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Oregon UFO reported hovering 80 feet over trees

An Oregon witness at McMinnville reported watching a pear-shaped UFO hovering 80 feet over nearby trees that looked like “transparent mercury,” according to testimony in Case 69626 from the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) witness reporting database.

The witness stated that the object was hovering about 80 feet over nearby trees about 7:09 a.m. on August 20, 2015, in McMinnville, OR. Pictured: McMinnville, OR. (Credit: Google Maps)
The witness stated that the object was hovering about 80 feet over nearby trees about 7:09 a.m. on August 20, 2015, in McMinnville, OR. Pictured: McMinnville, OR. (Credit: Google Maps)

The witness was driving to work about 7:09 a.m. on August 20, 2015, when the object was first seen.

“I saw an object hovering about 80 feet above the trees,” the witness stated. “It was shaped sort of pear-ish and the bottom of it was more flat.”

The witness described the make-up of the object.

Witness illustration (Credit: MUFON)
Witness illustration (Credit: MUFON)

“The material it looked like it was made of was kind of like transparent mercury. The ‘mercury’ seemed to be fluid and was moving like water, but the object didn’t lose its shape. It hovered there for maybe 30 seconds.”

The surface of the object looked like transparent mercury. Pictured: McMinnville, OR. (Credit: Google Maps)
The surface of the object looked like transparent mercury. Pictured: McMinnville, OR. (Credit: Google Maps)

The witness said he scrambled to take a photo with his phone but found that challenging.

“As I was trying to get the phone to take the picture, the object turned left, and it started to rotate right, and shot straight up at a 10-degree angle. I never in my life have seen or experienced anything similar to this event.”

Oregon MUFON is investigating.

McMinnville is about 40 miles southwest of Portland, Oregon. (Credit: Google Maps)
McMinnville is about 40 miles southwest of Portland, Oregon. (Credit: Google Maps)

McMinnville is the county seat and largest city of Yamhill County, Oregon, population, 32,187. Please remember that most UFO sightings can be explained as something natural or man-made. The above quotes were edited for clarity. Please report UFO activity to MUFON.com.

Roger Marsh

Roger Marsh is a UFO writer and content developer. He is Director of Communications for the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) where he manages media contact, rights and permissions, and content development for television, film, documentary, radio, print and stage. Roger is a MUFON case researcher for History channel’s “Hangar 1: The UFO Files.” He is editor of the monthly international MUFON UFO Journal, executive producer of the weekly “MUFON UFO Traffic Report” radio show; serves as the MUFON webmaster; reporter for the daily “UFO Traffic Report” in web and audio formats; and publisher of the “MUFON Books” imprint. He is the author of Sacred Dialogue, editor of Silent Invasion, and co-editor of Ron Paul Speaks. Roger was featured in the 2015 season premiere episode of Destination America's "Monsters & Mysteries in America." Roger and his wife, Joyce, live in Scottdale, Pennsylvania, restoring a 1910 Pennsylvania four-square.

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