PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8693845

DATE OF SIGHTINGDecember 1965

REPORTED LOCATIONAlbany Oregon

FRAMES5

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE · TIME GROUP .LOCATION
11 Decamber 65 12/0205 Albany, Oregon
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Other (SATELLITE)
4. NUIMBER OF OBJECTS
One Object has all characteristics of Satellite.
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1. BRIEF SUMMARY ANO ANALYSIS
4 minutes Coserver sighted what appeared to be a star moving. It was
6. TYPE OF OBSE RVATION moving away from a star and it faded into a cloud formation.
It moved in a straight line. Two Boeing a/e were in the area
Ground-Visual at the time of sighting.
7. COURSE ERRCR in reporting time. O2o5Z is daytime.
SE
8. PHOTOS ECHO II over Portland, Cregon at lo5l PM, 54 deg elev moving
SE.
Yos
No

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UNCLASSIFIED Mes. Htent
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE iike
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN : 70034 (14 Dec 65)H/mjm Pg I of4
ACTION : NIN-7
INFO : SAFOS-3, XOP-1, XOPX-2,, DIA-1 (15)
CYS
PP RUEAHQ
DE RUWHKP3013 3472328
ZNR UUJUU .
P 132320Z
FM POADS ADAIR AFS OREG
TO RUWGALE/ADC PM
RUWHBH/25 AIR DIV MCCHORD AFB WASH
RUCDSQ/AIR TECH INTEL CENTER WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO
RUEAHQ/HQ USAF WASH DC
RUEAHQ/SECRETARY OF THE AIR FOR CE WASH DC
DT
UNCLAS P00DC-1 1305 1 DEC 65 DSMG
FOR AFCIN - HQ USAF; SAFOI - SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE. UFOB REPOR
THE FOLLOWING UFOB REPORT IS
PART A
1. LIKE A STAR.
2 PEA SIZE.
3WHITE LIKE A STAR.
4. 1, B
AFHQ JANGS FORM 0-309C II
UNCLASSIFIED

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5. N/A
6RESEMBLEO ST AR
PAGE 2 RUWHKP 3013 UNCLAS
7 NONE
8. NONE
.NONE.
PART B.
1JUST NOTICED THAT IT WAS MOVING AWAY FROM ANOTHER STAR.
2 ABOUT 30 DEGREES TO S.E. 2 ABOUT 30 DEGREES TO S.E.
3. S.E. ABOUT 20 DEGREES ABOVE HORIZON.
4STRAIGHT LINE 4STRAIGHT LINE.
5FADED INTO CLOUD FORMATION.
63 OR 4 MIN a
PART C
1GRD VISUAL.
20 NONE.
3 N/A 2605
PART D.
1661
7-12/02053. D
NIGHT.
AFHQ JAN SS FORM 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED

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ALBANY OREGON
PART F.
PAGE 3 RUWHKP 0013 UNCLAS
MR. OREGON; AGE 32; PHONE
PART G.
1NIGHT WITH SCATTERED CLOUDS.
2 WINDS - SURFACE CALM.
6M 360 AT 18
10M 360 AT 30
NO THUNDERSTORMS
MOT SURF. INVERS. NORM ALOFT
SUNSET 1632 (0032Z).
2 a
AFHO SAN SS roRu 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED

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UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE Pg 4 of4
AF IN 70034 (14 Dec 65)
PART H. NO UNUSUAL ACT IVITY OR METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA.
PART I. NO INTERCEPTION OR I.D. ACTION TAKEN.
PART J. TWO BOEING 720 CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT WERE TRAVELING SOUTHWARD
ON AIRWAYS AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME AS THE SIGHTING. ONE A/C
PAGE 4 RUWHKP 0013 UNCLAS
WAS AT 33M, THE OTHER 29M.
PART K. ARTHUR F. SHIFLETT, MAJOR, USAF, STAFF INTELLIGENCE
COINCIDENCE OF AIRWAY TRAFIC STRONGLY INDICATES THAT THE OBJECT
SIGHTED WAS ONE OF THE TWO BOEING 720 AIRCRAFT. F-6.
AFHQ JAN SS FORM 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED