Oakridge, Eugene, OregonNovember 1959

Unidentified

Summary

On the night of November 1, 1959, several civilians, including state police officers, saw an object from the areas of Oakridge, Government Camp, and Eugene, Oregon. The sighting lasted nearly two hours.

The object was cigar-shaped, about 6 to 8 times as long as it was wide, in a vertical position. It had red lights at its ends and an extremely bright white light in the center that may have been flashing. One observer compared it to a blimp. Reports of its position and direction of drift conflicted between the different observers.

The object was reported to a fighter squadron, but no interception was attempted because of poor weather, and radar detected no return. Northern Lights, Venus, and other bright stars were visible. Observers at Oakridge and Eugene decided that Venus was the object they had seen. The Air Force record card lists the case as astronomical, identified as Venus. This was part of Project 10073, the Air Force's official record for unidentified flying object reports.

Reported location

Oakridge, Eugene, Oregon

Date of incident

November 1959

State / country

OR / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unidentified

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 37

Original case file scans

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| PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE BES SES TOT RA JRE 12. CONCLUSIONS
; J Was Balloon -
1 Nov Cakridge, Fugens, Oregon QO Probably Bolleon
ea melgbes § OasrioRe, BMReRe, Oregon. OC Possibly Balloon
; 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF CHSERVATION
i i 0 Was Airercft :
Leg fe Se Te fh De #1 Ground- Visual O Ground-Radar Q Probably Aircraft
emT__ 01/1135 LARD O Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
/ 5. PHOTOS é. SOURCE 7 &F Was Astronomical Venus
0 Yes O Probably Astronomical
7 No Civilian ah ol 0 Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE CJ G1 1p ath EE CAEN
. 0 Insufficient Dota for Evaluotion
k 0 Unknown
CREE BR VEG yD Lo SISO [ile - JEAN SE] A To) «cha Yc Nek To) wi 88 I fy
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Cigar~:haped cb], 6-8 times es long as wide Beleived to be Venus by several cf the
‘|in vertical position. Red lights at extremitigs observers.
| ~ |w/extremely bright white light ian center, possibly
| flashing.
ATIC FORM 322 (2ZV 25 SEP 352)
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28985270