Portland, OregonFebruary 1961

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Summary

On February 27, 1961, around 9:35 p.m. local time, a civilian in Portland, Oregon, reported a round, white object about the size of a grapefruit. It was seen for about 10 to 12 minutes at night.

The object appeared about 45 degrees above the horizon, near an azimuth of 225 degrees. It would climb high and grow dim, then descend and grow bright. The witness said it finally disappeared into what was described as outer space. Its position at disappearance was not known.

The report was handled under the Moon Dust program and reached an Air Defense Sector senior director. The Air Force card notes that how the object's disappearance into outer space was determined is unknown. It states the information is too limited to reach a valid conclusion.

Reported location

Portland, Oregon

Date of incident

February 1961

State / country

OR / US

Page count

2 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 41

Original case file scans

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FE 5 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
: I. DATE | 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
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27 Feb 61 Portland, Oregon RY ae
1 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION A Ji tal
| I a niin: X Ground- Visual DO Ground-Rodar a Brood Rover oft |
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GMT 2805352 a Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft |
i 5. ‘PHOTOS . SOURCE DO Was Astronomical
i a Yes O Probably Astronomical
Ne Civil] ian O Possibly Astronomical |
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE Q kia TR —
: Insufficient Dato for Evaluotion Spe
: O Unknown |
10 min 1 Varied
un 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Round, white objt, size |!!- COMMENTS Ohjts position upon disappear{ |
of grapefruit Appeared 45° aprox 225°. ance was not known by witness; only |
Disappeared 45° unknown. It would climb up . | reported as disappearing in outer space
Ny high and get dim, descend and get bright. How this was determined is unknown. Infd |
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j Disappeared into "outer space". is too limited to reach a valid conclusion.
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