N of Corvallis, OregonJune 1960

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Summary

On June 20, 1960, a witness north of Corvallis, Oregon saw a strange object in the sky. The sighting happened at night and lasted about 10 to 15 seconds. The object looked like a whitish blob, about the size of a quarter, with a slight tail. It looked like a shooting star about to break apart. A piece seemed to drop off the main body, which then vanished. The main object disappeared slightly to the left. The sky was clear that night. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably astronomical, noting it was probably a meteor.

Reported location

N of Corvallis, Oregon

Date of incident

June 1960

State / country

OR / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

Original case file scans

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| mee: PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD Se
I. DATE : 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
: O Was Ball
20 Jun 60 N of Corvallis, Oregon ~ |@ Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION I am. Sr |
IN niin 3X Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar 5 he dg A oft Fre
oMT_____21/0700Z 0 - 0 Air Visvol O Air-Intercept Radar |D Possibly Aircraft |
| 5. PHOTOS oy 2 du Ret ppb Met |
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« ba Military [a] Possibly Astronomics id
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CHE RAR AO |
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
10-15 sec one g ~ |B Unknown |
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | 11. COMMENTS
whitish blob, size of a quarter, slight tail. | Probably a meteor.
| Like shooting star about to disintegrate. A pidce
| seemed to drop off main body which disappeared : |
| | after separation. Main object disappeared ;
slightly to left of sight.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52) ; :
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28987317