Project 10073 Record Card and Correspondence — Telephone Ridge, Oregon, October 1959

This document contains a Project Blue Book record card and associated correspondence regarding a UFO sighting that occurred in October 1959 near Telephone Ridge, Oregon. A civilian witness, who identified himself as a 41-year-old department store manager with a college education, reported observing a stationary, bright light while camping with his family and another couple. The witness described the light as being as bright as a carbon arc lamp and noted that it appeared to pulse. After remaining stationary for approximately 30 minutes, the object reportedly rose suddenly through a broken cloud layer at a 45-degree angle, disappearing in roughly 1.5 to 2 seconds. The witness noted that the object's rapid acceleration was remarkable and that two jets, presumably from Moses Lake, were observed in the area shortly after the light vanished. The witness, who explicitly stated he was not a 'nut' and had never seen a flying saucer before, provided a detailed account and a sketch of the sighting to Captain Hector Quintanilla Jr. of the Project Blue Book office in 1964, five years after the event. The Air Force's official response, issued by Major Maston M. Jacks of the Foreign Technology Division, acknowledged the report and stated that the sighting could not be attributed to conventional phenomena such as aircraft, balloons, or astronomical bodies. The report concluded that the brightness and clarity of the object, combined with the location, tended to rule out mirages or reflections, ultimately leaving the observation as an 'unknown' due to insufficient data for a definitive evaluation.