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Case FileNARA NAID 28978547 · T1206 Roll 33

Project Blue Book Case File

Portland, OregonJune 1958

Insufficient Data

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 June 1958. The full case file (4 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 33.

Reported location

Portland, Oregon

Date of incident

June 1958

State / country

OR / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 33

Original case file scans

Original case file · scanned by NARAPage 1 of 4
Transcribed text
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1. DATE 2. LOCATION : 12. CONCLUSIONS |
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17 Jun 58 Portland, Oregon : Aart 1 eo
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION hd Mca
; 0 Was Aircraft
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Local 1771 rT 2X Ground- Visual 0 Ground-Radar a Probably Aircraft
OM T mms 8 Z 0 Air Visuvol DO Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Aircraft
: 5. PHOTOS . SOURCE O Was Astronomical
0 Yes - |o Probably Astronomical
IDNo Civilian O Possibly Astronomical :
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 3. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE R Other__RoZ lac tion
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
0 Unknown
2-3 mins one NW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Rnd obj, size of full moon, shiny Sunlight could be reflected fm
{silver w/haze around it, Obj headed a surface onto the smoke & haze
NW in a straight line climbing. Speed | layer at inversion.
compared to that of a jet.
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