Project 10073 Record — Rockaway, Oregon, 7 December 1965

This document contains a Project Blue Book record regarding a sighting reported by a 31-year-old housewife in Rockaway, Oregon, on December 7, 1965. The witness reported observing a single, round, reddish-blue object, described as being the size of a grapefruit, moving in a straight path at a very high altitude. The observation lasted for approximately five minutes. The report includes a staff message from HQ POADS to the Air Technical Intelligence Center and other Air Force commands, detailing the sighting and providing meteorological data for the area at the time of the incident. The official conclusion reached by the Air Force was that there was insufficient data for a proper evaluation. Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of Project Blue Book, subsequently sent a letter to the witness on January 11, 1966, thanking her for the report and requesting that she complete an attached FTD Form 164 to provide more detailed information. The report was prepared by Combat Intelligence NCOIC K.R. Farnsworth and assigned a rating of F-6.