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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  1 Nov 59 | Oakridge, Eugene, Oregon | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  Local GMT 01/1135Z | ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☑ Was Astronomical Venus ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Other ☐ Insufficient Data for Evaluation ☐ Unknown  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION | 8. …

HEADQUARTERS
337TH FIGHTER GROUP (AIR DEFENSE)
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
PORTLAND 18, OREGON

REPLY TO ATTN OF: 337ODC

SUBJECT: UFO Report

TO: Air Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio

1. A report of civilian sighting of unidentified flying objects is submitted in accordance with AFR 200-2.

a. Description of the Object:

(1) Cigar shaped, about 6-8 times as long as wide in vertical position.

(2) Large, but impossible to give a reasonable estimate.

(3) Red lights at the extremities with an extremely bright white light in the center, possibl…

(5) Oakridge - suddenly at 2000 feet, 2 miles East of Oakridge. Government Camp - observer entered a canyon and when he came out, the object had disappeared into the mountains to the South.

(6) Approximately 1 hour and 55 minutes.

c. Manner of Observation:

(1) Ground - visual.

(2) None.

(3) N/A.

d. Time and Date of Sighting:

(1) 01/1135Z.

(2) Night.

e. Location of Observers:

Oakridge, Government Camp, and Eugene, Oregon.

f. State Patrol Officer
State Police Office, Milwaukee, Oregon (Government Camp)

State Patrol Officer
West Fir, Oregon (Oakridge)

Patrolman
State Police Office, E…

(6) None.

(7) See (2), above.

h. Northern Lights were visible. Venus and several other bright stars were visible on the horizon. The observers at Oakridge and Eugene decided that Venus was the object they had seen.

i. The object was reported to the 460th Fighter Interceptor Squadron, but no interception was attempted because of the poor weather conditions at Portland International Airport. The radar sites in the area were alerted but no return could be detected.

j. None known.

k. Helicopter pilot, George V. Lawler, 1st Lt., USAF, 48279A.

(1) An airliner over Eugene, Oregon was contacted …