PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8646308

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1962

REPORTED LOCATION42 27N126 49WOff Oregon Coast

FRAMES3

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PROJECT 10073 RE ORD CARD
1. DATE 2. LOCATION
42.27N 126.49W 12. CONCLUSIONS
25 Mar 62 0 Was Balloon
off Oregon Coast 0 Probably Bailoon 7
3. . TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Boiloon
Local Ground-Visual Ground-Rodar 0 Was Aircraft
GMT 1312Z Air-Visuol 00 Probably Aircraft
5. PHOTOS Air-intercept Radar Possibly Aircroft
b. SOURCE b Was Astronomical
Ys a Meteor
C No Military 0 Probably Astronomical
Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 2. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9. COURSE Other.
5-7 sec one descending 000 Insufficient Data for Evaluation
Unknown
1O. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENTS
One object, white, with a tail about 15 times Decey
size of cbject turning orange at the extreme size of cbject turning orange at the extreme information not available for this avlon not available for this
end observed from date date as yet. However, the as yet. However, the duration is too duration is too
end observed from an a/c. Object fell in a n an a/c. Object fell in a short t and the breaking and the breaking
straight line and slowly disintegrated as it up and red multi and red multi
burned out. color of a reentry is not color of a reentry is not present in this
observation. All observation. All characteristics characteristics sight sight-
ing metecr
sighting.
ATIC FORM 329 ATIC FOR 26 SZP 52)
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A IN:: 25966(25 Mar 62). DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE x/gr
STAFF MESSACE BRANCH
ACTION: SAFS-3, CIN-17 UNCLASDIMIO AVSSAGE Page l of 2
IN G
INFO : SSA-4, 0OP-2, 00P-CP-1, DIA-2(30)
VP N NNNMSMB A 044
VZCHQD848ZCQJB396
RR RJEZHO
DE RJWZSBA 1
ZNR
R 251700Z
FM 552AEWCONWG MCCLELLAN AFB CALIF
TO RJWFAL/ADC ENT AFB COLO
. RJWZSB/28AIRDIV Ham IlItON AFB CALIF
RJEDSQ/ATIC WRIGHT PATI AFB B OHIO
RJEZHO/COFS
RJEZHO/OSAF RJEZHNZOSAr
RJEDSO/COSMATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
RJEZDK/PROJE RJEZDK/PROJ LC HANSCOM IANSCOI Mass
BT
UNCLAS 520IN 0432.
FOR COFS PASS TO AFCIN FOR COFS PASS TO AFCIN AND AFCIN-IB1, FOR OSAF PASS TO N AND AFCIN-IB1, FOR OSAF PASS TO
SAFIS, FOR COSMATIC PASS TO AFCIN-4A. MOON D'ST SAFIS, FOR COSMATIC REPORT.
THE FOLLOVING REPORT IS SUBMITTED IN AFR 200-2 FORMAT: THE FOLLOWING REPORT IS SUBM ITTED 90-2 FORMAT:
ALFA: (1) ROUND (2) PEA (3) WHITE (4) ONE(5) NA (6) NONE
(7) TAIL ABOUT 15 TIMES SIZE OF OBJECT WHITE TURNING ORANGE
AT EXTREME END. (8) AND (9) NONE. BRAVO: (1) BRIGHT LIGHT
(2) 25 DEGREES, 330 DEGREES FROM NOSE OF ACFT (3) 10 DEGREES,
10 DEGREES FROM M NOSE OF ACFT (4) STRAIGHT LINE DECENT
(5) SLOWLY DISENTEGRATED AND BURNED OUT (6) 5 TO SECONDSGM

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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSACE BRANCH UNCLASSMID MESSAGE I
INC O ING
AF IN : 25966(25 Mar 62) Pg2 of 2
PAGE TWO RJWZSBA 1
CHARLIE: (1) VISUAL (2) NONE (3) RC-121, ETHAN 50, 15,000 FT
140 DEGREES, 195 KNOTS INDICATED, MCCLELLAN AFB, CALIF
DELTA: (1) 251312Z (2) NIGHT. ECHO: 4227N - 12649W
FOXTROT: (2) CAPT BILLY B COGGEN, PILOT, 965 AFW&CON SODN.
AND TSGT PAYETTE, 963 AEW&CON SODN, FLT .T EN INGINEER, BOTH MEN
CONSIDERED RELIABLE. GOLF: (I) UNDERCAST 8,000 FT, CLEAR
ABOVE, UNLIMITED VISIBILITY.
(2) NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.
(3) S,000 FT UNDERCAST, CLEAR ABOVE (4) 15 PLUS (5) NONE
(6) NONE (7) NO INVERSION H Hotel thry JU ULIET NONE. KILO:
INTELLIGENCE OFF ICER, INTELLIGENCE OFF ICER OSSIBLE SIBLE RE-ENTERING VEHICLE. RE-ENTERING VEHICLE.
LIMA: NONE. LIMA: NONE.
BT
25/1704Z -25/1704Z MAR RJWZSBA
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