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Portland, Oregon, November 1957

Date of account
1957-11
Location
Portland, Oregon
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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Record summary

Project Blue Book case file indexed from National Archives metadata; page-level review pending.

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PROJECT 10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 6 November 1957 Portland.Oregon 口 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Balloon Locel xGround-Visual D Ground-Roder 口 Was Aireraft GMT. 07/0300Z Ai~Vi suol D Air-lntoreopt Rodor D Possibly Aircraft S. PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol aY. Probably Astronomicol RNo Possibly Astronomicol Civilian 7.LENGTH OF OBSERVATION B.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 Insufficient Dote fer Evaluation 口 Unknown 5minutes one West 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11.COMMENTS Round object, smaller than nickel at Probable a/c eighting. its biggest,red,trail similar to ashes flipped from cigarettes, including sparks. object described as glowing or resembling fire.Seemed to increase & diminish in size whle observed. ATIC PORM 329(RRV 26SEP S2)

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