
' 110 minutes ne splitting est I Insufficient Dota for Evaluation
1 0 Unknown
| io. BRIEF SUMMARY OF siGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
| | Small moon shaped object about 3' in diameter [Object apparently moving into the wind.
"| | described as a white glow appeared at a low Control tower observers could not spot
§ | clevation. Disappeared at about 60 deg elev object, although it was reported as being
| [after moving to the West and splitting into - |over the Air Field. No description of the
¢ | two objects. Winds from West to East. splitting given and essential details of ;
4 the motion of the object are missing. |
1 Insufficient data for evaluation based
: on this reason.
| ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 29001617