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Hillsboro, Oregon, June 1949 - Incident Number: 393

Date of account
1949-06
Location
Hillsboro, Oregon
Source
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Record updated
2026-10-10

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FID SEP63U-L (IUC) PR0JECT10073REC0RD 1.DATE·TIME GROUP 2.LOCATION 393 6um 04/1605Z Hillsboro, Oregan 3.SOURCE 10.CONCLUSION Civilian BALLOON 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS One 5. LENGTHOF OBSERVATION 11.BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Object appeared to be metallic in color, rather large and 3 Minutes round in shape,and camparable to an object 3/8 inch in diam. 6. TYPEOFOBSERVATION held at arms length. It appeared to wobble slightly, but remained in a fixed position.Agter remaining in view for Ground-Visual abotu 3 minutes it then appeared to move in a Southwesterly 7.COURSE direction at a very rapid rate of speed. Hovering and SW 8.PHOTOS 品Y 9.PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 口Yos EiNO FORM CONTROL NO SUBJECT:Ltr DECIMALFILE NO FOLLOWUPON 6 - 605 S Aerial Phononena S-15 JNF.. DATE 2Oth Distr Off Spec Inv FROM: 7/8759 IAXS TO: hiash NO.INCLS. 1 RECORDING XT-1 E 7/18/49 0900 DESK RECORDED HOUR ROUTED TO SUSPENSE DATE

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