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Washington and 50 mile area of Portland, Oregon, September 1960

Date of account
1960-09
Location
Washington and 50 mile area of Portland, Oregon
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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MUTIPLE SIGHTIG PPOUECTJ0073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 20 Sep60 Washington and 5o mile areaof D WasBolloon Portland,Oregon 口 ProbablyBolioon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPEOF OBSERYATION 口 PossibiyBalioon Locol Ground-Visual Ground-Rodor 口 Wos Aicroft 21/04052 口 ProbablyAireraft GMT. DAiVisuol Air-lntsrcpRadar 口 PossiblyAircroft 5.PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 WasAstronomicol OYos ProboblyAstronomicol Meteor Military and Civilian UNo 口 PossiblyAstronomicol 7.LENGTH OF OSSERYATION 0.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Othor. 口 InsufficientData forEvaluation 15-30 sec one NE Unknom 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SICHTING 11.COMMENTS White glowing objectaproxthe size ofa marble Description is characteristic of a which broke into several pieces.Pieces trailed meteor.No satellite reentries this and burned.Object had flashing tail,tapering date,although portions of lg6o Epsilon in size, somewhat longer than objec

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