PROJECT BLUE BOOK

1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION

September 58 01007 Washington, D. C.
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION

Civilian AIRCRAFT

4. MBER OF OBJECTS W4em9s Te
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presented to indicate sightd ng could not have been caused by an 4/C
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION |11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
1 Minute

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“@7. In the following sketch, imagine thet you ere et the point shown. Plece on ‘A’ on the curved line te show how
high the ebject wes above the herizen (skyline) when yuu firs? sew it. Ploce a ''B’’ on the same curved line to

show how high the object wes above the horizon (skyline) when you last suw it. Place an ‘'A’’ on the compass
when you first sew it. Plece o ''B'' on the compass where you /est sew the object.

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28. .Draw @ picture that will show the motion that the object or objects made. Place an “‘A*’ at the beginning of the
poth, a “8B” at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course.

While i was watching the "star" it moved Ae. YW is
slightly to the west (my right); then I  “*?*:

saw it in silhouette, as it were, a tiny

spark of light moving away from the star

cluster and moving across the open sky in 3

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29. IF there was MORE THAN ONE object, then how many were there? ——— Ss SE
Draw a picture of how they were arranged, and put on arrow to show the direction that they were traveling.

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30. Hove you ever seen this, or a similar object befere. if so give date or dates ond location.
No.

3]. Was anyone else with you at the time you saw the object? (Circle One) Yes (Ne)
31.1 IF you answered YES, did they see the object too? (Circle One) Yes No
31.2 Please list their names and addresses: |

32. Please give the following information about yourself;

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Lest Neme First Neme Middle Neme
As of March 1/65:

ADDRES, Oohington | 8 DC.
Street

City Zene Stete
TELEPHONE NUMBORace 48 gey FO
(office)

| indicate any additional information cbout yourself, including any special experience, which might be pertinent.

Occupation: legal secretary - have good sight and hearing.

33. When and to whom did you report that you hed seen the object? :
late . January 1965 - in response to an article in the paper
CT poh °.»+woe £dnviting reports on UFO sightings, I
Dey aoe -” wrote for the first time to "Operation
Blue Book".

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34. Dete you completed this questionnaire:

35. Information which you feel pertinent and which is not adequotely covered in the specific points of the

questionnaire or a norrative explanation of your sighting. |

I had been sitting for about 10 minutes on the 2nd floor balcony of my then home
on, «near Cathedral Avenue, Washington, D.C., between 8-8: 30 p.m.
onenight in mid to late September, 1958 (a week, I read later, when there had been
a flurry of reports of UFO objects sighted). A number of times I had glanced at a
cluster of stars in the southwestern sky; finally, for no particular reason, my
gaze fixed on one of the most beautiful of these and I stared at it steadily for a
long time, at least a minimum of.a minute. Then, considering the length of time I
had had it under observation, I was shocked to see it move slightly to the west
(my right) and then,as I watched it for 7 or 8 seconds,continue across the sky in
an apparently N.W. or northerly direction. Some increase in the light, however,
made me realize it was coming in my direction (northeasterly) and I jumped to my
feet in great excitement (like an Indian spotting the first sail on the horizon)
to watch it pass. It came up fast through the night like a small lamp and passed
swiftly and silently almost directly overhead, at the heighth, I thought, of a com-
mercial plane. I tried to discover some outline of the object, some smaller lights
along the side, or the sound of a motor, all with negative results - it just sped

by with a kind of characteristic motion of its own.

At the time, I thought it must have been some airforce "secret device" or a plane
so high in the stratosphere that I could not catch the sound of its engines but I
suppose now it was a satellite or perhaps Sputnik I that the Russians put up in
1957,although at the time I did not associate with a sputnik - it seemed too close
at hand, and there were no reports or timetables in the paper of its passing. ee
was extraordinary but not frightening - have you any idea of what it was precisely

that I saw?

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OFFICIAL FILE COPY

FTD (TDEW)
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433

9 March 1965

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Washi ngton, DC

Dear Miso

The sighting which you to the Air Force of an object
observed in September 1 is similar to many observations of
satellites or aircraft. The duration of one minute is more
consistant with an aircraft. The duration of flight.and the
appearance are also in accord with a satellite observation.

Without an exact time and date we cannot rule out an observation
of the Sputnik satellite. However, the date presented is more
in accord with an observation of ea high flying aircraft. Also,

the passage of time prevents an attempted identification of a
specific aircraft flight. 5

Sincerely,

HECTOR QUINTANILIA, Jr
Major, USAF
Chief, Project Blue Book

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Washington 6, D.C.

January 28, 1965

Project Blue Book
Information Officer

HQ USAF (SAF-OIBP)
Washington, D. C. 20330

Dear Sirs:

Although I am late in bringing this to your attention, I saw an
object in mid or late September, 1958, for which I would appreciate an
explanation, if you have one. =

At the time I saw this ob.ect, I was sitting just at nightfall
on the upper balcony of my (then) home I just north of

the Sheraton-Park Hotel. I was gazing in a southwesterly direction at
the lights of planes coming in to National Airport and also at two or
three stars that were rather low in the southwestern sky. Finally, my
gaze fixed on one brilliant star, like the Evening Star, and I stared
at it for a full minute or longer. Suddenly I was astounded to realize
that it was not a star but a moving light coming in my direction. I
jumped up in, I might say, great excitement because I felt I was looking
at something extraordinary and that it would pass directly overhead.

As it came nearer, I strained my ears to catch the sound of a motor or
some outline of the object to which it was attached. However, it just
came on swiftly, powerfully, and silently at about the speed of a fast
plane. There was nothing more than the light, which did not appear to
increase in size as it came toward me or cast any illumination out from
it, nor @id it have a tail as a comet would have. Once it passed over-
head,the roof of the house shut it out from view and it disappeared in
a slightly northeasterly direction. I could not say whether it was a
small light that had passed at about the heighth of a plane, or a much
larger light but very far away in space.

The following week, I read in the newspaper that there had been
quite. a flurry of reports of unknown objects sighted that particular
week in which I noted this light. I have always been a scoffer at the
"little men from Mars" people. However, there was not a full moon at
the time - if any, it was in the first quarter - to illuminate a
passing object, but it might have been the sputnik the Russians launched
in 1957 still circling the earth.'what troubled me about this light was
whether it would be a hazard to aviation but then I decided it would be
just as much a hazard to the planes of a foreign power, so that could
not have been its purpose.

Very truly yours,

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Washington 6, D.C.

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Project Blue Book
Information Officer

HW USAF (SAF-OIBP)
Washington, D. C. 20330

4 February 1965

Dear Miss WUig,

In order for the Air Force to evaluate your
report of an unidentified flying object, the
attached FTD Form 164 should be completed as fully
as possible and returned to this office. The Air
Porce will evaluate the report, and you will be

advised of the findings.

Sincerely,

MASTON M. JACKS

Major, USAF

Public Information Division
Office of Information

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(as of March 1, 1965, my address

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Washing , D.C.)

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Department of the Air Force

Office of the Secretary
United States Air Force

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20330

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"U.S. AIR FORCE TECHNICAL INFORMATION

This questionnaire has been prepared so that you can give the U.S. Air Force as much
information as possible concerning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observeii.

Please try to answer as many questions as you possibly can. The information that you give wi!|
be used for research purposes. Your nome will not be used in connection with any statemenis,

conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this personal information sc
that if it is deemed necessary, we may contact you for further details.

1. When did you see the object? , 2. Time of day: 828230. 0.
Third or fourth week of — . cei
September, 1958. ‘

Bennie. a (Cirele One): A.M. oF (ay,
Dey Month Yoor |
3. Time Zone:
(Circle One): Y Eastern (Circle ne): G Daylight Saving

. Central b. Standard
c. Mountain
d. Pacific
e. Other

City or Town Stete or County

5. How long was object in sight? (Total Duretion)

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Hours Minutes Seconds
a. Certain c. Not very sure
(6. Fairly certain d. Just o guess
5.1 How was time in sight determined?
5.2 Was object in sight continuously? Yes _x ——
6. What was the condition of the sky?
DAY IGHT
a. Bright Bright - i.e., not cloudy but not moonlit.
b. Cloudy Cloudy
7. IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN loccted as you looked at the object?
(Circle One): a, In front of you d. To your left
b. In beck of you e. Overhead Va/w
¢. Te your right f. Don’t remember

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8. IF you sow the object at NIGHT, what did you notice conceming the STARS and MOON?

8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One): F
None a. Bright moonlight
CDA few Dull moonlight
c. Many No moonlight — pitch dark
d. Don’t remember d. Don't remember

9. Wheat were the weather conditions at the time you sew the object?

CLOUDS (Circle One): WEATHER (Circle One):

@ Clear sky Dry

Hazy Fog, mist, or light rain
c. Scattered clouds ¢. Moderote or heavy rain
d. Thick or heavy clouds d. Snow

e. Don’t remember

10. The object appeared: (Circle One):

0. Solid (4,yAs a light

b. Transparent @. Don't remember
c. Vapor

11. If it appeared os a light, was it brighter than the brightest stors? (Circle One):

a. Brighter Ce) About the same
b. Dimmer d. Don’t know

11.1 Compare brightness to some common object; Like a star when first sighted, then as it
approached more like a small lamp of the kind used by railway men to signal.

12. The edges of the object were:

(Circle One): a. Fuzzy or blurred ee: I a ceecteriitneentcatctnccsnencnmiaginniiniananame
Like a bright stor ee
c. Sharply outlined ee Se eS a ae eee
d, Don’t remember sinitnaiaammbeeatn SS
13. Did the cbject: (Circle One for each question) |
-~. fiwhen first sighted only.) .
@. Appeor to stand still at any time? Yes No on't know :
*b, Suddenly speed-vp-one foe away at any time? @ No Don't know , |
c. Break up into parts or explode? es ° Don’t know |
d. Give off smoke? Yes ° Don’t know ,
| e. Change brightness? WeD No Don’? know
f. Change shape? Cee) Don’t know
: g- Flash or flicker? ' Yes Don’t know
h. Disappear and reappear? | Yes Den’? know

* It just moved away from the star cluster - the words"speed up and rush" aren't
appropriate as I first saw it.

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Did the object disappear while you were vatching it? if so, how? It was in sight continuously
from the time I had been looking at it as a star, then began to move across the

sky, first like a bright spark, but as it approached nearer more like a small
lamp. It disappeared beyond the roof above me so I could not follow its flight

‘from the back.

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Did the object move behind something at any time, particularly a cloud?

(Circle One): Yes fio) Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then tell what
it moved behind; ......___ ehh emda eas caetens eens

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Did the objeet move in front of samething at any time, particularly a cloud?

(Circle One): Yes &) Don't Know. IF you answered YES, then t!! wit
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Tell in a few words the following things about the object:
a. Sound _No sound - it moved very silently.

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b. Color

We wish to know the angular size. Hold a match stick ot arm’s length in line with a known ubject and 171. bow
much of the object is covered by the head of the match. If you had performed this experiment at the tim: of sie
sighting, how much of the object would have been covered by the match head?

Since I saw it first as a star, I think it would have been entirely covered by a
match head.

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Drew a picture that will show the shape of the object or objects. Label and include in your sketch any details
of the object that you saw such as wings, protrusions, etc., and especially exhaust trails or vapor trails.

Place on arrow beside the drawing to show the direction the object was moving.
concerning its shape

There is nothing I can draw - as I said, ster 5: sw’
I saw it first for a considerable length. cluster oe °°"
of time as a bright star - then as it aie:
approached nearer, it appeared to lose 2.

some of its sparkle and became more like
a small lamplike light speeding by.

3.
My position 7

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20. Do you think you can estimate the speed of the object?

(Circle One) .. ae i 4

IF you answered YES, then what speed would you estinatey The speed of a very fast jetfighter.

21. Do you think you can estimate how far away from you the object was?

(Circle One) (ves >) No

IF you answered YES, then how far away would you say it was? At_a@ plane's height

22. Where were you located when you saw the object? 23. Were you (Circle One)

(Circle One): .
: a. in the business section of a city?
2. inside a building &) In the residential section of a city?
b. Ino cor c. In open countryside?
@ Outdoors d. Near an airfield?
d. in an airplane (type) @. Flying over a city?
e. At sea f, Flying over open country?
f. Other siete sath annniiniemn

24. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at the time, then complete the following questions;

24.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One)

a. North ce. East e. South y West
b. Northeast d. Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest

24.2 How fast were you moving? __.__.______miles per hour.
24.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the object?

(Circle One) Yes No

25. Did you observe the object through any of the following?

a. Eyeglasses Yes e. Binoculars Yes No
b. Sun glasses Yes No f. Telescope Yes No
c. Windshield Yes No g- Theodolite Yes No
d. Window glass Yes No h. Other coeiveniaciaas eee

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26. in order that you can give as clear a picture as possible of what you saw, describe in your own words a common
object or objects which, when placed up in the sky, would give the same appearance as the object which you sow

First, a star like the Evening Star, but as it came speeding in my direction it
became more like a small lamp without dazzle or radiating beams, like a street
lamp of the globe variety, seen several blocks away, or as a railway worker's

signal lamp.

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