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Key highlights

• Multiple officers reported seeing unidentified flying objects in Portland on September 11, 1947.p.2

  “first notice of unidentified objects in flight over the city on September 11, 1947”

• Officer Robert D. Adair estimated the object's speed at about 150 miles per hour and its altitude at about 5,000 feet.p.2

  “estimated its speed at about 150 miles per hour”

• Chief of Police Jenkins initially thought the object was a weather balloon but later dismissed this due to its speed.p.4

  “he thought it was a weather balloon”

• Pilot Jack Peck observed a flying object near Bethel, Alaska, in July 1947, describing it as wing-shaped and very fast.p.5

  “appeared to be some flying wing”

• The Oregonian newspaper reported multiple calls from citizens about the sighting on September 12, 1947.p.4

  “The Oregonian received several calls from other persons reporting the object.”

Outliers

• Witnesses had differing opinions on the object's shape, with some describing it as round and others as elliptical.p.2

  “the shape appeared to be round but that the glare was so bright”

• The report includes a mention of a Red Cross representative discussing UFOs, suggesting a connection to government knowledge.p.21

  “Mr. Lippincott told him that the 'saucers' reported as seen... were actually from Spain.”