Project 10073 Record Card — Oregon City, Oregon, 16 July 1958

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and an associated teletype report regarding a UFO sighting in Oregon City, Oregon, on July 16, 1958. The witness, identified as a housewife, reported observing a single object for approximately three to five minutes. She described the object as being round on one side and blurred on the other, roughly the size of a nickel. The object initially appeared red with a yellow halo before changing to white and gray, a color shift the witness compared to an eclipse. She also reported that the object exhibited a short rocking movement before disappearing instantaneously from the point where it was first sighted. The military investigation, conducted by the 337th Fighter Group at Portland International Airport, included a review of local air traffic and weather conditions, which were reported as clear. Despite the detailed description provided by the witness, the investigating officers concluded that there was insufficient data to determine a plausible cause for the sighting. The report explicitly notes that the witness failed to provide a specific azimuth or direction for the object, which hindered the ability of the Air Technical Intelligence Center to conduct a proper evaluation. The document serves as a record of the military's attempt to process the report under standard operating procedures for unidentified aerial phenomena at the time.