Near Heppner, OregonMarch 1961

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Summary

On March 9, 1961, an object was reported near Heppner, Oregon. The object was round and white, about the size of a half dollar. It was first seen at about 30 degrees elevation and disappeared at about 40 degrees elevation. An aircraft, a DC-6B, was noted in connection with the sighting.

On Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports, the comments said witnesses reported only a slight movement, which would fit the movement of an aircraft. The conclusion pointed to an aircraft.

Reported location

Near Heppner, Oregon

Date of incident

March 1961

State / country

OR / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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i Sa PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD fe
1 1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS |
3 O Was Ball |
{ 9 Mar 61 Near Heppner, Oregon 0 Probably Bolloon |
B | 5. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION EY on | |
AER O Ground: Visual O Ground-Rodor ~ Greaily Rover oft | |
GMT 1005002 & Air Visuol 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
i 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical én TAY {
a Yes 0 Probably Astronomical
& No | Civilian 3 Possibly Astronemicel
: 7. LENGTH OF. OBSERVATION § NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CIR CTR —
: i O Insufficient Date for Evaluation
O Unknown
10 min 1 NW-S
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round, white objt size [!)- COMMENTS yitnesses report objt had a
1 of half dollar. Sighted - 30° elevation. slight movement, which would have been dpe
Disappeared - 40° elevation. Plane - DC6B to movement of a/c. Azimuth of objt was
: United, located 6551-18M, 270°, 210 knots, not given, only direction of movement.
: Seattle. Witnesses did not see cobjt disappear as
; they apparently flew into overcast reported
j below them. It is possible that objt was
| planet Venus which was in NW, and move-
1 ent of a/c mistaken for movement of |
1 planet,
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