Project 10073 Record Card — Lookout Mountain, Oregon, 14 October 1963

This document consists of a Project 10073 record card and associated military teletype communications regarding a UFO sighting on 14 October 1963 near Lookout Mountain, Oregon. The witness, identified as a District Superintendent for the Oregon Highway Department and noted for high reliability, reported observing an object described as two tandem ovals with rounded, pointed ends. The object was reported to be brilliant blue with a greenish tint, approximately four times longer than it was wide, and exhibited a flickering tail that appeared to be exhaust. The observation lasted for two seconds before the object disappeared behind a mountain. Military intelligence assessments, specifically DCOI 675 and DCOI 685, indicate that the object was moving at a speed estimated to be three to four times that of an aircraft. Radar checks by the Reno Air Defense Sector revealed no tracks consistent with the location or flight path of the reported object. While the initial record card evaluation categorized the event as a meteor, subsequent internal correspondence explored other possibilities, including a disintegrating man-made satellite. The possibility of the object being a weather balloon was also investigated but ultimately considered unlikely due to the reported flight characteristics. The document confirms that no aircraft were in the area and that the observer refrained from publicizing the event.