Project 10073 Record Cards and Incident Reports — Portland, Oregon, July 1960

This document contains two Project 10073 record cards and associated military teletype reports regarding UFO sightings in Portland, Oregon, in July 1960. The first incident, occurring on 9 July 1960, involved a single large white object with a blue tail observed by a witness described as reliable. The object was seen traveling from the northwest to the east, moving from 70-80 degrees above the horizon to 20-30 degrees before breaking up instantly. The official conclusion for this event was that it was a meteor of the fireball type. The second incident, reported on 14 July 1960, involved four round objects, with sizes estimated between 6-7 inches and 13-14 inches in diameter. The witness, a woman, reported the objects traveling in a straight line from north to south for approximately 60 seconds before disappearing. The Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC) and the reporting officer, Captain Eugene G. Smith, classified this report as unreliable, citing a lack of corroborating witnesses and the witness's perceived unreliability. The document includes detailed teletype communications from the 337th Fighter Group at Portland International Airport to various Air Force commands, including the 25th Air Division and the Air Technical Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, documenting the specific details of these observations.