PROJECT BLUE BOOK

mts) PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD

1. DATE 72 LOCATION = - 12. CONCLUSIONS
29 Ss Wo it exas 0 Was Bolloon
duscdlees ds teigie én Q Probably Bolleon
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3. DATE-TIME GROUP 4%. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 0 Possibly Beiloon
= 0 Wos Aiscroft
Local 0000-0100 Q Ground- Vi sual O Ground-Roder a Probebly Aircroft
GMT 29/0600-0700Z O Air Vi wel 0 Air-Intercep? Rador O Possibly Aircraft
5. PHOTOS &. SOURCE 0 Was Astronomical ,
oY 0 Probobly Astronomice
| 3) — Civilian O Possibly Astronomical
7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS | 9. COURSE 0 Other :
GiInsufficient Deto for Evaluction
l hr one varied 0 Unknown
10, BRIEF SUMMARY OF SIGHTING ll. COMMENTS

Motion pulsating. Appeared from 45° altitude
to horizon. No direction given. Had general
appearance of star or planet. Occasional
flashes of bright white light. Also no state-
ment as to motion other than that it moved
faster than a/c at times and appeared to
change direction suddenly.

Request for additional information sent.
No reply. No conclusion can be drawn on
information given, except that possible
sighting of Jupiter with atmospheric
refraction caused object to fluctuate.
Jupiter also reported from several

other southern states during this time
period.

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ATIC FORM 329 (REV 26 SHRP 52)

SAFOI-3a/f arnarda/72291

17 October 1960

Dear Mr .<aiaee

This is to aciaiowledge your undated letter to the Commander,
USAP UFO Project concerning the sighting by you of sn unidentified
flying object on 25 September.

Your letter contained insufficient information for a valid
conclusion. Therefore, we aak that you and one of the other witnesses
complete the sttached Air Force Questionnaires and forward the com-
pleted documents to the Commander, Aerospace Technical Intelligence
Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio for their analysis and
evaluation.

Sincerely,

LAWRENCE J. TACKER

Lt. Colonel, USAF

Public Information Division
Office of Information

Mr.

Texas

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Board of Education Board of Education

The Wolfe City Public Schools

f ly Superintendent
{ WOLFE CITY, TEXAS

Commander
USAF UFO Project
Pentagon
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

I would like to report what I genuinely believe to have been
a UFO sighting on the evening of September 28, due east of this
community between the hours of 2/00 and 6100. I am not an habitual

writer of letters of this gort, nor a “crank”. Indeed, I am an
) and am quite well aware of the
necessity of frank and e reporting of things of this nature.

Air Force Resarvist

I have three witnesses to this sighting who will corroborate my
story to the extent that they observed the UFO. I took great cars
to ascetain that what I was observing was not a conventional air-
craft (of any sort known to me), was not behaving in the manner
one would expect of a satellite, or a guided missile.

From my window, the object moved from approximately forty-five degrees
from the horizen down to approximately twenty. It had the general azxax
appearance of a star or planet except that it pulsated regularly from
white to orange, red, and green. (Its motions would tend to ruls

out Mars or any other celestial body.) At this latter position it
appeared to be hovering while occasionally bobbing up and down and
darting from side to side. Brilllant flashes of white light were occa-
3lonally seen. Occasionally it would remain perfectly ‘still or move

in a general upward direction. I got into my car and drove out on ths
highway to observe it better. According to its brightness and rela-
tive position on the horizon and in relation to my two positions of
obsarvation, it was sufficiently closs for me to have easily haard

ja@6 or rociprocal engines if they were incorporated. Its motions wers
quite too sudden in direction and high in speed to have confused it
with craft of this sort. Driving back to town I kq@ated three men,

Vr. SQRMMMMner of Wolfe City, a Mr.. .»2Rd another person
who sighted it with me and abserved iyjsymotions and color changes.
: Tne dbbject then moved steadily upwardyp

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i went to the talephone and attempted to raash some agency in Dallas
who would be interested. railing, I returntd home and watensd until
O100 hours when I began to realize that my eyes were no longer de-
nendable and I began to imagine that I saw saveral bodies which must
have been stars were moving slightly, no SOUS ie) Sees teettes of my
eyes from fatigue. ‘

REPLY TO
ATTW OF:

SUBJECT:

lt TO:

Dun f.

Colonel, USAF

AEROSPACE TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
OHIO

AFCIN-),E2x - ae

UFO Sighting (Emmitt C. Mitchell) 14007

SAPOI=3d (L/Col Tacker)

Please forward two questionnaires to Mr<QMefor pe a by

letter

himself and one of the other witnesses. A cooy of Mr
is attached for your information.

FOR THE COMMANDER:

PHILIP G. EVANS

Deputy for Science and Components

“Sie...

Board of Education

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Board of Education

The Wolfe City Public Schools

SIDNEY WASSON, Superintendent
WOLFE CITY, TEXAS

To make sure that I was not deluding myself about the original
object, however I recall making several checks, to wit:

1. The object exhibited a light of a lower temperature
than any observed stars, their being considerably

more blue.

2. It exhibited motion relative to fixed bodies which,
it seemed to me, negated the idea that my eyss were
playing tricks on me (until later).

3. I made a quick mental note of its relative position to
a couple of constellations which I think I could skethh

out at least roughly, thus ruling in or out stars.

ih. I have observed the color changes of Mars before. I do
not believe I could have confused the two.

In my observation of many aircraft during four years active duty
at James Connally and Lackland Air Force Bases I must definitely
assert that no aircraft can move that fast or change direction

that suddenly, in my opinion.

I have made notes ina little more detail if it would be of valus
to you.

sake CU LLip

Emmitt C. Mitchell
Wolfe City, Texas

APCIN-hEQx j2U0r

5 algal Eta 14 Oct 1900

SAFOI=3d (L/Col Tacker)

Please forward two questionnaires to Mrw,for completion by
himself and one of the other witnesses. A copy of Mr Mitchell's letter
is attached for your information.

POR THE COMMANDER:

PHILIP G. EVANS 1 Atch:

Colonel, USA? Cy ltr, no date, fr
Deputy for Seclence and Components ee ae