Oregon City, OregonJuly 1958

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Summary

On July 16, 1958, in Oregon City, Oregon, a civilian witnessed a round object with a blurred edge on one side. The object was nickel-sized, red with a yellow halo, then turned white and gray. The color change resembled an eclipse. The object had a short rocking movement and disappeared instantly where it was first sighted. The sighting lasted three to five minutes. The object was observed at fifty degrees above the horizon during the night. An Air Force investigation determined that no plausible cause could be found from the information supplied.

Reported location

Oregon City, Oregon

Date of incident

July 1958

State / country

OR / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 16 Jul 58

2. LOCATION: Oregon City, Oregon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local [blank], GMT 12/06052

4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: Ground-Visualed [checked]

5. SOURCE: Civilian

6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: one

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 3-5 mins

8. COURSE: not given

9. PHOTOS: Yes [crossed out], No [checked]

12. CONCLUSIONS: Insufficient Data for Evaluation [checked]

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Obj round on one side, blurred on the other, size of nickel, red w/yellow halo then turned to white & gray. Change of color looked somewhat like an eclipse. Had short rocking movement. Disappeared instantaneously where first sighted.

11. COMMENTS: Insufficient data.

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