PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 12. C ONCLUSIONS 3. OATETIME GROUII' Was Balloon Agness , Oregon Probably Boli-n L TYPI! OF OBSERVATION Possibly B alloon TJ Ground VIsual 0 Ground Rod or Wos Ahcroft P robobl y AIrcraft 0 AI,. Vl.,ol 0 A ir-Intercept Radar Possibly Ai rcrolt Was Asttonomi col Probably A~tronomlcol Civilian 0 Possibly Astronomical 7. LENGTH opr OIUERVATIOH 8. NUMBER 011 OBJECTS 9 . CO URSE 0 Insufficient Data for Evaluation BRIEl' SUMMARY 011 SIGHTING Hitness states that jet type a/c f lying N seen to explode and p ilot bail out with para~hute descending rapidly. A/c estimated at 8ooo ft. Entire observation lasted only 5 sec?? Tvo F-89 a/c vect ored to area vith negative r e sults due to darkness. No additional report received. 1 I. COMMENTS An occurra:1ce of this natu:-e would las t nger than 5 sec. Either the time i~ out of reas on or the incident i s not r eported accurately.In any ca s e the report, if true, i s of a known obJect, namely a n a/c. CZCSCD38 t ZCQYC206 DE RJlJ'Z~H 3 6A FM 2SAD ~CCHORO AFB WASH Tv RJEDSQ/ A I R TECH INT!:LLEGnlCE CTR ~.;?AFTl OHIO RJ EZHQ/l(Q USAF WASH DC RJEZHQ/SECRETARY OF TifE AIR FO?CE WnSH DC / UNCLAS/FROM 25 NR COC I -9.54 SUBJECT: PAJACHUTE SIGHTLJG NEAR GOLD RE.~CH, OGZGON 22C"?'~ 28 SU'T 6~ ~ESSAGE I N SEVEN PARTS. PART 1 PORTLAND AIR DEF. SECTOR HJFO ED OF F OLLO'.JI JG I NCIDENT. '~"R SIGHTED A 'LARGE JET TYPE 1\CFT, FLYING NORTH, ttt~<r. A HARD STA R30A~D TURN TO EAST AT ~HICH TI~E POSSI~LE EXPLOSION HEARD AND "1LAC~ S~OKE OOSERV~D CO ING not-1 ACFT. A PM~ACHUTE !I.IAS SIGHTED DECENDING RAPIDLY. ALTITUDE OF ACFT ESTHf~TE"D AT COASTAL C?EE'< SIDE OF GFF.EN '<~10, EtJTI?E 0rCLrPE'JCE LASTED roq 1\ PAGE TIJO RJ'.J'ZBH 36A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. APPROXrv:ATELY FIVE SECONDS. OPSEt?VErt LOCATED APPROXIMATELY FIVE MILES FROM ACFT. ARACHUTE ESTIMATD TO LAND I N SECTION 27 OR 28 OF Tot4NSHIP 34, SOUTHRANGE ELEVEN '"~ST PART 3J VISUAL SIGHTING FROM THE GROUND. PART 4; Tl~ OF SIGHTI NG 28/2200Z. LIGHT CONDITICN.DAYLIGHT. PART 5 ; LOCATION OF OBSERVER 42 DEGREES 37 MINUTES NORTH, 124 DEGREES C'"r* ~HIL'ITS HEST. O GO\l, F'HON PART 1; REP0RT ~ECEIVED AT t-CPTLMID AI~ DZFENSE SECTOR 2S/2330Z. T;o F- 89 ACFT HEP.E LATEF "FCTO,~D TO SIGHTING AREA, BUT DARKNESS ~EVENTED EFYECT!VE o~sEP.VATION. NO 'rNOtJ"l AIR TPAFFIC CORRELATED ~ITH THIS OQSEPVATION.