Portland, Oregon Police Disc Sightings
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Multiple Portland area police officers and civilian witnesses reported observing flying disc-like objects on July 4, 1947. Officers described seeing three to five flat round discs traveling at terrific speed in formation, estimated at 30,000-40,000 feet altitude, with no sound or vapor trails observed.
“Both officers advised that upon hearing the radio alert, they saw three flat round discs, having a white color to them. These discs were, according to these officers, flying at a terrific speed in a Southerly direction away from Portland, They described them as flying in a straight line formation, the last disc fluttering very rapidly in a side way arc.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1947-07-04
- Date exactness
- Known to the day
- Location
- Portland, Oregon area
- Country
- United States
- Region
- Oregon
- Branch
- FBI
- Unit
- Portland City Police Department
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- flat round discs
- Altitude
- 35000 ft
Source document
Agency: FBI
File: 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_1
Case ID: 1947-FBI-846F62
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This sighting
Portland, Oregon area / 1947 / 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_1
- 65_HS1-834228961_62-HQ-83894_Section_1 — Written report of this sighting