Declassified UFO / UAP Document
Project 10073 Record: Sighting Report - Tillamook, Oregon, 20 October 1965
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A report of two firey red objects observed near Tillamook, Oregon, on October 20, 1965. The Air Force officially classified the event as a meteor sighting.
This document is a formal Air Force record of a UFO sighting reported on October 20, 1965, near Tillamook, Oregon. The witness, identified as a lighthouse tender at the Cape Mears Lighthouse, observed two round, firey red objects with firey tails moving in a northeasterly direction. The observation lasted only a few seconds before the objects faded from view over the horizon. The report includes detailed meteorological data for the area at the time of the incident, noting clear conditions with scattered clouds. The official conclusion reached by the HQ Portland Air Defense Sector was that the objects were meteors. The report explicitly notes that the timing of the sighting, occurring two hours after sunset, made the possibility of a comet sighting unlikely. The document was processed through the Air Force Staff Message Branch and includes internal routing information to various Air Force commands and the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Time of sighting was almost two hours after sunset, hence it is doubtful that sighting was of newly discovered comet.
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Official Assessment
Astro (METEOR)
The sighting was evaluated by the HQ Portland Air Defense Sector. They noted the time of the sighting was almost two hours after sunset, making it doubtful that the object was a newly discovered comet. The reliability rating assigned was F-6.