PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

2. LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS

Wes Balloon
Probably Balloon
Possibly Balloon

Was Aircraft
Probobly Aircraft
Possibly Aircraft

6 Mar 61 Portland, Oregon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION

pS ES 2 Ground-Vi sual © Ground-Reder
GMT. 0793002 0 Air Visual O Air-Intercept Radar
Os RCE

5. ‘PHOT DU

Was Astronomical
Probably Astronomicol
Possibly Astronomical

Other Echo TO

Insufficient Dote for Evaluation
Unknown

O Yes
BE) No Civilian

7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE

O08 00g aoo ooo

min dL. SSW
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Star-shaped objt, size |!) COMMENTS After checking with Space |
of dime, white and much brighter than star. | Track, objt was determined to be Echo I
Faded out of sight at 45-50° above SW horizo

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| 26 N/A G 1. 55 BRKN, 15 OVCST 2. 2408/5, 280/15, 280/25,

280/25, 290/35, 300/70, 300/40, 280/40, 288/20, 5. 5580 BRKN

4. MORE THAN 19 MILESS 5. «6 NONE 7. UNSTABLE He. NONE.

TO THE BEST OF THE METO*S KNOWLEDGE THERE WAS NO WEATHER BALLOON
RELEASED AT THIS TIME IN THIS AREA. Ie NONE J. THE REPORT

WAS RECEIVED AT @500Z AT THE SAGE CENTER. THE REPORT WAS 2 HOURS
OLD SO IT IS HARD TO DETERMINE WHAT TRAFFIC WAS IN THE AREA AT
THAT TIME. Ke THIS REPORT WAS REPORTED BY TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS
IN THE CITY OF PORTLAND PROPER. TIME OF REPORTS WERE WITHIN TEN
MIN OF EACH OTHER AND DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT WAS VERY CLOSE ON ALL

THREE REPORTS. OTHER PERSONS REPORTING WERE <QeOemesene,

AGE 28, OCCUPATION, FOUNDARY WORKER, SROGeemem®, PORTLAND,
OREG, SIGHTING WAS MADE AT CORNER OF 113TH AND NE MORIS. SIGHTED

NEAR NORTH STAR; <M AGE 13, STUDENT, sucess,
PORTLAND, OREG, SIGHTING FROM CORNER OF STARK AND ALDER. SIGHTED
NEAR VENUS. Le NONE. PART II. AsQM ROUND 2. MARBLE 3.

BRIGHT RED & WHITE 4. 1 5. NONE 6. NONE 7. RED & WHITE TAIL,

TAPERED 8, NONE 9. PARTS FALLING FROM TAIL Be. le N/A 2.

58 DEG SSW 3. 30 DEG SSW 4. 335 DEG MAGNETIC 5. WEATHER 6 5 SECONDS

C. le VISUAL 2. NONE 3. RC-121C ETHAN 25, ALT 13,909FT,

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MCCLELLAN AFB, CALIF De 1. @81254Z 2. NIGHT E. DJAP 5530

F. 1. N/A 2. AIR CRAFT COMMANDER (WOULD NOT PASS OVER AIR

NAME G. 1. SCTRD CUMULUS CLOUDS, BASES 3-4, O0QFT, TOPS 10-

12, 000 FT 2. (SURFACE) 270/20, (13,000") 240/50, (20,000") 210/75, 3.

3-4,090" 4. UNRESTRICTED ABOVE CLOUDS 5. SCTRD 6. N/A 7. UN-
STABLE H. N/A Ie N/A Je NO TRAFFIC IN AREA AT TIME Ke PETER

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