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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | Oct 59 | 2. LOCATION | Telephone Ridge, Oregon  |
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|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | Local CMT 0515Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar  |
|  5. PHOTOS | ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE | civilian  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | over 30 mins | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 1  |
|  9. COURSE | WD | 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING | Letter from witness to light which was stationary for about ½ hr rising suddenly through clouds and out of sight in 2 seconds. Rptd to Air Force by letter 5 yrs after sigh…

Oct 59

August 12, 1964

Dear [redacted]

This is in response to your recent letter to Captain Hector Quintanilla of the Project Blue Book Office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, on the subject of an Unidentified Flying Object you observed in October of 1959.

Your UFO sighting cannot be related to any conventional phenomenon such as an aircraft, balloon, or astronomical body. The brightness and clearness of the object and the locale of the sighting tend to rule out mirages and reflections. Therefore, from the information presented, we are unable to identify or evaluate your observation.

T…

Newport, Oregon

Dept. H. Quintanilla Jr.
U.S.A.F.
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio

PERSONAL

HEADQUARTERS
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO

REPLY TO
ATTN OF: TDEW

SUBJECT: Request for UFO Information ( )

TO: Hq USAF SAFOI PB (Mrs. ) 1

1. A letter from Mr. [redacted] Newport, Oregon, to Capt Hector Quintanilla contained a report of an observation in October 1959. Mr. [redacted] requested an evaluation of his observation. Mr. [redacted] sighting cannot be related to any conventional phenomenon such as an aircraft, balloon or astronomical body. The brightness and clearness of the object and the locale o…

Newport, Oregon

Captain Hector Quintanilla Jr.
U.S. A.F.
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, Ohio

Dear Captain Quintanilla:

Reading an article in the Sunday Oregonian this morning, reminds me of an incident that took place while I was hunting in eastern Oregon in October 1959. This cannot be of any interest to you, but since I have to clean the garage out this morning, I thought that I would delay it. First let me say that I have never seen a flying saucer, a space ship, or anything with green heads, or portholes on it. I am the manager of a department store, have a college education, a…

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pretty fast because we did not hear them until they were at about 2 o'clock, and then the sound was at 12 o'clock. At no time did we ever see anything but the one light. There was no wind, the clouds were broken, and we have talked since about seeing this, but know that it could not have been a weather balloon, or any other object wind driven, because there was no wind. I would certainly like to have you explain this one, and if you people come up within the next couple of years with a flying saucer propelled by light, or using light as a force to drive it, you had better let me know, becau…