Sightings1949

Rogue River, Oregon daytime disc sighting

Name: Rogue River, Oregon daytime disc sighting
Start: 1949-05-24
Location: Gold Beach, OR

When: 24 May 1949
Where: Gold Beach, OR
Sources: 2 public sources

The Rogue River at Gold Beach, Oregon, near the May 1949 daytime disc sighting Yurivict at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

A group fishing near the mouth of the Rogue River, including employees of a NACA aeronautical laboratory, reported a round silver object, watched through binoculars, on May 24, 1949. An Air Force OSI report could not rule out an aircraft; the case was later listed in Blue Book Special Report 14.

Sources

OfficialReport of Investigation, File No. 24-33 (Rogue River, Oregon, 24 May 1949) (opens in a new tab)U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations (copy hosted by UFOScans) / 1949
OtherAn Oregon oldie but goodie: 1949 case nailed shut (opens in a new tab)Oregon MUFON (Keith Rowell) / 2013-01-28

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