Project 10073 Record Card and Associated Correspondence — Coos Bay, Oregon, September 1960

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and subsequent military communications regarding a sighting reported on September 24, 1960, near Coos Bay, Oregon. A civilian witness reported observing a large green and yellow parachute attached to a cylindrical or rectangular box, estimated to be 9 to 10 feet in length. The object was observed falling in a heavily wooded area on a heading of approximately 125 degrees. The sighting was investigated by the Air Technical Intelligence Center (ATIC), with Major Robert J. Friend coordinating the investigation. A helicopter search of the area was conducted on September 25 and 26, 1960, but yielded negative results. Official inquiries were made to the U.S. Weather Bureau and an aerospace company in Seattle, Washington, to determine if the device belonged to them, but these inquiries failed to identify the object. Despite the lack of positive identification from these specific sources, the official conclusion recorded on the project card is that the event was an 'observation of known object--parachute.' A follow-up message dated October 4, 1960, from ATIC to the Portland Air Defense Sector confirms the investigation and requests continued efforts to correlate the information with other data in accordance with Air Force Regulation 200-2.