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Portland, Oregon, March 1961

Date of account
1961-03
Location
Portland, Oregon
Source
uap_archive
Record updated
2026-10-10

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

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PROJECT10073RECORDCARD 1.DATE 2..LOCATION 12. CONCLUSIONS 口 Wos Balloon 6Mar61 Portland,Oregon 口 Probably Bolloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION 口 Possibly Bolloon Local、 1900 XGround-Visual Ground-Rodar 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft GMT 070300Z Ai~Visuol D Air-lntercept Radar 口 Possibly Aircraft 5.·PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomicol OYes 口 Probably Astronomicol DNo Civilian 口 Possibly Astronomical 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBEROF OBJECTS9.COURSE OthorEchoI 口 InsufficientDoto forEvaluation 口 Unknown 5min 1 SSW 10. BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING Star-Shaped Objt, SiZe l1. coMMENTs After checking with Space of dime,white and much brighter than star. Track, objt was determined to be Echo I Faded out of sight at 45-50° above SW horizonl. ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SEP 52)

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