Sofportland Oregon — July 1960

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Keywords: portland, afcin, clliouft, iollar, cj11e, sljeed, nnning, viience, qc2csqa9112cqya521, felefhc, rjed3qxair, rj7hq, rjeidk, actimn, lbtqn, rounf, appak, jualj, pnace, othlre, 5lowly, grounf, oregonj, wimer, 1956z
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c~m.THAM, A. t-1. PROJECT RECORD CARD DATITIMI ClliOUft. 10. IRII' OP liGHTING o object~ the ~l~e c: a lf iollar at am's len~h. round lo:-ith fla.~ to1= 3Jli rou."'ld. botton. ~r::: i i ? by CJ11e tc a v ical f'o~::latio:l. A'I'IC PORM 321 (R&V 21 aaP 12) 12. CONCLUSIONS l 1. COMMI"TS About 9:30 at night with a bright moon. Ti.111e for o.!l a/ c to tra"rel a 90 arc at 20,000 .f't i s about 1 mi~. ~;itn~ss proba'bJ ~ observea 2 jet a/c at about ~his altitu1 ( SlJeed 600 ~ ~). At tilis altitud.e the !"~: ~Jnd gre~n !'"nnning lightr a:e not visible and onl:. th'? white solid light ~a.:l be s~ _ from the ground. It i::; difficult to under- ~tand h~-w the \vitnes.5 }:.ne. the objects ,.;ere flat r:r. top. Ho ~viience to !.nd.icate that this was not an a/c ~ighting QC2CSQA9112CQYA521 PP R JEDS Q ,. .. ~ DI RJWZKPH 9 FM ~37TH FTR GP PORTLAND INTL APRf ORE TO RJWFAL/ADC NT AFB COLO RJWZBH/25TH AIR DIV MCCHORD AFB WN fELEFHC' NEO RJED3QXAIR TECH INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGKT PATTERSON AFB OHIO r RJ7HQ/HQ USAF WASH 25 D C AFCIN-lBl ,. ... : RJEZHO/SEC OF AF WA3H 2; D C 3AF3 RJED3Q/COSMATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIM AFCIN-4A RJEiDK/PROJECT SPACE TRACK L G HANSCOM FIELD BEDFORD MASS /UKClAS/3370DC 6-2833. ACTIMN ADC 25TH AIC DIV, AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER, AFCIN-lBTQN SAFIS, AFCIN-4A, AND PROJECT 3PACE FOLLOWINV REPORT OF UFO SIGHTING IS SUBMITTED PER PARAGRAPH 15, A. (1) ROUNF, BUT FLAT ON TOP AND BOTTOM. <2> SIZE OF HALF-DOLLAR. (3) LUMINOUS WHITE COLOR. (4) 0 OBJECTS NOT APPAK~NTLY CONNECTED. <5> .~IUE BY ~IHE GRA:JUALJ.V CHANGING TO A VERTICAL fORMATION, -PNAcE TWO RJW2KPH ONE ABOVE THL OTHLRe B. (1) RELATIVE BRICHTNESS EVEN IN BRIGHT MOONLIGHT. . . <2) APPROXIMATE 181 DEGREES AZIMUTH AND 31 DEGREES ELEVATION <3> APPROXIMATE 315 DEGREES AZIMUTH AND 45 DECREES LEVATION. . ~4) PAS3ED FROM 30UTH TO NORTH DIRECTLY OVERHEAD CURVING SLOWLY , TO NORTHWEST DURING LATTER PART OF THE TRACK. OBJECTS A~PEARED SID BY SIDE, THEN CHANGED TO A VERTICAL rORMATION BY ONE 5LOWLY RISING AND MOVING OVER DIRECTLY ABOVE THE < S > VISIBLE FOR AT l.EA5T 45 SECONDS c. <1) GROUNF VI3UAL <2> NIGHT. E. 2 1/2 MILES SOUTH OF PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, OREGON PAC THREE RJW2~PH g F . (1) .CIVIliAN, MR. AGE 45 PORTlAND, OREGONJ RAILROAD REPRESENTATIVE, ESTI~ATED RELIABLE G. (1) CLEAR, VI3IBILITY EXCELLENT. <2> CLEAR, 15 PLUS. WINDS AS FOLLOWS& SURFACE L/V& 6 . H, NONE, NONE KNOWN. K. A,L. WIMER, MAJOR USAF, OPS OFFICER 337TH FTR GP. 17/1956Z JUL RJWZ~PH