PROJECT 10073 RECORD CAf~D I. DA i E 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS _.....cJ Ground-Visual 0 GrourtdRarior g 7. L c ,-.JCTh c -OBSERVATION IS. NUMBE R OF OOJECTS 9. COURSE yt,'$ Bcdlonn P robabl y eolloo n Po~:sibly Bollo,lll Wa , Airc raft P rob obi y Ai rcr.:~ft Po~sibly Aircr n h W a "l J\o;tronomi c<JI Prob<ably ~'lronoonicc.l Po3:u bly 1\,.rronomicol ln.:;uHic~M Dora br Evaluatio n 10. ~)~lc:= Sl. ~.~ ~i~Y OF SIGHTING 11. COMMEI~TS A'Tl C FOR\4 J:~ (~'ZV 2S SP.P 52) INCOMiNG. . DEPr\RTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE "n E~SAr! rc. STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASSIFIED ACTION~ NI.N-7 INFO : XOP-1~ XOPX- 5 , SAFOS- 3 , DIA- 15 (32) PP R LiEAHQ fM POADS AilAIR ArS ORE ~GAL;:/AIR DE:FENS~ CO:rt:1AND ENT AFB COLO RUWHBH/25!~ AI R DI V MCCHC~D AFB WASH RUCDSQ/AI~ TECHNICAL INT~LLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHTPATTERSON AFB OHIO RU~AHQ/HEAJ~UARTERS USAF WASH 25 D C RUEAHQISECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 25 D C UNCLAS POCDC-I 23-G-3 fOR AFCIN -HQ USAF; SAFOI -SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORcE. UFOS R~?ORT. THE FOLLOWING UF03 REPTRT IS SUBMITTED: PART I . 1~ SOM HAT STAR SHAPED. 2 , ABOUT T SA~E SIZE AS A STAR9 3 . BRIGHT 3LUISH 1/JHITE. DePARTMENT OF THE r\!i< FORCE STAFF t'AESSAGE CRANCH PHGE 2 RU'.vH:.<P 14 UNCLAS 7 .~ NONC: o 8 . NONEo 1., WHILE ;.. ~I~G ON BACK OBSERVED t UNCLASSIFIED 2. SLI Gr.TL':' BELOW THE r100N AND 45 DEGREES ABOVE THE HORIZON~ 3.~ 045 D;:3?.ES ELEV, 360 J t. GREES AZIMUTH. 4. SEE co:1~1C:NT BY CIO. (?.~RT II.) 5 o MOVED I'! A STRAIGHT LI~;: TOWARD TH~ NORTH. 1 G?.OU~D 'JBS 2., NIGHT. 3 .. SLIGHtLY .IORTH OF YAHATZ, OREGON <SAN MARINE r10TEL). , VENETA, OREGON. .. INCOM.NG . DtPARTMENT OF THE AIR rORCE STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH UNCLASS!F!ED (RETIRED TSGT -INTELLIGENCE OPERATIO~S SPECIALIST) RT II. CHARLES E . PETERSON CRETIRED TSGT, INTELLIGENcE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, QOTRL REPORTED S'IGHTING UFOB AT 0640Z \~HILE. NOrtTH OF YAHATZ, OREGON, ON 21 JULY 1964. HE WAS LYING ON HIS BACK WHEN HE NOTICED MOVEMENT OF A BRIGHT OBJEcT SLIGHTLY BELOW TH~ ~CON AND 45 DEGREES ABOVE THE ~ORIZON. THE OBJEcT RESE:1BL~D A~lD WAS APPROXIMATELY THE SAt1E SIZE AS A STAR, HOtJJVER IT WAS. A 3RIGHTER 3LUE-W~ITE. THERE WAS ONLY ONE OBJEcT. T H~ OBJECT RCSE AC20SS TH~ ?~C~ OF THE MOON, TURNED HALF LEFT AND PROC~EDEJ UP THE COAST : N A NORTHERLY DIRECTIO~. NO DIVERSIONARY MOVE~lENTS ~ERE NOTED, SUT THE OBJECT PAUSED FOR A SPLIT SEcOND AND THE~ ?ROCEEDED AGAI~ IN A STRAIGHT LINE~ IT PASSED THROUGH THE FIRST AND SECOND STAR OF THE HANDLE OF THE BIG DIPPER. AVE THE I~?RESSION OF AN INTELLIGENT OBSERvER. HE HAD PRVIOUS INTELLIGENCE EXPERIENCE AS AN OPERATIONS SPEciALIST IN TH2 AIR FORCE. HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FORMAL REPORTING OF UFOS INC!D~NTS WHILE STATIONED AT GREAT FALLS ; MONTANA, IN 1953 C-3~ MAJOR A~ F. SHIFLETT, PORTLAND AIR DEFENSE SEcTOR. .NOTE: Adv 7 del to DIA and NIN. I J'IV 'l " Af ~l~!.rJ JJLY. l d .JJLY .. l i JJLY .. l'J H ) i~ I I tll litl:t I lC1f l K I L l .' t s'l I )I I i I I -~