Shortly after the famous Kenneth Arnold UFO sighting on June 24, 1947 around Mount Rainier, WA Portland, Oregon (And Vancouver, WA) had it's own UFO Flap.
Jefferson Kincaide's talk on 60th Anniversary on July 4, 2007:
Mr. Kinkaide isn't the most dynamic of speakers, but there is a lot of good information here. He presents objective information and shows copies of original sources, which is cool. You can basically skip the first ten minutes comfortably and then dig in to see what the local Oregon media was saying at the time of the mass sighting. Good stuff takes off around 20:20.
One of the best reports about these sightings was from a policeman on duty on 7/4/47 in Downtown Portland, who was very confident in his report of 5 UFOs. The station is about three miles away from the location of the All Saint's Catholic Church and Laurelhurst neighborhood as the crow flies across the River.
From https://www.project1947.com/fig/1947g.htm):
"Officer McDowell stated that at approximately 1305, 4 July 1947 while he was on duty at Precinct #1 and feeding the pigeons in the parking lot back of the station he noticed the pigeons became quite excited over something and fluttered in the air. Officer McDowell in looking around to see what had disturbed them saw 5 large discs in the air east of Portland: two discs flying south and three discs in an easterly direction. He stated he could determine no color to the discs but advised they were dipping in an up and down oscillating motion and were traveling at great speed. He was unable to give an estimate of the speed or altitude of the discs as they were out of sight before any detailed observation could be made. Officer McDowell advised that he notified the Police Radio who immediately broadcast an alert. He saw no indication of any motivating force nor heard any sound coming form the discs and could give no description other than round."
Here's the NICAP report:
One of the best reports about these sightings was from a policeman on duty on 7/4/47 in Downtown Portland, who was very confident in his report of 5 UFOs. The station is about three miles away from the location of the All Saint's Catholic Church and Laurelhurst neighborhood as the crow flies across the River.
From https://www.project1947.com/fig/1947g.htm):
"Officer McDowell stated that at approximately 1305, 4 July 1947 while he was on duty at Precinct #1 and feeding the pigeons in the parking lot back of the station he noticed the pigeons became quite excited over something and fluttered in the air. Officer McDowell in looking around to see what had disturbed them saw 5 large discs in the air east of Portland: two discs flying south and three discs in an easterly direction. He stated he could determine no color to the discs but advised they were dipping in an up and down oscillating motion and were traveling at great speed. He was unable to give an estimate of the speed or altitude of the discs as they were out of sight before any detailed observation could be made. Officer McDowell advised that he notified the Police Radio who immediately broadcast an alert. He saw no indication of any motivating force nor heard any sound coming form the discs and could give no description other than round."
Here's the NICAP report:
Here are the original Blue Book scans, hard to read as always, but have fun:
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