Portland, OregonSeptember 1957

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Summary

On September 10, 1957, at about 0815 (8:15 a.m.) in Portland, Oregon, a civilian saw one oblong object against a bright blue sky. The object was the color of an electric light seen through opaque white glass. It traveled west fast enough that it grew dimmer as it passed out of sight. The witness reported it by letter to the Air Force. The weather was clear. The unit's intelligence officer offered no comment. The Air Force record card for Project 10073, its official record for unidentified flying object reports, lists the conclusion as probably aircraft.

Reported location

Portland, Oregon

Date of incident

September 1957

State / country

OR / US

Page count

5 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 28

Original case file scans

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4 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD : ;
| 1. pate 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
4 DO Wos Balloon
4 10 September 1957 Portland, Oregon DO Probably Balloon
: ODO Possibly Bolloon
| 3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
: 3 4 2 O Was Aircraft
Local 0l15 MX Ground- Visual DO Ground-Radar ae Probably Aircraft
» [fT PER EAR HT 5 A ER 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar DO Possibly Aircraft
j | 5 PHO¥OS - SOURCE O Was Astronomical
O Yes BIG DO Probably Astronomical
: MX No Civilian D Possibly Astronomical
| 7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE fo) a iv
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; not given : one West Bhd
~ lio. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
1 Oblong shaped object the color of an Probably a/c.
9 electric light as seen through an
2 opaque white glass shade, traveling
4 west at a speed fast enough to make
E it appear dimmer as it passed out of
3 sight.
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Source: National Archives Catalog · NAID 28971594