UFOB Report - Adair AFS, Oregon - November 1965

This document is a declassified Department of the Air Force staff message dated November 23, 1965, reporting a Unidentified Flying Object (UFOB) sighting. The incident occurred at 0530 hours at the Barview Jetty in Oregon. The witness, identified as a machinist, reported a single object described as a very bright, light blue light, approximately six feet in length. The object was observed for two seconds, during which it emitted a loud snapping sound and caused the witness's car radio and motor to stop. The object traveled in a straight line before fading abruptly, disappearing to the northwest at an altitude of more than 1,000 feet. Weather conditions at the time were reported as a dark night with thunderstorms in the area, 1,300-foot overcast, and three miles of rain. The report, prepared by Major A.F. Shiflett, a Combat Intelligence Officer, explicitly states that no interception or identification action was taken. The document concludes that no preliminary analysis regarding the cause of the sighting is offered, noting specifically that the 10/10ths cloud cover would seemingly negate a classification of the event as a meteorological phenomenon.