Incident #35 Sighting Report — Off Coast of Oregon, 12 November 1947

This document contains a report and subsequent evaluation of Incident #35, which occurred on 12 November 1947, approximately 40 miles north of Cape Blanco, Oregon. The sighting was reported by a Second Officer and an Ordinary Seaman, both of whom observed two objects described as balls of light with trails, moving in a long, low arc from the north horizon in a westerly direction. The observers estimated the speed of the objects to be between 700 and 900 miles per hour, and the duration of the sighting was reported as 45 seconds. The objects were described as having jet-like streams of fire. The report includes an evaluation by the Air Materiel Command, which concluded that the information provided was too meager for a definitive identification. However, the official assessment favored the hypothesis that the objects were two parts of a meteor that had broken apart upon entering the Earth's atmosphere. The investigator noted that while the duration of the sighting seemed unusually long, this could be attributed to psychological overestimation by the witnesses. The document also includes an incident index from a Project Grudge report, which categorizes various sightings based on their probability of being astronomical or other phenomena.