Portland, OregonJuly 1955

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Summary

Project Blue Book, the U.S. Air Force's 22-year UFO investigation program, opened a case file on a sighting reported from Portland, Oregon in July 1955. The full case file (3 scanned pages of witness statements, Air Force memoranda, and investigator notes) is reproduced below as held by the National Archives. The Air Force assigned this case to its broader investigation of unidentified aerial phenomena alongside ~12,600 other reports filed between 1947 and 1969. Citation: NARA Record Group 341, Microfilm Publication T1206, Roll 23.

Reported location

Portland, Oregon

Date of incident

July 1955

State / country

OR / US

Page count

3 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 23

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 3

Transcribed text

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE: 30 Jul 55
2. LOCATION: Portland, Oregon
12. CONCLUSIONS: [checkbox] Possibly Balloon

3. DATE-TIME GROUP: Local GMT 30/2243Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION: [checkbox] Ground-Visual [checkbox] Ground-Radar [checkbox] Air-Visual [checkbox] Air-Intercept Radar

5. PHOTOS: [checkbox] Yes [checkbox] No
6. SOURCE: civilian & military (000(

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION: 3 min
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS: 1
9. COURSE: n/a

10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Round, silver, no sound. "Sitting, did not maneuver"/Disappeared over hill.

11. COMMENTS: Probable a/c Sighting.

ATC FORM 329 (REV 28 SEP 52)

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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28962995

Connected across the archive

People

A/1C T.N. TAYLOR, 4779 DET HR 3, GOC, PORTLAND, OREGON, AMIS SUPERVISOR G.W. THOMAS, 726 W. MOSHER, HOUSEWIFE

Organizations

25TH ADIV MCCHORD AFB WASH ADC ENT AFB COL SPRGS COLO AIR TECH INTELL CENTER UP AFE OHIO COMDR 635TH ACURON MCCHORD AFB WASH DIRECTOR OF INTELL HQ USAF WASH

Programs and code names

Project Blue Book

Places

NE ROSEBURG OFF AVE A Oregon Portland Portland, OR Portland, Oregon