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UFO case file · UFO-32535

45NMSof Baker radar-visual unidentified-object report — July 1963

CE1United States1963-07-01

45NMSof Baker, Oregon, United States

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Case description

On or during July 1963, at or near 45NMSof Baker, Oregon, United States, the source reports the following sequence: BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING: Unidentified ch4 object sighted by ground-radar, position during the five minutes it was observed in stationary. The text in the document is as follows: COMMAND POST REPORT 16 July 1963 UFO REPORTED AT 16582 49 miles South from Baker, Oregon, called in from Salt Lake Center at 17032, by a weather AFB T-33 pilot at 18,000 feet. The text in the document reads as follows: INFO ROWARK/MOUNTAIN HOME AFB OHIO AT 2957 HOURS, PACIFIC DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME, 16 JULY 1963, MAJOR SHERRELL, AULISAN L. :0 7521142 355TH NAVIGATIONAL TRAINING WING, RANDOLPH AFB, CALLED TO REPORT THAT PILOT OF A T-33 A/C, VISUAL MR 59, ALLEGEDLY SIGHTED A UFO LOCATION 47 MILES O.L. INCIDENT REPORTED TO SALT LAKE CITY CENTER AT 1532 HOURS, 16 JULY 1963. SER NR A-316393, 455TH NAVIGATIONAL TRAINING SQ, MADE AFB, ALSO SAW THE UFO. AIRCRAFT ENTERED CLOUD BANK. It appears to be a scanned document from Project Blue Book, an Air Force program that investigated unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in the United States. FLYING SAFETY OFFICER. STATE HE HAS OBSERVED MANY BALLONS, FROM BOTH GROUND AND AIR, AND IN HIS OPINION IT WAS NOT A BALLOON. AFTER LANDING THE OBSERVER CONTACTED THE SAC INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE STATE, UTAH MESSAGE INCOMING AP IN: 57539 (29 JUL 63) PAGE 1 OF 3 PAGES OFFICER AT MATHER AFB WHO SUGGESTED THAT THE 522 REC WG CONDUCT THE INTERROGATION AND SUBMIT A REPORT TO YOUR HQ FOR INVESTIGATION UNHQ ITE REGARDING OBJECTS FLYING OFFICER SAW NT HOME AFB IDAHO.

Recorded details

Local time
1658
Coordinate precision
LOCALITY
Date precision
MONTH_ONLY

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