United States · 24 September 1959

Redmond, 1959

Documented

Six F-102s, an F-89, a helicopter and a civilian light aircraft carrying a Geiger counter were all put up over one light at Redmond, and the file records that not one of them got a visual or a radar contact.

Where
Redmond, Oregon
When
24 September 1959
Who reported it
An FAA Flight Service Specialist and a Redmond police officer; observation about one hour
Entities described
None reported
Handled as
INVESTIGATED / EXPLAINED
Evidence class
GOV-1

The record

An official file preserves that a report was made and examined. It does not, by itself, establish what was seen.

The document is attached to this entry.

What is not settled

ATIC evaluated it as insufficient evidence and attributed the visual sighting to refractions of light from the planet Venus and the radar returns to a gap-filler antenna on a nearby peak.

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