PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE - TIME GROUP DATE · TIME GROUP LOCATION
August 1963 Plainview,New York Plainview, New York
3. SOURCE SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION
Time of day/night not included. If sighting made during night and
1. NUMBER OF OBJECTS NUMBER OF F OBJECTS witness estimation of size is consistart with a close object then witness estimation of size is consistant with a close object the
pattern of report sugests BlRDS as the probabl cause. Since the
Four
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS CaSe regarded aS INSUFFICIENT DATA.
10 Seconds Reported in l965. Sighting consl sted of four lights coming out
t.. TYPE OF OBSERVATION of the North in straight flight to the South. Initially they had
pattern of two in front and two behind. Shifted posi tdon unti1
Ground-Visual one went right and three went to the left in no specific pattern.
7. COURSE Objects returned to their original posi tion and flew out of
sight. White lights, round and fairly large. Passed over a
South water tower but considerable distance above it. Thought to be
3. PHOTOS in August.
[I Yes
AXNO
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
17 Yes
XEXNo
FORM
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Plainview, N. Y.
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U. S. Air Force
Washington D. C. Hasnilgoon L.
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Deer Sirs:
of 1963 my friend and
were sitting in front of my house, when we saw four
lights pass by. The lights came oui the North
and went straight south. When we first saw them
they were in a pattern. Two in front and next to
each ot.er; the next two directly in back of them
and next to each other. Then they shifted positions
so that o light to the right the other
three nor ed to the left. The three on the left were
in no la 4ssgeeii1cgo osition. They then cane back into
the original I the original postion postio and flew out of sight. flew out of sight. we saw we saw
then for only about ten seconds. them for only about ten seconds. The lights were The lights. were
white, round, and fairly white, round, and fairly large. lerge. They appeared not
to high in the ski. to high in the ski. But they passed passed directly over directly over
the -lainview weter tower the plainview water tower and considerable
distance above it. distance above it.
The sighting occured, I The sighting occ believe, in August. August. The
reason I weited so long to report it to report it is thet
everyone we told said it was nothing of everyone told said it was nothing of imcortance. importance.
If it had not been for theenclosed picture from the
August 8, 1965 News, I would August 8, 1965 News, I would not have written. not have written. The
lights showm in the picture lights showm in the picture are the the same as same as the ones
I sighted. I live at I sighted. I live at Plainview, Plainview,
Long Island, New York.

HEADQUARTERS
FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMANO
UNITED STATES LIR FORCE
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO
REPLY TO
ATTN OF: TDEW
SUBJECT: Request for Information on UFO Sighting, 1963
20 AUG 1965
TO: Hq USAF SAFOICC (Mrs Hunt)
Wash D C 20330
1. Reference the attached 1 letter from requesting
information on unidentified flying objects and his report of a
sighting which n he observed in 1963. is suggested
reply:
a. Dear Mr
Your observations of unidentified flying objects in l963 are,
course, too old to investigate. The time of day or night was not
included and the degrees of are through which the object passed was
not included.
2. The photo referenced in letter was not included. :
FOR THE COMMAIDER FOR THE ANDER
skaen
BRIC T BRIC T de de CEERE 1 Atch
Colonel, UsAF Colonel, US. Ltr fm 865
Deputy for Technology Deputy for Technology dtd 3 Aug 65
and Subsystens and Subsystens
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YOU - THE NUCLEUS OF SECURITY!

Suamia 1963
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Mrs Hunt/man/SAFOICc/72842/24 Aug 65
AUG 2 5 1965
Dear Mr.
Due to the time lapse involved in reporting your serial
obeervations to the Air Force, it is not possible for us to
evalnate them.
During 18 years of investigating UFO reports, we have
come to the conclusion that such observations are merely a
misinterpretation of know natural or conventional objegts.
The attached report on Project Blue Book will provide you
with wore inform Chis subject.
Sincerely,
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JOHN P. SPAULDING
Lt.Colonel, USAP Lt Colonel, USAP
Chief, Civil B
Comunity Commmunity yRelatios Relatios Caion 3ion 7
Office of Inforpabi Informabi T
rector
1 Atch
Blue Book Report orospace Studies Inst
well AFB, Alabama Archivos Branch Archives Branch 10 Aug K243.6012-
RETURN TO: 10 Aug 196 <243.6012-1
Plainview
Long Island, New York Long Island, Nev York 1963
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Reader cy - SAroI-1
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