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Near Heppner, Oregon, March 1961

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

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 1.DATE 2.LOCATION 12.CONCLUSIONS 9Mar61 口 Was Bolloon Near Heppner, Oregon 口 Probably Bolloon 口 Possibly Balloon 3.DATE-TIME GROUP 4.TYPE OF OBSERVATION Local. 2000 Ground-Visual Ground-Rodor 口 Was Aircraft 口 Probably Aircraft 1005002 首AirVisual Air-lntercept Rador 口 GMT 5.·PHOTOS 6.SOURCE 口 Was Astronomical exUS aYes 只 Probably Astronomicol Civilian Possibly Astronomicol QNo 7.LENGTH OF.OBSERVATION 8.NUMBER OF OBJECTS 9.COURSE 口 Other. InsufficientDota for Evaluation 口 Unknown 10min 1 NW-SE 10.BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING RoUnd, White Objt size l. coMMENTs witnesses report objt had a of half dollar.Sighted-30°elevation. slight movement,which would have been de Disappeared-4o°elevation.Plane-Dc6B to movement of a/c.Azimuth of objt was United,1ocated 6551-18M,270°,210 knots, not given, only direction of movement. Seattle. Witnesses did not see objt disappear as they

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