Lexington Airport; Pendleton, Ore., March 1955March 1955

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Summary

In March 1955, at Lexington Airport near Pendleton, Oregon, an observer reported two round, bright crimson objects. They were seen about three minutes apart. Each looked about as large as a pumpkin held at arm's length. Both objects seemed to disappear over the horizon heading due north.

The sky was completely overcast at the time.

The Air Force noted that the sighting took place at an airport and that the overcast sky seemed to rule out some explanations. The case is recorded under Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Lexington Airport; Pendleton, Ore., March 1955

Date of incident

March 1955

State / country

? / XX

Page count

1 scanned page

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 22

Original case file scans

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1 pid UFCB INDEX CARD |
E 1. DATE ( 2. LOCATION ( 112. CONCLUSIONS aT |
1 “3G |
7 : : |o Was Balloon |
1 7 tHarch 1955 __| Lexington Adrports Pendleton, Ora, 0 Probably Balloon
b 3. DATE-TIME GROUP E TYPE OF OBSERVATION oy O Possibly Bolloon
f Local Loti, Te f PEL  EILPNE 2 = Ground-Visual ®) Ground-Radar = NER Altec ft
EEE EERIE robably Aircra |
i oMT. /03L07% larch 1955 | 0 Air-Visual 0 Air-intercept Rador 5 Possibly Aircroft
f 5. PHPTOS 6. SOURCE lo Was Astronomical
0 Yes 19 Probably Astronomical
i % No Civilian Be Possibly Astronomical |
1 7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE oC Sitar IPS AE CE RE CH |
| 1 : : ahead zhi 1ine 2 fianesigtent Dota for Evaluation |
4 To {2) Minutes we noo eer BT ER |
rE 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS . —
1 To (2) round, tright crimson objects seen Dus to the fact that this sighting tool
E Shree ( 3) nirutes apart seemed to be as larzs place at an airport seems in 1isell to
FE a pumpkin held at axms length. Doba objects: ba of value, The fact that the sky is :
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i] two minutes, Time of days night/ Usather: and a signing of two minutes rulss
i Uvercasat, lothing unusual noted on radars that outs Tha objsct must have baen
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: pumpkin abt arms lengths A possibility
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