DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE8705997
DATE OF SIGHTINGMay 1964
REPORTED LOCATIONWoodburn Hubbard Oregon
FRAMES5

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ae 8, PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD
2. LOCATION
8 May 64 Woodburn/Hubbard, Oregon

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CONCLUSIONS

0 Was Balloon
a Ree See AVP ae SS 0 Probably Balloon
3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION OQ. Possibly Balloon
dpe pleeohe | iS Ea 8 Ground-Vi sual 0 Ground-Rador o Beckauy Aivecak
omt_18/14002Z silastic | OD AirVisual O Air-Intercept Radar O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS 6. SOURCE QO Was Astronomicol
0 Yes O Probably Astronomicol
No civilian 0D Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION @. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE | *O Other M&XXX UNRELIABLE He
e evabtbeliais Dota for Evaluation
_5 seconds eee, get = vertical a ii ma
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11, COMMENTS
quare Bhaped obj with round ends. Size of ping In view of alleged landing, holes in
ong ball at arms length. Had door shaped groove ground around circular area, and
bn side. Shiny metallic Color.Cone shaped exhaus statement by the witness the sighting
pipe. Diesel odor. Beeping sounds,Area of sightihg +5 regarded as a hoax rather than in-

had wheat flattened in circular area w/three im-| 8ination of the witness.
pressions in earth. Cow was acting strangely and
LO yr old wnet to see why. Saw space ship take off

ertically. Rose slowly with beeping sounds and pt about 40 ft elev zoomed off into space.

ike rocket. Total duration 4 seconds. Regarded ps figmant of lad's imagination by
reporting officer.

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Lad HtPlllLD DELPING SUUNDLS

(9) WHEAT FLATTENED IN CIRCULAR AREA, 4 FEET

DIA; THREE IMPRESSIONS ON EDGE OF CIRCLE; NO OTHER

DISTINCT IMPRESSIONS IN EARTH.
B. DESCRIPTION OF COURSE OF OBJECT

(1) YOUTH OBSERVED COW ACTING STRANGELY
(2) 27% DEGREES LEVEL

(3) 288 DEGREES, 270 DEGREES

(4) VERTICAL PATH; NO MANUVERS

(5) ROSE SLOWLY EMITTING BEEPING SOUND; AT

49 FEET HIGH IT SUDDENLY TOOK OFF LIKE A ROCKET.

(6) 5 SECONDS
C. MANNER OF OBSERVATION
(1) VISUAL GROUND
(2) NONE
(3) N/A |
D. TIME AND DATE OF SIGHTING

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(1) 18/14902
(2) DAY

E. LOCATION OF OBSERVER |

(1) 45 DEGREES 14,N/122 DEGREES 51,W; 3 MI N OF

WEST OF HUBBARD CBOTH APPROX)
Fe IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF ALL OBSERVERS

C; 8 CE : 1@ 1/2 YRS OLD;
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(2) N/A |
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ATTN’ €SAFOI) AT SEC OF AF
UFO REPT
A. DESCRIPTION OF OBJECT
(1) SQUARE SHAPED; ROUNDED ENDS
(2) PING PONG BALL
(3) SHINY METALLIC
(4) ONE ¢1)
(5) NONE

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(6) HAD DOOR SHAPED GROOVE ON THE SIDE

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(2) SOGT PETE Ne tLe pO ee ee
ADAIR AFS, OREGON
(A) @6M - 210/20KTS “

1QM - 210/25KTS

16M - 229/49KTS

29M - 230/5QKTS

32M - 23@/65KTS

52M - 222/4@KTS

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89M - @98/14KTS

(3) 9,820 FT

(4) 25

(5) 8/19

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Ke ARTHUR F. SHIFLETT, MAJ, USAF, STAFF INTELLIGENCE
OFFICER: INASMUCH AS THE INFORMATION RECEIVED “AS
INSUFFICIENT FOR COMPLETION OF THE INITIAL REPORT
AND BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY OF THE INCIDENT,¢
ALLESED OCCURENCE IT WAS AGREED THAT ADDITIONAL

ON SITE INFORMATION SHOULD BE OBTAINED. IT IS FELT
THAT THIS IS A PRODUCT OF THE YOUNG LAD,S IMAGINATION.
HIS DRAWING OF THE MACHINE WAS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO
THAT PRESENTED IN A CURRENT COMIC STRIP. CONSIDER
HIS OBSERVATION TO BE A NON RELIABLE IMPROBABLE
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; THE HUBBARD, OREGON, LANDING: On May 18th, a 10-year-old farm boy!
a ino SCR made one of the most sensational of the recent series of:
vy saucer reports. At 7:30 asm. young gy was running the cows out to pasture
“4on his parents! farm when he noticed a shiny silvery object with four prongs.
44 The UFO was sitting in a wheat field not more than 200 feet from him. It was
e "about the size of a kitchen table," and five feet high. As he watched, unbe-~
oq lieving, the object began to take off slowly, making a beeping sound. When it
j} reached telephone pole height, the UFO suddenly "zoomed up like a rocket" and
“disappeared. The boy then ran home in panic and told the story to his mother,
jwho tried to calm him. She then called the sherifr's office.
While waiting for the sheriff to arrive, Mrs. QjMeand a neighbor

, aR, decided to take a look in the wheat field. What they saw
‘was an almost perfect circle about three feet in diameter where the wheat had

‘;been evenly flattened. Outside the circle they found three "prong" marks,
<j though d said there were four. ilies father, who is the local
:postmaster, was notified of the incident, and about an hour later he saw for
{himself the strange marks in the otherwise undisturbed 40-acre wheat field. A
* #4 sheriff's deputy arrived later and saw the same marks, and still later a team pet
i of Air Force officers came to investigate and take pictures. It was obvious to fe
‘jall tha was really shaken up by the incident, and the deputy sheriff dates
4 ‘remarked: “That boy either saw something or had hallucinations. He wasn't ly-| oo

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