S of Portland, OregonJuly 1960

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Summary

On July 6, 1960, a civilian south of Portland, Oregon saw two objects in the sky. The sighting happened at night, about 5:30 p.m. by one note, with a bright moon. The objects were the size of a half dollar at arm's length. They were round with a flat top and bottom and were a luminous white. They changed from a side by side formation to a vertical one. They moved from south to north, passing overhead, then curved to the northwest over about 45 seconds. There was no sound. The Air Force concluded the sighting was probably aircraft. The card said the witness likely saw two jets at high altitude.

Reported location

S of Portland, Oregon

Date of incident

July 1960

State / country

OR / US

Page count

4 scanned pages

USAF evaluation

unknown

Microfilm

T1206, Roll 38

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CHEATHAM, A. M. PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD - je
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I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
0 O Wes Balloon |
6 Jul 60 S of Portland, Oregon 8 Prot Buteen |
3. DATE-TINE GROUP | 4 TYPE OF OBSERVATION TRY. Men |
0 Was Aircraft
Local A a X Ground- Vi sval DO Ground-Redar - Probably Aireroft
omT_ 07/0522 05222 . he D Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar 0 Possibly Airerafr
3. PHOTOS v « SOU o a .
0 Yes ~ O Probably Astronomic
a Ne civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | & NUMBER OF OBJECTS | %. COURSE | Other
O Insufficient Data for Evaluation
45 cec +90 N 0 Unknown
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS |
Ts0 objects the size ¢f a half dollar at arm's | About 5:30 at night with a bright moon.
length, round with flat tor and round botton, Time for an a/c to travel a 90° arc at
luminous white, observed fc change Torngtion 20,000 ft is gbout 1 min. Witness probablf
frcm ile by side to a vertical formation. cbserved 2 jet a/c at about this altitudes
Traveled from 30° elevetion due J to 45° elavad (speed 600 kts). At tiie altitude the rag
tion due I after passing overhead in about 45 | and gre=n running lights are not visible
sec, HO sound. and only the white solid light can be s=
oy from the ground. It is difficult to unjen-
ctand how the witness knew the objects
were flat on top. Wo 2vidence to indicat
that this was not an a/c sighting.
ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP $2)

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