Project 10073 Record Card — Woodburn/Hubbard, Oregon, 18 May 1964

On May 18, 1964, a 10-year-old boy in Woodburn/Hubbard, Oregon, reported observing a square-shaped, shiny metallic object with rounded ends. The witness described the object as being approximately the size of a ping-pong ball at arm's length, featuring a door-shaped groove and a cone-shaped exhaust pipe that emitted a diesel odor. According to the report, the object hovered in a wheat field, made beeping sounds, and then rose vertically before zooming off like a rocket at an altitude of approximately 40 feet. The total duration of the sighting was estimated at five seconds. Following the incident, a circular area of flattened wheat, four feet in diameter, was discovered with three distinct impressions on the edge. The witness's cow was also reported to have been acting strangely. The incident was investigated by the United States Air Force, specifically Major Arthur F. Shiflett, who concluded that the report was non-reliable and likely a hoax or a product of the boy's imagination. The investigator noted that the boy's drawing of the object closely resembled an illustration from a contemporary comic strip. Despite the physical traces found in the field, the official military assessment dismissed the event as a fabrication.