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Case FileNARA NAID 28973971 · T1206 Roll 30

Project Blue Book Case File

Portland, OregonNovember 1957

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 November 1957. 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 30.

Reported location

Portland, Oregon

Date of incident

November 1957

State / country

OR / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 30

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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Novembe . . land re oa O Probably thon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION Q Possibly Ballon
v O Was Aireraft
Loco! eee XXXGround-Visval O Ground-Rader CX XProbably Aireref? |
vr.07/03007Z 0 Air Visuel O Air-Intercop? Rador O Possibly Aireraft
S.. 'HO 0 « SOU O Was Astronomicel
O Yes : O Probably Astrenomicel
| ™ A O Possibly Astronomicel
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE JIE TT —
: O Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
| : 0 Unknown
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10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round object, smaller than nickel at Probable a/c sighting. i
| its biggest, red, trail similar to
ashes flipped from cigarettes, including
{ sparks, Object described as glowing or
: resembling fire, Seemed to increase &
f | diminish in size while observed,
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28973971

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