USAF record 28978547
28978547
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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
1. DATE 17 Jun 58
2. LOCATION Portland, Oregon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT: 17/1845Z
4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ] Air-Visual [ ] Air-Intercept Radar
5. PHOTOS [X] Yes [ ] No
6. SOURCE Civilian
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2-3 mins
8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one
9. COURSE NW
10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Rnd obj, size of full moon, shiny silver w/haze around it. Obj headed NW in a straight line climbing. Speed compared to that of a jet.
11. COMMENTS Sunlight could be reflected fm a surface onto the smoke & haze layer at inversion.
12. CONCLUSIONS [ ] Was Balloon [ ] Probably Balloon [ ] Possibly Balloon [ ] Was Aircraft [ ] Possibly Aircraft [ ] Was Astronomical [ ] Possibly Astronomical
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- Page 1 PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1. DATE 17 Jun 58 2. LOCATION Portland, Oregon 3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local: [ILLEGIBLE] ONCE GMT: 17/1845Z 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION [X] Ground-Visual [ ] Ground-Radar [ ]…
- Page 2 1 Witnesses Other 18452 17 June RR RJEDDN RJEDSO DE RJWZDH 11H R 18°'16"Z FM CONDR 357TH FTR GP PORTLAND INTL APRT ORE TO RJEDDN/CONDR ADC ENT AFE COLO ZEN/CONDR 25TH ADIV MCCORD AFF WASH…
- Page 3 (C) CLEAR (D) 15 (E) 6/10 (F) NONE. 8. RADIATION INVERSION AT [REDACTED], THIN LAYER OF HAZE AND SMOKE AT THIS INVERSION. 9. NONE. 10. NUMEROUS LIGHT AIRCRAFT IN AREA. 11. ASS'T EASE OPERATIONS…
- Page 4 (I) NONE 2. (A) OBSERVER JUST HAPPENED TO LOOK UP. (E) APPROX [REDACTED] DEGREE OBJECT SIGHTED IN SOUTH. (C) HIGHER, APPROX. [REDACTED] DEGREES DISAPPEARED IN N.W. (D) OBJECT HEADED N.W. IN A…