PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE7231984

DATE OF SIGHTINGNovember 1957

REPORTED LOCATIONSteelrock Oregon

FRAMES4

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
I. DATE 2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS
Was Bolloon
5 November 1957 5 November 1957 Steelrock, Oregon 000 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 4TYPE OF OBSERVATION Possibly Balloon
Local Ground-Visual xGround-Visual Ground-Rodar Was Aircraft Was Aircraft
0 0 Probably Aireroft
GMJ-06/0240Z GMT_ 06/0240z Rivoculars Rivoculars Air-Intercept Rador 0 Possibly Aircraft
5. 5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE 6. SOURCE Qx Was Astronomical Venus
Yes D Probobly Astronomical
No BNo Civilian 0 PossiblyAstronomical Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION . NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. 9. COURSE Other
000 D Insufficient Data for Evaluation Insufficient Data for Evaluation
15 minutes stationary Unknown
one
O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
Round, medium sized object, red then Believe this to be Venus - time
changed to green. of sighting is same as movement
of Venus td SW.
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FRAME 002 / 004paddle-gpu-200dpi

IWitness Heelin ch, One 0
59
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Hov 6 05 07'57 $44
6Noy57 07 47
V WPD259 YDD056 XYD077 XDF051DMA034 44x2i
00 RJEDDN RJEDWP RJEPHQ 3 .
DE RJWPDN 97A E
ASTCO .
0 2503502
FM COMDR 25TH CADD verus .
TO RJEDDN/COMDR NORAD
RJEDUP/COMDR AIR TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON
RJEPHQ/DIR RECTOR OF INTELLIGENCE HQ USAF WASHINGTON 25 D C USAF WASHINGTON 25 D C .
COMDR 2 COMDR 25TH CADD ATT D/I/ZEN D/I/ZEN
BT ..
/UNCLAS/25CADD TAC K-25 PD FOR COC
FOLLOWING FOLLOWLNG UEOB IS FORWARDED. TM ACCORDANCE ACCORDANCE
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WITH ADCR 200-7
1. 1. ROUND
2. MEDIUM
3. RED THEN CHANGED TO GREEN
4. ONE
5. ONE .......
6 NONE
7. NONE
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FRAME 003 / 004paddle-gpu-200dpi

11 1. 'SEEN TT
2. 20DEGREES .
3. 2EDEGREES .
4. STATIONARY
.
5. FADED
6.15 MIN C
111 1. BINOCULARS
2. BINOCULARS
3. NONE
1V 1. 06/82482
2. NIGHT
DK LQ 5530 DK LQ 553 c
V1 V1 1. MRS
STEELROCK, OREGON .
2. N/A 2.N/A
V11 1. GOCD
2. 6,000 - 22EDEGREES 15 KNOTS
25 KNOTS .
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PACE THREE RJWPDM 97A
16,000 - 230DEGREES 25 KNOTS . c
20,000 -240DEGREES 30KNOTS C C
30,085 - 270DEGREES 30,080 - 270DEGREES 35 KNOTS 35 KNOTS
40,300 -280DEGREES 30 KNOTS C
50,2q0 - 29-DEGREES 20 KNOTS o
m -1IM12 LINV WNK VNOTS
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FRAME 004 / 004paddle-gpu-200dpi

3. CGEAR -
4. 15 X
5. NONE
. NONE
V111 NONE VI1I NONE
(
1X NONE
+ NONE (
X1 MAJ CHARLES W. FINNEGAN MAJ CHARLES W. FINNEGAN
SENIOR CONTROLLER -
BELIEVE THIS TO BE VENUS - TIME OF SIGHTING (
IS SAME AS MOVEMENT OF VENUS TO THE S.W.
X11 NONE
ET
E6/C419Z NOV RJWPDM
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