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Fright-Patterson Air Force Base
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Attn: MCIAXO-3
Commanding General
Continental Air Commend
Mitchel Air Force Base, New York
Attn: Director of In ligence
Chief of Staff
United States Air Force
Washington 25, D.C.
Attn: Dir of
Commending Generel
Fourth Air Force
Hamilton Air Force Bese
Hemilton, California
Attn: Directo
In compliance with par. l, ConAC Letter 200.1, 25 March 48,
and par. 5 end 6, Letter Fourth Air Force. file 0I-350.09/2, drted DOWNGRA
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18 Feb 49, the folloring releved to this heedquarters
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"At 2100 hours on 30 July 1949, betreen Stevenson,
ton, and Troutsdale, Oregon, a of unicentified lights were DOD DIK
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sighted by Northwest Airlines pilot
Portland, Oregon, while on a routine flight from
Yakima to Portland. Thrush steted the object could have been two
or three planes flying in very close formation, hovever, the red
lights were on the wrong side for eirborne aircreft. When Thrush
circled the field to await instructions for lending, the object
changed course about 50o and left vicinity.
The co-pilot also Portland,
Mig n sighted the elights but was not available for interview.
CAA traffic controller on duty in the control tower of
the airport also obseryed the object. Basfor reportedly observed
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Altitude: 6000 e change of heading.
Sound: None ons
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Exhaust: None ther would have
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WINFRED H. GALLIENNE
Mejor USAF
Intelligence

2. Exact Time (local) 2100-2130P
3. Place of Observation Vicinity Portland, Trou
4Position of observer Air and in tower
5. What attracted attention to o object
6. Number of objects 2
7. Apparent size
8. Color of object See #23
9. Shape
10. Altitude 2,0006,000 feet
ll. Direction from observer
l2. Distance from observer
13. Direction of fl bject(s) East
14. Time in sight
15. Speed 0-210 MPH
16. Sound and odor
17. Trail

that an n object displuying two red lights and one white light was seen hovoring just
south of the Colunbia Rivr where the Bonnevillo Power Lines cros
appear d to seemed to euse closer to Portlerd. object
hovered in this area agproximatel hirty (30) minutes then aisappeared to the east.
Believing the objoct might bo airoraft in enorge Portland Tower stacked four
incoming airliners ovar pilots o these four airlirers Saw the
object and their "r.
Captain the pilot Northwest Airlire liartin 202. rocorted that
while approaching Portland from the east he noticed what appeared to be an. aircraft
displaying two red lights and one white light. Sinco this was nonstandard lighting
Captain watched the ob jeot closely. His sighting of this object was at
2lioP at ar altitude o: six (6) thousand fect and he wus approxinately five 5)miles
west o Stevenson, vashington. lie reported the object was behind him and slightly
to the left and maintaired that same position u til Troutdale. lhen over Mroutdale

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c. idresses of witnesses:
(1) Captain pilot Northwest Airlines,
address Northwest Airl Dispatch Office,
Portiand, Oregon.
(2) Tower
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a period thirty (30) minutes and was last
seen procee eding east.
(7) Maneuverability: L Object 1 ao
(8) Altitude: Two six(6)
thousand feet.
(9) Sound: N Not reported.
(10) Exhaust trail or not: Not reported.

was trying
the object.
reported that he saw the object
while in the traffic pattern in Troutdale,
flying at a Ititude (1) thousand three 3hundred
feet indicated reported hat the object appeared to be
five (5) hundred eight hundred feet above him and at
an estimate istance nty O) miles e east.
The only Air Force aircraft in the vicinity at
the time was a B-29, AF 7758, who was over Portland at 2130P
not see any unusual.
Lt. Col., USAF
Commanding
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the lights but was not available Cor interview.
CIA traffic contrcller on duty in the Control tower of the airnort
also observed the object. reportedly coserved from the
ground tower. According to turned the airvort
spotlight on the ob,ject, which he thought at the time was a heli-
copter, to help guide it to a landing. However, te coject
disappeared high rate of speed and headed in a southeasterly
direction when the light was focussed description of
Cenditions are as follows:
Weather: Clear,however - biect Was
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Sketches: None, since darknes adequate vation.
Color: Red lights steady, white light
Speed: Two hundred miles per hour.
Heading: When first seen aoproximately 240°T. .hen last seen
over Troutsdale, 50°T. There was no change in the
Maneuverability: Course and elevation
Altitude: 6000 - 8000 feet.
Sound: None observed - ther s unds in own plane have
ousecured sounds.
Exhaust: None bserved.
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