PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
2. LOCATION
Portland, Oregon
10. CONCLUSION 10. CONCLUSION
NSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION
N.BER N.BER SECTS ECTS
ENCT-OF OBSERVATION ENCT-OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
SEE CASE FILE SEE CASE FILE
YPEOFOBSERVATION TYPE OFOBSERVATION
APO. Visual
JOURSE
2V.sins
PncTos
9. RTSICAL EVIDENCE
No
:G.

UNCLASSIFIED
M:r
068
8MAR67 05 57z
1.1
MP3733
PTTC 1AN RIMMBVA9653 3673043-CCCC--RUEDFIF. PTTC1A RIMMBVA9653 3573043-CCCC--RUEDFIF.
WNY 30000
7725452 MAR 67 7723457 MAR 57
PM S39TH TRP CARR GP PORTLAND INTL APRT FM S39T- TRP CARR GP PORTLAND INTL APRT REGON REGON 一
TO RULMEVA/ADC TO R0018VA/400
ROVNEMA/ESAD MSCHORD AFB W SH
PHEDFIF/FID WPAFB OHIO (
1 PUEDHOA/OSAF MASHINGTON DC C
PUEDHOA/DSAF WASHINGTON DC
T UNCLASSIFIED 1.
MHA BOPS 0003 MAR 67
TDE77. AFRD3. SAF-21. IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 30-17
FO. A() LDN3 TRIANGLE IN SHAPE, (2) 130 FEET LONG AND 60 FEET ( f
MIDT AT AR ID, (3) COLOR WAS UNKNOWN BECAUSE OF DARKNESS, (4) MIDT AT TAR ED, (3) COLOR WAS UNKNOWN BECAUSE OF DARKNESS, (4) (
OID ONLY, (5) NONE, (S) THREE BANDS OF COLORED LIGHTS -- PARALLEL
TO LEADI E EDGES (GREEN ON THE OUTSIDE, RED IN COMPLETE TRIANGLE
EXT INBOAPD, BLUE ON THE INSIDE), (7) NO TAIL OR EXHAUST OBSERVED, EXT INBOAD, BLUE ON THE INSIDE), (7) NO TAIL OR EXHAUST OBSERVED,
1 (3) NO SOMD () NO SCD OBSERVED, (9) NO OTHER FEATURES OBSERVED, BC1) OBSERVED, (9) NO OTHER FEATURES OBSERVED, B(1)
ATTENTION PESULTED FROM BRIGHT BLUE PARACHUTE TYPE FLARE OBSERVED
UNCLASSIFIED

PA3E 2 RUWMBVA9653 UNCLASSIFIED
IN FORESTED AREA, (2) OB.JECT APPROACHED FROM APPROXIMATELY 30 DEGREES
111 ABOVE HORIZON IN A 15 DEGREE SLANT FROM NORTH TO SOUTH,(3) HOVERING ( 1,
V OVER.OAK BROVD BUTTE AT ANGLE APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREES TO THE SOUTH
一 WHEN LAST OBSERVED, (4) OBJECT FLEW DIRECTLY OVERHEAD IN A LONG
SLANT AND THEN CONTINUED FROM JUST ABOVE TREE TOP LEVEL TO THE RIDGE, 7
一 (5) THE OBECT WAS STILL HOVERING THERE WHEN THE OBSERVER DEPARTED
C
TWO HOURE LATER, (6) VISIBLE FOR TWO HOURS UNTIL OBSERVER DEPARTED
FOR HOY. C(1) GROUND VISUAL, (2) NO OPTICAL AIDS USED, (3) NOT —
( AIRBORNE VHEN O3SERVING.- D(1) 2330 L, 4 MAR 67, 3400 Z, 5 MAR 6
67, C
一 () NIGHT WITH NO MOON BUT FAINT STARLIGHT AND GROUND COVER OF THREE (°) NIGHT WITH NO MOON BUT FAINT STARLIGHT AND GROUND COVER OF THREE
FEET OF SMOW. E. 45 DEGREES, 34 MINUTES NORTH LATITUDE AND 121 FEET OF SMOW. E. 45 DEGREES, 34 MINUTES NORTH LATITUDE AND 121 C-
一 DEGRERS, 59 1/? MINUTES.WEST LONGITUDE. DEGRETS, 59 1/? MINUTES.WEST LONGITUDE. TWO MILES NORTH OF OAK GROVE TWO MILES NORTH OF
OAK GROVE 一
( BittE. BITTE. F(1) YEARS,
PORTLAND, OREGON, MINER, HIGH SCHOOL, SEEMED VERY RELIABLE. i (
(?) FORMERLY OF THE U.S. COAST GUARD. G(1) WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND
( THERE WAS NO DISCERNIBLE WIND, (2) S,003 - 033/20, 10,200 - 010/25,
13,373 - 353/35, 24,333 - 013/33, (3) NONE, (4) UNLIMITED, (5) NONE, (
(6) N3N5, (7) 6,333 - 37F, 18,300 - 28F, 13,032 - -25F, 24,003 -
-35F. . NONE, I. NONE, J. NONE KNOWN, K. MAJOR VICTOR D. ROSS
(RESERVE), ASTING BASE OPERATIONS OFFICER, AIR RESERVE TECHNICI N
JDNCLASSIFIED 2920
PAGE 3 RUNY3VA9653 PAGE 3R3VA9653
IS PREPARI.3 OFFICER. COMMENTS FOLLOW: A PERSONAL INTERVIEW WAS
CONDHCTED AT 2137 Z, 6 MAR 67, WITH MR CONDHCTED AT 2133 Z, 6 MAR S7, WITH MR AT HIS HOME. HE (
APPEARS TO BE NORMAL IN ALL RESPECTS. HIS RETELLING OF THE UFO HIS RETELLING OF THE UFO ( C
VIEWING DIFFERED ON A FEW SMALL POINTS FROM THE ORIGINAL REPORT,
HOMEVER, IN THE MAIN IT REMAINED THE SAME. MANY OTHER PHENOMENONS (.
MERE MENTIONED SUCH AS ALL THE DEER STAMPEDING OUT OF THE IMMEDIATE
AREA DURING THE VIEWING PERIOD OF TIME, COYOTES AND WOLVES HOWLING

( AREA BOINB ON FOR THE PREVIOUS TWO WEEKS CVERIFIED WITH THE DISTRICT C
FOREST PANBER), THE AIGHLY CONCENTRATED MINERAL DEPOSITS OF PLATINUM,
MERDHRY, AND VANADIUM IN THE AREA, AND THE STRANGE HIGH PITOHEZO
1 1 VOICE I A FOREIGN LANBHAGE PICKED UP ON HIS WALKIE-TALKIE PLUS ITS
LA VI E OUT WHEN HE TRIED TO CALL HIS WIFE FROM THE SCENE AT THE LAVI E OUT WHEN HE TRIED TO CALL HIS WIFE FROM THE SCENE AT THE
_
TIE. HAS REOUESTED NO PUBLICITY ON THIS MATTER AS IT HAS REDUESTED NO PUBLICITY ON THIS MATTER AS IT
MAY HURT THE POSSIBLE SALE OF STOCK IN HIS MINE. C
3T
一 C
C
UNCLASSIFIED C

040 A
10MAR67 05 55
PRIORITY
72
3
WPB020 WPB020
PTTU JAW RUWMBVA0063 3693515-UUUU--RUEDFIF.
ZNR UUUUU
ST
INCLAS SVC RUWMBVA0063 X
ZUI RUEDFIA 8171 0690433 X
H/W ZDK RUWMBVA9669
PTTU JAW RUWMBVA9669 3693009-UUUU--RUWMFVA RUWMENA RUEDFIA RUE LHQA.
ZNR UUUUU
P 092345Z MAR 67
FM 939TH TRP CARR GP PORTLAND INTL APRT OREG
TO RUWMFVA/ADC HQ ENT AFB COLO
RUWMENA/25AD MCCHORD AFB WASH
RUEDFIA/ETD WPAFB OHIO
RUEDHOA/CSAF WASH DC Sinl 164
RUEDHQA/CSAF WASH DC
RUEDHQA/OSAF WASH DC to mer.
BT iWovd
C UNCLAS B0PS 00054 MAR 67

FOR IDEIR. APRDC. DAP-UT.
一
UFO.I DOWNGRADE OUR MESSAGE CONFIDENTIAL MHA BOPS 00DS, MAR 67,
FROM CONFIDENTIAL MHA TO SPECIAL HANDLING REQUIRED IAW AFR 80-17.
PERSONAL INTERVIEW WITH SIX OTHER PEOPLE PRESENT MOST OF THE TIME,
IN MENTIONED AREA, AFFIRM LARGE BLASTS OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN FOR PAST
FIVE WEEKS. DISTRICT FOREST RANGER CLAIMS THEY ARE ALL "SONIC
BOOMS", CTHERS CLAIM THEY ARE NOT BECAUSE OF DEEP GROUND SHAKINRG
AND CONTINUOUS ECHOES OFF SURROUNDING SLOPES. CORRECT FLIGHT PATH
OF REPORTED OBJECT TO PATH COMING FROM 110 DEGREES AND PROCEEDING TO 315 DEG
C.
RES
(
PAGE 2 RUWMBVA96S9 UNCLAS
MAGNETIC.  ALL ELSE REMAINS SAME. HEAVY MELTING OF SNOW HAS WASHED MAGNETIC. ALL ELSE REMAINS SAME. HEAVY MELTING OF SNOW HAS WASHED
OUT MOST REPORTED TRACKS BUT VAGUE REMAINS STILL OBSERVABLE.
DISTRICT RANGER CLAIMS BLM CLAIMS NO LARGE DEPOSITS OF MINERALS 一
IN REGION. THERE IS A STRONG NOTE OF DISHARMONY BETWEEN THE
DISTRICT FOREST RANGER AND THE GROUP OF MINERS INTERVIEWED.
LOCAL FBI OFFICE INTERVIEWED MR. T HIS MINE THREE
WEEKS AGO. SUBJECT UNKNOWN BUT THEY KNEW RIGHT WHERE HE WAS.
BT
3 3 NNNN
NNNN
2

INSUPPICIENT
DATA 4MAR67
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGYDIVISION (AFSC)
WRIGHT.PATTERSON AIR FONCE BASE. OHIO 45433
REPLY TO ATTN OF: TDET/UFO
6 March 1967
SUBJECT: UFO Observation, 4 March 1967 4Mo67
TO: Karttasal, Oresons
Portland, Oregon 97232
Reference your unidentified observation. The information which
we heve received is not sufficient for a scientific evaluation.
Request you complete the attached FTD Form 164 and return it in
EILECPS the envelope provided, Thank you for reporting your observation the envelope provided, Thank you for reporting your observation
to the Air Force.
1 JAES C. MANATT, Colonel, USAF JRES C. MANATT, Colonel, USAF 1 Atch
Director of Technology and Subsystems FTD Form 164 w/envelope
TQEELLT