['ATE TIM! GROU~ J . SOU $ICE 10. CONCLUSIOH ~UM8E~ 0, OBJ!CT$ L ENGTH OF O,UAV~'riOH 11. 6 AI'!Jf SlJWI4.AY AHO AHLYSIS :'.). TY?E OF CB5!R~I.ATlON PM'I'SICAL EVIO!NCf Unidenti.fiad n;,i."lg Object, On~ on USA ( Oregon) S'!i~ht Serv.!. ce, .urs, ~l. ,,. , 7Jatth1ngton 25, 3800 lew:u-k Gerald. E. TjleJ- ~ajor, []SAP' CAA Radio Opera~r, !O.a.1'.ath Falls, Cre a::d unidentified ob:server, 1!~ord, ere. ~3letyr>e FLYOBRPr 2707$0Z Febr.1ary .submitted by ' lc Chord nj.zht .:az ''ice rentt!r 3port oontaina i.,rornation on ~r:e ::ii3ht~ of an unident.i.fiad !'lyin~ obj act in t;he Ticini t.y of iUamath "J'al 1 s , Ore~on, and ted.fore, ~"~r on, 26 Fsor-1a.-y l?S). GERALD E. 'l'!tER Intelligenoe Officer ~ Seztiee, J2Cn 'ie;J8..rlc Street, . -:1 ~6 ~ebruarv 1953 ) . lace of .;Ug~ing: 'Jl"'UDd obaezvation, XJ.anath ~alls, Jr~on and :Jedford, 'Jr3~n. t i::ze ,f a~ht~t '2(X)() .iaet. ~cat.~.ored clouds? Ll -n-:les visJ.:,:.:.~ -;or. 'linda at 1D' coo reet f:oom 360 d~:recs at 15 :cm.t, . ~ J ,...., IJnidentifi.ad C.U aaai~ Cper a t:.or, ~l.'lmath . all.s, .r-:~on .,niJenc!.f'ied obserr~, . ed!ord, ,rggon "'olor -r ed. ~ow C)ed -maintai t~onar.T ~osi~icn J.';.itude -~atil'M;oc:t lD,COO faet ,,unci -Ullhpor~ ;;xhanst trail -,.nr"'Porled : bse1 twr loca-r,io_n -lt2 dep 52 Jd nntes 55 seconds :lorth.t 121 degree 57 fftiaatee L6 eecoDda "'fest. ~.j eet :t'Qei tion -2''f0 degreee from the geographi o fix ci ~ in 1, above ..;ngth of obaena~ton -lO sil11It.1Js Tbe .~b.j ect r&na:l ned complete~ S"tational'7 but faded al'd ra appear1d thJ"'Olghaut the obaeJvation. Object disappea.nd eYelt\ull7 -tecH ng caapleteq out. No ~ ot !d.nd DD interc.ption at and there ,. .. DO of air ~f1c i n the sigbt~ 3fta at tbe time i.'1d1aated. lo or ak.tchea have been tted. De3crlot:.ion of Incidont. 26 February 195) A~ 2159 PST a round red ~trttionary obj~ct ~s si~htad by a CAA cparator f or 10 mln\lte:. tJ.me., The objcec. S'3emod to fade in 'lnd f;ult; ou .. , intarr.ittently and tJVentually fad~d out ccnrlqt.al~ Tho observ"r ost.17"'~tcd thn unknown to be (lt n 270 azt~uth from his po3l~ion a nd at an altitude of 10 000. IT~1thor at t ':.L11e or al~;ht-ing consiJt.P<l of sca.tt,.red cloud!! at 2,coo .-rith 10 M.iles 'tiaibiJj t.y. II. rtaCU331on of Ir,cid~nt. PrrJjoct Blue Book nnd itg contract. a3tronomer e"V:ll J:ttP. h13 report as dAfin- it~ ly C:\lJ'Hd by the .l!J t.ronomical body Venu!;. ln.'i s ird lc~r I"tlpr;rt.. 8 h 1 "19 be on r~ C1) l )r n~1d f t linK lnt..~r.li t,"",f~nt l}, and a]r.:o..J t all s..lch -, or-t...., h.L1/0 b c dil rt;uml t.o be 'Vcr:u:J., It l!l intttre.,t.tn~ t.o uor.~ in thls and ot:.her s!milar ob:;F>rv.!itlons thnt mcror- itmced CAJ\ and A.lr l''n r ctt l'~r;Jr.nal ha"lo be'ln under:~t..:l~dably conf'uc::Ad by ~)1is trleht. planet, c ompar.t' I v., l y l w L~ ted, lot, o n the horizon and .;;;oMe tlmo:<t :J A en thr-,ugh a hlgh haze l.J~c : u; tnG a ropld change in color. H11c\ ls thfl color given mos~ otten. III. Conclusion Waa Venus.