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This NICAP-hosted Blue Book file, credited to Brad Sparks, collects 1949 US Air Force Office of Special Investigations reports on a disc seen over the Rogue River near Gold Beach, Oregon, on 24 May 1949. It includes signed statements from fishing party members, among them staff from the NACA Ames Laboratory at Moffett Field, along with character references and interview forms. The witnesses describe a silvery circular object with a fin that flew silently. Investigators noted that radar test kites might have drifted that far north.
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1. Date of Observation 24 May 1949 Date of Interview 24 June 1949
2. Exact Time (local) 1700 PST
3. Place of Observation 2 1/2 miles up from mouth of Pogue River in Oregon.
4. Position of observer Ground through 8 power binoculars
5. What attracted attention to object. glittering
6. Number of objects 1
7. Apparent size 25 to 30 ft diameter and 1 ft thick
8. Color of object Aluminum
9. Shape Round flat (also)
with fin
10. Altitude 5000
11. Direction from observer $ 6 0^{\circ} $
12. Distance from observer 1 to 2 miles
13. Direction of flight of object(s) $ \mathsf{SW} $ (170°)
14. Time in sight 2 minutes
15. Speed
16. Sound and oder Norm
17. Trail
18. Luminosity Appeared to reflect light from aluminum-like surface.
19. Projections None
20. Haneuvers None
21. Manner of disappearance
22. Effect on Clouds
23. Additional Information Concerning Object-
24. Weather Conditions. Document, cited by the archive. The PDF is mirrored here; the original link is above. The text was read from the page images by GLM-OCR; expect the odd misread word. 21 pages are in the text index: search them above, or from the library's search.