NUFORC Sighting 61343

Occurred: 1963-07-15 23:00 Local - Approximate
Reported: 2008-01-31 17:25 Pacific
Duration: 1/2 hour
No of observers: 4

Location: Portland, OR, USA

Shape: Sphere
Characteristics: Lights on object

1963 - Round hovering, soundless, rotating object over northeast Portland, Oregon

I was at my cousin's house for the weekend. She lived with her mom and sister in northeast Portland. My cousin's sister suddenly called out to us that she saw a flying saucer across the street, hovering over the park. We, of course, didn't believe her - it was just too coincidental that we were watching Science Fiction Theatre at the same time! Then, her mom, my aunt, said it was true, come and see it! We flew up the stairs and went out the front door of the house. By the time we got up stairs, the object seemed to be hovering over the "Hollywood" district in east Portland, about a mile south of where we were. As it hovered, we could see a bank of greenish lights, followed by a bank of whiteish lights (about the same color as regular light bulbs). From the rotation of the lights, we could see that the object was hovering, while turning clockwise.

After about 10 minutes, it moved to the east and then to the north, where we guessed it was near the Portland Airport. We called the airport to find out if anyone in the tower could see it on their radar. The answer we received was that it was a "plane, flying a banner behind it".

This obviously did not make sense, since it was 11:00 pm. In addition my cousin's sister called her mother-in-law to be when she guessed it was over her mother-in-law's house and the report was that the object was "as big as a house", round, and didn't make any noise whatsoever. The only sound was a "whoosh" as it sped by.

This has always stuck in my mind, since our technology did not extend, specifically, to soundless, round objects that could hover.

NUFORC Note:

Witness indicates that the date of the event is approximate. PD

Posted 2008-02-14