Project 10073 Record Card and Related UFO Sighting Reports — Oregon, June 1960

This document is a collection of reports and a record card concerning a series of UFO sightings that occurred in Oregon on June 20-21, 1960. The reports were compiled by the 337th Fighter Group (AD) and submitted to the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) under Project 10073. Multiple witnesses, including civilian air traffic control personnel at Portland International Airport and a civilian in Oregon City, reported observing unidentified lights in the sky. The descriptions varied slightly, with some witnesses describing two rectangular, bluish-white lights moving in a level flight path from NNW to SSE, while others noted red, white, and green lights. The duration of the sightings was consistently short, ranging from 5 to 10 seconds. The witnesses were generally considered reliable. The military investigation noted that the weather was clear with good visibility and that no unusual meteorological or astronomical activity was officially recorded in the area at the time. No radar contact was made, and no interception or identification action was taken by military aircraft. The official conclusion suggested that the sightings were likely related to a meteor shower or potentially a B-52 aircraft flying at 36,000 feet, or perhaps light reflections from a ship beacon off a cloud deck. The document emphasizes that there was no physical evidence to substantiate the reports and that the sightings remained officially unexplained or attributed to conventional phenomena despite the lack of definitive proof.