Portland Oregon — June 1958

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Keywords: oeject, inversion, portland, degree, hiroclor, commiicts, rrccl, ijaze, j3adiation, layep, ierous, rfflectep, cjeject, cotjpared, ratinc, ncrtiallv, fqriland, knici, 240degree, ldegrel, astrenomi, cleab, reveald, fad2d, headed
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD I. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS a Wos Boll 17 Jun 58 t la a Preltoltly Balloon D Wos Alrcroft Lenl-----------A0..4-Yiauel D Groui'HIRoclor a PreltoWy Alrcroft D Possibly Aircraft DMo Civilian D Was Astrenomi col D ProltoWy A.tronomicol D PosaiWy Astronomical 7. LI .. TH OP OISIIYATION I. NUMIII OP OBJECTS t. COUIII 8 Othor R'i 1 QC Y ~R jj Insufficient Gto fOrv; uotion Rod obj, size of full moon, shiny silver w/haze around it. Obj headed NW in a straight line climbing. Speed compared to that a jet. a Unlcnown 11. COMMIICTS Sunlight could be reflected fm a surface nto the smoke & haze layer at inversion. ta-!t\L SQC 76 Y J~?: CQir r-rrCCl:AM)' RR RJEDDN RJEDSQ RJ~12DN 11H CONDR 337TH FT:i GP PORTLAND INTL APRT ORE TO RJEDDN/COt~DR ADC ENT AFB C0LO Zi:N/COt:DR 25TH ADIV t'JCCHORD AFP WASH . RJEDSQ/CO~lDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CEN WRIGHT PATT~RSON AFf3 .. i? ---- . . RJEP~iQ/DIRECTON OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASH 25 DC UNCLAS 3370DC 5 29S3. UFOE 1 < A>(li._OuND) < Sl LVER> (F) ijAZE AROUND OEJECT c !I> NO scut~D (C) , CLEAB. e. J3ADIATION INVERSION AT 3'' '.,.iT, THIN lAYEP. THIS I~VERSION, 1f~ .NU~iEROUS LIGHT AIRCRAFT IN ABf;A. 11. ASS'T EASE OPERATIONS OFFICER. DISCUSSION WITH THE WEATHZR FORS- CASTER REVEALD THAT UNLIGHT COULD EE RFFLECTEp FROM A SURFAC~, 1\.JCH AS AN AUTO WINDSHIELD, ONTO THE . INVERSION, AND COULD EE SEEN AT ~ERTAI:N ANGLE~. T~--IE AGE OF THE 1-..:0~R~E~ ~.L.!.HT:.. USUALLY ~J:SULTS . . OBSERVER SHOULD.BE CONSIDERED, A~ FRO~l OLD AGE. IN EXTREMELY BRIGHT S ~LIGHT, ALMOST ANY OEJECT, SUCH AS A LIGHT AIRCRAFT, COULD BE MISTA EN FOR A ROUND OEJECT WHEN SEEN FROM A GREAT DISTANCE EY A PE SON WITH POO~EYE SIGHT 18/r13'-?Z JUN RJWZDM 2. (A) OP.SERVER JUST HAPPENED TO LOOK UP. (I:) APPROX ~,, GRE OEJECT SIGHTED IN ~OUT:1./ ( C) HIGHER A P PR OX , , .. 7 5 !lEG R r:t D I SAP PEAR E D I . CD) CJEJECT HEADED p.W, IN A STRAIGHT J ttJF ~.CLI~:FING (SPEED WA~ COtJPARED. TO THAT OF A JET OPl::RATINC NCRtiALLV. C E) FAD2D CUI OF Sl GiiT IN 3. CA) GROUND VISUAL. (B) NCNE USED, 5, fQRILAND, CREGO~. CORNER OFS. . AVE. AND s.E. FOST[R ROAD HOUSE WIFE. 7, CA) SUN~Y HAZY IN WE~ CE> suRFACE N.w.<5 KNICi( 61~ f'S! DEGREE 5 KT, 1 240DEGREE 5KT. PAGE THREE RJWZD~1 11H 16M /!2r, DEGREE 15KT 2t;-M f2r DEGREE 15 KT 7. CE) CONT. R5~'~ 33:lDEGREl~ 15 KT 'PORTLAND, ORE,