12 May 2016
(NBC KGW, Portland, Oregon)
KGW reports on the 24 September 1959 Redmond, Oregon,
UFO incident.
The large, bright UFO was first spotted by police
officer Robert Dickerson shortly before dawn.
Six F-102 jet fighters were sent from Portland.
The article contains the official report L. E. Davis sent
to the Federal Aviation Agency (now Federal
Aviation Administration) (FAA). Davis was Chief of Redmond Air Traffic Communication
Station.
Quote from Davis’ letter:
“Seattle Air Route Control Center advised radar
contacted UFO at 1420Z located 25
miles south of Redmond at 52.00 feet .”
The video comes from a September 1959 broadcast of ‘Space
Report’ on KGW Television:
The video is also presented on facebook.com by KGW-TV:
Related post:
Satellite photo of Redmond, Oregon (tageo.com)
(tageo.com photo)
