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Case FileNARA NAID 28965967 · T1206 Roll 25

Project Blue Book Case File

Portland, OregonJune 1956

Insufficient Data

Summary

The OCR quality of this case file is too heavily degraded to support an accurate summary. While the cover sheet (page 1) indicates a brief sighting in Portland, Oregon in June 1956 of a small blue object lasting about one minute, with a possible aircraft explanation noted, the remaining six pages are largely illegible. Without access to clear text from the full investigative file, witness statements, and official conclusions, I cannot responsibly reconstruct the details of what happened or how the Air Force evaluated it.

The full case file, consisting of 7 pages as held by the National Archives, is reproduced below.

Reported location

Portland, Oregon

Date of incident

June 1956

State / country

OR / US

Page count

7 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 25

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 7
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
! 0 Wos Balloon
256 June 1956 Portland, Oregon DO Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 2 Rassligy Paaon
0 16 Gf ISR MEE fed BRL Rv rT RX Bround- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Alveroft
GMT 27/0500 0 Air Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar Rx Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS §. SOURCE 0 Was Astrenomical
O Yes O Probably Astronomical
“{KNo Civilian DO Possibly Astronomico!
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE RE Re EN
0 Insufficient Date for Evaluation
A : O Unknown
approx one minute one S to N
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 1. COMMENTS
One ball shape (star-like) object the | Object appeared to be heading |
size smaller than a pencil eraser toward an airport and therefore |
held at arms length, color of light could possibly be an a/c (jet) |
blue, Object was sighted for appxox circling in the area. An a/c
one minute, (F-89D) was flying in the area |
at time of sighting. Possibly |
a/c.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28965967

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