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Incident #230

ATIC NO. ---
AF NO. ---
REPORT NO. ---
DATE OF REPORT ---
TIME OF SIGHTING Bet. 0200 and 0500
SHAPE "Fireball"
SIZE ---
COALES ---
NO. IN ORDER 1
USE ---
INS SEARCHES ---

DATE OF REPORT 4 Aug 1948
LOCATION 2 1/2 mi. N of North Powder, Ore.
SIGNED Male Civilian
DATE IN TO ATIC ---
COPIES Bright green
SIGNED ---
AUTHORIZE 5500' H 1
LENGTH OF TIME OBSERVED ---
TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground
MANEUVERS Performed 5 1/2 mi. trajectory and arched northward in a natural down grade.

Tobacco ATIC Form 329
(2 Jan 52)

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UNCLASSIFIED

Incident #230 -- near North Powder, Oregon -- 4 August 1948

If it were not for the intense green color of this object, it would answer the description of a fireball. In view, however, of many similar occurrences in the New Mexico area, this interpretation is open to question. It should be noted that this incident occurred very much farther north than did the majority of the "green flashes," but that the observer was facing south. Nevertheless, considering the geographical difference, and the difference in season and in time of night of the observation, this object could very wel
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HEADQUARTERS
AIR WEATHER SERVICE
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington 25, D. C.

In Reply
Refer To: ATS DSS
11 May 1949

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects

TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
ATTN: MCIAXO-3

1. Reference is made to letter from your headquarters, MCIAXS, dated 9 March 1949, subject "Unidentified Flying Objects," and first indorsement thereto by this headquarters, dated 31 March 1949.

2. The incident summaries 173 through 233 have been checked against routine weather-balloon ascents made by the Air Force, Navy and Weather Bur
page 4
This letter was in an envelope postmarked "Boise, Idaho, Dec. 6, 1942". Looks as though no one might have carried it as pocket for several weeks.
UNCLASSIFIED
P. O. Box 2775
Boise, Idaho
October 22, 1942

Dr. [redacted]
c/o University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

Dear Dr. [redacted]:

Definitely I am not a "crank", or one subject to hallucinations.

In the Spokane Daily Chronicle dated October 15, I noticed a news item regarding a cluster of fireballs observed in the heavens during the early hours of August 12. This interests me as you will assume from the following story:

On August 4th, while t
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HEADQUARTERS
AIR WEATHER SERVICE
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington 25, D. C.

In Reply
Refer To: AFS DSS
11 May 1949

SUBJECT: Unidentified Flying Objects

TO: Commanding General
Air Materiel Command
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio
ATTN: MCIAXO-3

1. Reference is made to letter from your headquarters, MCIAXS, dated 9 March 1949, subject "Unidentified Flying Objects," and first indorsement thereto by this headquarters, dated 31 March 1949.

2. The incident summaries 173 through 233 have been checked against routine weather-balloon ascents made by the Air Force, Navy and Weather Bur
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No. 230. Exactly as described in 223, etc. Definitely no weather balloon.

224 E. E.
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This letter was in an envelope postmarked "Boise, Idaho, Dec. 6, 1948". Looks as though no one might have carried it as pocket for several weeks.

UNCLASSIFIED
P. O. Box 2775
Boise, Idaho
October 22, 1948

Dr. [redacted]
c/o University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

Dear Dr. [redacted]:

Definitely I am not a "crank", or one subject to hallucinations.

In the Spokane Daily Chronicle dated October 15, I noticed a news item regarding a cluster of fireballs observed in the heavens during the early hours of August 18. This interests me as you will assume from the following story:

On August 4th, while 
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Dr HYNEK'S EVALUATIONS EXTRACTED FROM PROJECT GRUDGE REPORT.

INCIDENT INDEX

1. Astronomical

a. High probability:
#26, 27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 48, 49, 59, 60, 66, 69, 70, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 101, 102, 103, 104, 116, 119, 132, 136, 140, 147, 148, 158, 174, 184, 185, 187, 197, 203, 204, 208, 216, 219, 238.

b. Fair or low probability:
#19, 20, 23, 24, 28, 35, 36, 46, 50, 63, 67, 80, 82, 93, 100, 112, 120, 121, 129, 130, 144, 153, 165, 166, 167, 175, 192, 199, 202, 205, 220, 230, 240.

2. Non-astronomical but suggestive of other explanations

a. Balloons or ordinary aircraft:
#3, 11, 22, 41, 42

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