'ihatovsr th3y are, there a r e soi.l'.e dis1<-li:~3 o'Jjects flyin~ around Or elsa ei:sht Portland area policemen and de::>uty sneriff's who si~l~ed the objects Friday, numerous private citizens, ths ere~ of a United Air Lines plane ove r Boisa, Idaho, and a coast1;uard3r:tan :rho claims to hava photographsd one near Seattl e , are all wrotl~ In ?ortland the alert vras soundsd over police radio at 1 :06 p . m. Friday, after the Zast Side station received a score of calls that the dis~s were overhead. ;rithin seconds, t-no prowl cars re~>arted S?otti~:; the mys- r:r craf-t;. :nOIS~ L~\CKiiTG. First to report in were ?atrolnen '.':"alter !.issy and !."'o':>e:-~ ::::llis in Car l~o. 82, \':ho stopped n;;:e.r Oa!-::s Park. 3oth ~iorld :1ar II veterans and civili:1n pilots, they si-:hted three of the o~ject3 :rit.1in 30 seconds trav- elin~ at g reat hei~ht and s~eed ov~r the par~. Th3y re?orted tney heard no en2;ine noises but sa".Y flas'!1.9s . The objects seemed erra.tic and c~1anged di roc tion of flight. The patrolmen a greed that vri thout k.-no:rled6e of the siz3 o f the objects it w~uld be inpossible to j1dgo their speed or a l titude. Patrolman ~a:-1 p,tterson in c~r :~o. 13 stop?ed a.t 32 82d av3n~e and 7oster road to look easb.vard fro:n there the disks were reDorted . Tele:>:hon~ calls located them co:ning O\.lt of the sun . :C:e saw nothing, but a few second~ later observed o!1e c o:-::inr; o:.1t o~ t:1e west P.nd headin..::., ..;ou.s.:;:r':'Fast. '_.he craft s~er.-!ed to be 2.lu.":'lir.'..D o:-C~i;sh:.:ll ;i;1ite e.r1d didn t flash or reflect light, A for~er air~or~s veteran, he said ths obj~ct was unlike any plana he' d ever seer... 9 -::1o"..l.:;:1t it a?peared radio-co:1trollcd b'3cause the disk coul d chan~e directio~ at a 90-de6r3e an0l e vrit~out difficulty. ~ !embers of th9 ~arbor patrol at the foot of :~y Irvin~ street stepped out vrhen they h~ard ths all-car alert. Capt .K. A. :. reh"":J., :-!arbor I,Jilot, A. T. Aust e d ar.d Patrol~n K. C. ~o ff all saw the objects ~nd said they appeared t o b e going south hi over the Glo~e nills at terrific speed . Ca9t. Prehn sai d the fl9.~hes kept them frot;l ascert?.inin:, \rhether t~sra '.vera t~ree o r six. urhe dis,-cs ::ould o.Jcillate a:1d :o:-1eti!1e3 W':J "lculd S.;)::J n f~, i d.i3k, t !;en e. half-n oon sha?e., th3n r:ot~1ins; at all, '' h~ re?orted. ':'h~ o~.~ects Circumstantial crew of a Gnited ra?orts of. flyi=g disks i~ Airlines ~l e ov~r Joise, well as fro~ Portl d a rea FIV: S?O'ITZL. tr.a :Jlcy !''r i day ca r::e from Idal1o, and ~ coast guards- police a~d citize~s. , captain of the n.irlir:ar, tol~ U~ited ?r s that r.e siG:"'ltBd. five sor1ethings" 7Thich -.vere nthi~ ar..d. s~looth o~ the botto~1 a~d r ou:;h appearinb on top." The objects ap:_:>eared aainst tne sunset shor-tly after tha ?la~e too~ off at 8 :04 p . m., h~ said. ,. "~::e saw thee clearly," he r e:?orted. n,'/e follo,ved th9:! in a north - vresterl y direction for about 45 :n.iles. Finally the ob.jects disa:;>pea red. .,:e ::ere unable to tell whether t~1ey outsped us or disintegrated. !TOT .. ;.IRCRAF'l' . "7Te c'ln' t sa~r ::rhether t~ey --;-rere sa'...!cer-lik3, oval o:-a~'!ythi:-1.: else , " t i:u cap ~ai n s~i d , tt~):.t t 1.-:.1at ever t:le:," -r;;e-:-e, th~y -\;ere noL a noJv~ s r ~?-ir craft, nor were thai s~ok:3 or clot.tds. n 1 In Seattl e , Coast Guards~an 7rank ~J~an, 27, reported to United Press that l1e snapped a 9ictur c f rom the front porch of his ho=e w~ich s~o~ed a "whits sauc er" flyir.s 0ver the nortl-1. end of Lak'3 -.:ashington. Acme :r:ews Pictures, er;r York City, said a. 7x.9 inch ?ri:1t of the ;>hoto- r;r:).gh t iny dots, one of ~rhich \7a.s a f l a':; in the print. , 1 9 , Oaks .A.>:1u se:r.ent park er_lploye , repo rted -:.hat :-.e saw sever a l objec s like spinnin~ disksn in the s~; i"riday. ::.e said several ;_Jicni~kers, including a. woman ~ilot noticed tha:n. In Va.ncouver , Nash., S~1ariff' s De?utie s John Sullivan, Clarence ... c Ka:r and ? red r1 i ve s heard. the Portland police radio b roadcast and r e.n o-xt of the sher if'f ' s office to look a t the s~cy. Over Portland, t h ree to f ive !:::.les ::sra.y, SulliYD.n said., th~y saw 20 to 30 objects like a flight of gees ' oi"\ t~2s area i'ro"'1 t!le air af~er t.::a dis\s 11er e SE!..W ~othi::r, nSUS?iCious. c;uard, r.:ade a!l r ~ ")O:r tee here~ lc::)~:m -:-.ili tar" a:!.r-:>lane s in t=:e a~:-at the ti~e o.:' the reports 23 B- 29 bo~]ers ~ear Des~ite all the reports, at e~is~ence of th~ disks. Jersons re~a.ir.ad unco~vinced ol-n.J..P. ,.....oorn ~e cave .i1lS OOJ-3C"ts we co .. "Go-c.1oo ~lOSSO::lS. ~eleono:1ec the /ro~ the Cr~ ;on .Jo .Lr:al Sev eral lat0 fli 11ts of' oojJcts over :?ortlacd :re1 e rY'Jort ... d =='~ iday aft.err:oon. ave:1ue, s :~,. irl he ~2.'" tL..:o3 _"'ly eust across the :rrllia~et e 1 7 e r near tite Ross Isla~d b ridG9 ~bout 2 p . n . The objects did tot a,paar lliEh, he said, n~d wer e tre7eJ.j~: so fast tha t , n.:~pearil'!_; in the '\'rest, t!lej" v;3re ou t oi' .::::ic;ht ln tho east i~-1 ~J:ro to four seconds. Eo said .:t~oy r eser:itlled r.!.otallic dis c:; e;l~ ntin~ i:1 c!:a sunl i ;ht. Later, he sai d , he and naig;hbor s saw a s ili~la dis~:-li:<s obj..:ct :'lyin; nort h far a?ray and ver y h i si;!-1!-;ing a dis~ "like a ne-.v di~e ls~rlcv. v e sal l~ sae~e o 9 ?-;?in~ a r ound? in no7int; sloNly. , reported ovJr the Sar.d:,r sa. ici h-:: s i;:'1t-3d t'.Jo . ~i te o r silver objects f lyin:.:; sou !:ea::;t hi .b o;ar ?ortla!lJ a. fo. r:,inut ~.1 befor e 5 p . m. nnother, headed nort~east, over his hone at G: 60 p.~. reported the. t four d i s :s flew ?ast : ~u~t J 9ffer son at s drivin.~ near ~acl.nond. r e covered fro~ ~ose City c olf courJe a p iece of paper he s a i d had fall:;n from a great hei ~nt i n t'1e s~-:;/. Tit1e of it~ fall coincided with some of ths report3 o~ f l ying dis~s. The paper , of l ow quality , measure d 23~ x 36 inches JIL7:!.IG.:J :CIS!':S DRC??::D BY PUJ~. E""JGE:f"S I silvered disk3 -(.A.P)-J .. Zugene railroad caJ:-licr said r~rid~:' h:.: ss.vr dropped out of a lit;h~ airplar:e flyi n ,; over ~:1i~ ci ~:'/ o.r~ a.s::;istu~t cas:'l)'3r !'or t:1~ 3o tt:-:ern Pacific Inc: i1:--t ir-5 3. Loc~ticn PortlaDd, Or~A ~ ~!am~"J of observe r Kaaneth J\.. .. lw....,v 5. Occupution of ob~or~or Patrol~n. Portland City?olice l\"ldrcss of obs{'rvor Portl:.nd Cit:r Poli::e tept., ?orllall(l, 0ra-&QD Pluco of obs.Jr-vutivn P-r'rlnt lat back of :?Olice station 8 .. tlLtP.lbor of obj~cts 5 9 .. Dis tan c o o :!:' o b j u ct f r on o b s ..... r v c r N J S ;..ltit udo N/S 12 . Spcod C-Taa\ speed 13 . Direction of f l i cht 2 disc flylnc south. 3 in ea.sterq direction 11.~. Tu ct i cs Dipped ~ and do)tll in oscillatinc :DOt ion at great s:! eed 17.. Color Could no\ be d~ter:ni.ned Cl~ or d:Jt octo d 1\.ppnront construction N/5 21. E;~nust tr~il s :r::"lthar c o:-:diticn<> 'J/3 Effect o~ clouds N/ 9 .)~o c.os o r pno~o~rap.o : Tn.nnor o f di ~a po<1a rc.nca c:;,..u~dj -b~i:r~ = clatailed ob~ol,-a.tion Off!cer tl~;ed t l1at s.t s.p,>:roxU&tel.T 1JC5, 4 vhl;r 19> ~7 hil~ ha ~1a:! on duty at ... oi:10t :il wd faetli:'lsl :>~SOil:! in ~"le :-R..rkint lot "back of the :Jtatio.u ~ .noticed that the :>i,'!Ons b~c.Jae quite ~ited 073r soaetbing end illl~tered in Ghe a]r. Offi~er '.fc:L'bwll in looid~ around to '3ee wha\ had diaturbed saw 5 lar~a discs in the ai: es.s't of .,=>,rtl2nd; two d1303 fl~:n son.th and three fl~ iD a.n ea~te:el7 direction" !le s"';ated !le oould determlll :no color to the disea ~t o.d:rl.~ed the:y \'tere dl_;)pllJ& in an U? <ltld. dow o~eillati:lg motion .3nd "\fer$ t re;vgllntt ~t ' speed. Ba ~ to gi T!l au eti=nsta of the 3JJ019d or al ti ;ada of the diJca a a thq' lieN ou' of sight befora an;, detailed obsexvation could 'lle uada. Officer Mc!Jowell ad.Tised tbat he notified the Police Radio liM i .rnedi.a.telj broadP..asi an alart. a sa~ no indication :)'! any :no~i m&L~ l"or~e uott beard ::)117 ~lJYld aani '~ .\.:-:>a the d.i3cs a.,d ~u.ld gi..,. :>.o daoe:ri"?tjoa o ~!l~r thaD .L'ourld. Inoiaont ofi --.l:-'ortlo.nd 'i'ho r e i s no a.stron o:dco.l ex~>la.~Hit ion ror thi s . o .... ~urrod i n ru.4d n'Jar .Portlunc! oa tho Fvur-t:. of v~ly, l 9 -i7 De~iJo!3 ooinr; ou~ur.roc.i in the fl.':. the suno tii.10. t:1':) object~ invost!Gato~ ca~ ofiar llO aofi l ~ta :t::,-,~ctl,esis, o~t ln pa.:;~in.:_; wonld liko to noto tha~ t~,ose lt.ci n1i:l; oc~urrnc!. ::>:1 tb~ ..:.ourth tl.lt:.ni n u.--:1 ~oil ho.C. he~o::1o vi3lOt-3 at a rolatlva.ly s :.ort. disto.:1cr1,. 1alociti03 ("JO'...lld ci.ro tns l: ~.l:l io!'l that fluttor' n.~. r_;:rratin?; discs had f~one by at c roo.t velooltif3J~ oourse, in tb.is case have s.,ttn the '3ar..o cuj~ctn, 'l'he above is not ~o oe :-e -aldod u.: ,\ tion but 01:ly as a possibii1.tyt of' U:a s e