UFOB Report — Mt. Shasta, California, 31 October 1964

This document is an incoming Air Force staff message dated November 4, 1964, reporting a UFO sighting that occurred on October 31, 1964, near Mt. Shasta, California. The primary witnesses were a private pilot and his wife, who were flying a Beechcraft Bonanza at an altitude of 11,500 feet with a magnetic heading of 140 degrees. The witnesses reported observing a saucer-shaped object with a medium glow for a few seconds. The object maintained a straight and level flight path from the southeast to the northwest. The witnesses reported no sound and no other discernible features. The report includes detailed meteorological data for the area, noting clear visibility and a surface temperature inversion up to 2,000 feet. The investigating officer, 2D LT James L. Young of the Portland Air Defense Sector, concluded that there was insufficient data to evaluate the sighting, though he suggested it could have been a weather balloon, noting that such balloons are released daily from Red Bluff, California, and Medford, Oregon. The document is marked as unclassified and was distributed to various Air Force intelligence and command units.