PROJECT BLUE BOOK

1. DATE - TIME-GROUP

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4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS

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5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION

6 TYPE OF OBSERVATION

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8. PHOTOS

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0 No

19. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

0 Yes
0 No

FORM
|_FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE)

Previous editions of this form may be used.

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
2. LOCATION

New Mexico

5 “mney
10, CONCLUSION

INFORMATION ONLY

BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

This case was reported in March-April 1966. Since the actual
sighting had occurred some time ago it is almost impossible
to check it out. Also due to the time lag the pertinent

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data has probably become distorted. Therefore this case is

considered_Information Only.

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. The estimate of times, angles, and speeds places the lights
about 10,000 feet in the air moving at 130 mph: is there any
reason to think they could not have been, say, at 50,000 feet

moving at 650 mph?

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3. What was the sky condition? Was the moon out?

Finally, a few questions relating to the witnesses:
i, Where were you and He was with you at the time of the sighting?
2, Have you since heard of anyone else who saw the same things?

3. Have you seen anything similar since the original sightings?

It is vrobably true that the above questions have left out items which
yourey consider important; that is why you are being asked, not to fill out
2 svendard report form again, but to relate the events in your own. words’ and

in your own way, using the questions as a guide.

I assure you that your reports will be treated sericusly: on the TWX renort

I nave here, there is the notation, "Witnesses to the sightings appeared to
ve reliable," There is also the concluding comment, "The sightings are

nresently unexplainable, "

‘= the commonest experiences of people who have actually seen a UFO is
they Fine, on talking to otners, trav @ surprising nmunoer cl pesp.
Suddenly admit to having seen one themselves, or to knowing somecn
. While rany of these sightings are quite old by the time the w
2 to reveal them to someone who will not think he is crazy, it i
of suatisticel interest to us tc obtain infcrmation about then, te any of
you cave had an experience like this, we would greatly appreciate you giving
the rerson or persons the return address on this letter and asking them i?
Shey would mind sending us a ull description of their sighting, We mist
rély on respcnsible members of the public to help us in matters of this
third, as we simoly have neither the personne! nor tne budget to carry con
wris Kind of data-gathering ourselves,

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I hope that all the six witnesses who receive this letter (nardon the strange
se_utetion "Dear Witnesses," but that's the only wey I could think cof to
adress six people) will take the time to write individual responses; nctning
2an survass several indeverdently-made-out reports for reliebility and’cou-
viate coverage of details. Eech resvondent will receive a orief redort

sar cenelusicns ("guesses," if you orefer) armter we nave had a chance
2valuete the full revorts,.

i sr.ouid wention that this letter is part of the o
and treat Dr. Hynek, ror whom I am writing this let’
veo tne Air Force on UFO investigaticns,

Sincerely you

LO.

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First Sighting - Questions Answered in Order -

Sketch attached.

All lights involved seemed to shine from their own source, The
"cabin" or"gondola" lights were normal for room or cabin lighting.
No noise whatsoever - either piston or jet. Height seemed to be
800 to 1,000 feet.

The "landing" lights (2) appeared as a distant auto headlight except
much brighter,

The brightness of a landing light except it projected no beam.

As if seen through a haze due to the brightness of the lights in-
volved and a bright street light nearby. The object appeared to
have delta wing construction but not clearly outlined.

Refer to sketch - windows were definitely outlined as shown,

Traveling in a straight line (northerly) about 50 to 80 MPH. No
spinning or rotating could be seen.

Due to the fact that it made absolutely no noise, also at the low
altitude and with both commercial and Air Force airports close by,

it had no high intensity red rotating lights on nor did it have any
running lights at all. In all normal type of aircraft that I am
familiar with, the cockpit lights would be off so that the pilot may
see plus the fact all cockpit windshields are normally on the BoP
side of the (known) aircraft, this particular craft was beneath as
it would be on a blimp or a larger type lighter-than-aircraft.

As stated in Answer #4, no beams were projected from any of the
lights. I have hardly ever seen a night so clear that some pro-
jections would be noticed, but there were none on this sighting.
I did not notice any illumination on the ground or surrounding

houses and it was directly overhead.

Slowly, in a northerly direction. After it passed over and I was

looking at it from the rear - only the "landing" lights could be
seen as apparently the "cabin windows" were only on the end in the

direction in which it was heading. As it headed northward, a plane
was observed coming towards us at eleven o'clock high (4 to 5 thou-
sand feet) with the normal compliment of running lights. The engine
(piston) of this plane could easily be heard.

I do not believe it was any type of aircraft normally used by any
country on this planet.

Firs Sighting ; Qrestow™ | 3

Tne windows and 8landing lignts" looking from beneath appeared

like the sketch below. Nothing was seen in the windows which bad
were softly lighted. The round lights were very bright and
prevented seeing the main body except as shaded.

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Sis i Second Sighting - Questions Answered in Order

1. See attached sketch. As the lights proceeded on a southerly course
_. (again no sound at all), object No. 2 in sketch peeled off towards

the east and seemed to lose altitude and went "out" all at once, The
rest of them just disappeared in the same direction which should have
taken them almost over the Air Force Base located there,

- Very bright bluish-white.

They moved as though in formation approximately 4,000 ft. high.
About the same intensity except for the bluish color.

They were similar except much larger.

Answered in #1.

No beam, just as ailight bulb except much brighter.

On nV F WwW DW

Due to the comparison with the horizon and the angle that I saw them,
I would say they were 4 to 5 thousand feet high moving at 350 - 400

MPH,

9. Conditions were clear - the moon was not visible to me at the time,

Final Questions Asked

1, I was with my ER at the time. We also were
talking to his neighbors who saw e object before we did. They
were an Air Force Sergeant and his Mother,

2. My son says he has heard and talked to several who saw the same thing.
3. No.

Being a private pilot myself and having seen other UFO's several years
ago, I usually watch the sky for any unusual objects. I had a very good
view of the objects in question, was not excited and with the first object
had a good chance to try to evaluate it as it flew over. I know of nothin;
on this planet that flies without any noise except a glider and this fligh
could not be duplicated with a glider especially at night. A blimp could
be drifting along - but it would have its proper lights on =- plus the fact
that Air Force would know it was there. I also believe from what "good"
facts I have read and what I myself have seen over the past years, that
these objects are from some other planet. The only thing that I can't und
Stand is if they are that far advanced - what are they waiting for? They
most certainly are not afraid of us and should land and make themselve kno:

I am not worried about what people think, as they thought Fulton was a
nut, but the steamboat did not do too bad. We also have a few objects in
space that may puzzle the same ones who puzzle us????

Ms Lee

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Pitman, New Je
December 22, 1964

Mr. William T. Powers
Dearborn Observatory
Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

Dear Mr. im, °

Please forgive me for not answering your letter before this
late date, but it was unavoidable.

I have tried to answer your questions in the order asked on
the attached sheets. If I can be of any further assistance to you,
please do not hesitate to request it.

Very truly yours,

ILH/mnl
Enc.

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SOURCEs’ FLYING SAUCER* REVIEW

Jul-Aug, Volume 10, Ho. &

Box-like object

The Pretoria News of May 6
reported: —

“*A mysterious glowing flying object
which has been puzzling Pretorians
for about three weeks, made another
appearance over the city last night.
This time, powerful binoculars were
trained on the object, and residents of
Chamfuti Street, Moregloed, saw that
it took the form of a box-like structure
surrounded by an orange glow. The
object was in view for about 20
minutes between 7.30 and 8 p.m.

“Mrs. J. F. J. van Rensburg and
her neighbours saw the object switch
from an east-west direction to the
north-east, where it disappeared over
the horizon. ‘We saw it stop and then
continue,’ said Mrs. Van Rensburg
today. ‘I immediatcly telephoned the
Radcliffe Observatory and, although
they scanned the sky, they could not
sec it. Because we thought, at first,
that it may have been a meteorologi-
cal experiment we also telephoned the
Weather Bureau anc the Meteoro-
logical Office at Jan Smuts Airport.
They did not see it,’ Mrs. van Rens-
burg said.

“Recently, Mr. H. B. Hansen, of
482 Frederick Street, West End, saw
an orange glowing object, at 5.20 in
the morning. It was moving towards
the north, and then veered eastwards.

**Mr. Hansen said: ‘The object was
stationary for some minutes and then
disappeared only to reappear soon
after. It was definitely not a shooting
star.’ Several other reports about
the object have been received at
various times. Technicians at the
Hartebeesthoek space station, near
Pretoria, do not know what it is!

(Credit to Mr. Philipp J. Human)

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Pretoria, fiouth Africa

Information Only
Source: The UFO Reporter, Sati 1964

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OBJECT SEEN IN NEW JERSEY

Hillsborough, New Jersey, May 7 -
~Pougles DeCicci of Meadowbrook, reported s
UFO at around 1:30 Some, when glancing out

- of his car window.

He had parked his car in the driveway
upon returning home, and was preparing to
leave the vehicle, when he noticed s lum

_ dnous object at an altitude of about 100

' -* feet, moving gently towards him A slight

~ vacillation was described.
< The UFO was of es spherical shape and
?, glowed with a soft blue light. It uas est-

~ * gmated to be about six feet in dismeter

with @ ruby red light blinking at its

“2. tage. There were no visible protubsrences,

“ vents, or jets.
oy The object came to a halt about 30
feet from DeCicco's car, directly above

\} the roof of a sleeping neighbor's home. It

; was motionless for about 20 seconds, the

“'(."} guby red light still blinking.

DeCicco had, by now, left his car, and

“a3 entered his home to awaken his wife to in-

ra 2 eee form her of the strange object outside.

“+ She accompanied him to their yard and re-
foe ported the object disappearing with great

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Source; APRO Bulletin, May & Jun 65 S New Mexico

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~——~Western Sightings
Spring '64 Flap

Several sightings which took place in
the west during the Spring of 1964 UFO
activity, were crowded out of fall bulle-
tins by more detailed accounts of other
incidents. We take this opportunity to
list these incidents with pertinent details:

Mrs. G. L. Kriger, of S. New Mexico

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Highway 10, Tijieras, reported to author-
ities and the Albuquerque Tribune that

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and New Mexico reported speedy mys-

tery objects. Mrs. J. M. Watkins of Sum-

mit Ridge (north of Cortez, Colorado) ,
told a reporter that she saw 2 cylindri-

cal-shaped objects with fins flying at

about 200 feet altitude. They appeared to

be about 50 feet long. A neighbor also

viewed the objects.

A similar report came from a Mancos,
Colorado man who said he saw two ob-
jects (description correlates with object
seen by Mrs. Watkins) flying in the vicin-
ity of Mesa Verde National Park. Same
date. .

Later in the afternoon a report was
made to the Federal Aviation Agency at
Farmington, New Mexico of a cylindri-
cal object flying in the area. This report
and another made at Farmington a short
time later said the object appeared to be
“tumbling in the air” as it flew at low
altitude.

Two Albuquerque men who refused to
identify themselves in print told the
Albuquerque Tribune that they watched

_a small, flat-bottomed egg-shaped object
for about 5 minutes through binoculars
at 1:40 p.m. on 11 May. It was metallic-
appearing, noiseless and flew near the |
base of the Manzano Mountains. They
first thought the object was a jet but it
was flying too slow. It disappeared after |
5 minutes, then a jet flew over, They had |
no trouble identifying the jet and said |
the object définitely was not a conyen- |
tional aircraft. The Manzano Mountains, |
incidentally, are a highly sensitive classi- |
fied military area. |

NO CASE (Information Only)

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APRO Bulletin, May & Jun 65

Grangeville, Idaho residents watched
an oblong-shaped object which appeared
to hover near the Cottonwood Air Force
radar installation on the nights of May
11 and 12, 1964, from 9:30 to 11:15 p.m.
‘Sheriff James Fuzzell and others watched
the object through binoculars as it moved

“back and forth” on a horizontal plane.

Colonel Luis Zendeguy, Station Com-
mander, at the Radar station, said sever-
al of his men reported sighting a bright
object. “Whether it was a star or what
I don’t know and neither do they. We are
buffaloed. I have forwarded our report

“to higher headquarters,” he told news-

_men.

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The object was in the north from
Grangeville and appeared overhead at
the radar site, ruling out a star as an
explanation. The object made no noise,
appeared on two consecutive nights at’
the same time and was not seen again.

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Grangeville, Idaho

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SOURCE: ‘FLYING SAUCER REVIS
Jul- Aug, Volume 10, No. 4

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Air Ministry excels itself

From the Evening Standard, May 13:
“Air Ministry officials are bafffed"by
reports of an ‘unearthly’ flying object
which several people have scen high
in the sky over Bedfordshire during
the night. One cye-witness, taxi
driver Mr. John Hodges, of Turners
Road, Luton, said: ‘It looks like a
car headlamp in the sky, sometimes
hovering and sometimes moving. I
have seen it fade and come on again
and I have seen beams of light
radiating from it.’

“Mr. Hodges said it could not bea
star, because it is much too big. It
could also not be a satellite, since it
stays still for long periods. Mr. Jack
Foreman, of Hayhurst Road, Luton,
has also seen the mystery object.

“Tt was definitely something out

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of the ordinary,’ he declared. ‘I used .

to be in the R.A.F. and I know this
thing was definitely not an aircraft.’

“Yet another witness, Mr. William
Hughes, of Abbey Drive, Luton, said:
‘As I watched it, the thing began to
move like a pendulum with a gentle
swinging motion.’

“An Air Ministry official said he
was unable to give any explanation.

***It might be a weather balloon
with lights on—or it might even be
the planet Venus, which does some-
times move in an_ extraordinary
manner,” he said.

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Sourse: 14 May 1964,

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ing to a news report dated; —
May 14th, a Meadowbrook,
N. J. barber named Douglas’ : | t st
DeCicco made an unusually : ‘ EY
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parking his car in the driveway of his home, but in a nee ruent telephone in=]
terview with Boston radio station WBZ, he said that the UFO followed him part
of the way home fron a bowling alley he had just left. In either case, the
startling part of the story is that DeCicco saw the object move slowly toward
him at an altitude of only about 100 feet above the driveway. It was spherical
‘in shape and glowed with a soft blue light, according to the witness. It ap-
peared to be about six feet in diameter, and had a ruby red blinking light in
its base. There were no windows, nor were there any vents, jets, or other pro-

: trusions of any kind. The UFO finally came to a slow stop about 30 feet away
_ from his car, right over the roof of a sleeping neighbor's home. It stood ab~
“ss solutely motionless for about 20 seconds, during which time the ruby red light
kept blinking. A minute or so later the thing "took off in a hurry," just as
jeregscce was summoning se Bla to see it.

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-a California motorist named Bill Mitchell. reported seeing a flying saucer on

_, the ground just a few yards from Interstate Route 90, near the town of Gen-
ggeva, Ohio. The man, who told his story by telephone to the Ohio State Highway
.jPatrol, said that the object was sitting in the bushes on the south side of
.j the eastbound traffic lane. The UFO was the size of a large trailer truck, and
% changed color while he watched. It hovered for a moment about eight feet off
oe, the ground and then soared to a height of 300 to 400 feet. Finally, it zoomed
ig away and disappeared into the night skye The motorist claimed that the driver
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FSIC Bulletin, Vol 2, #1

- That same night (May 15, 1964), at 11:51 P.M., EST, a
trucker and a motorist reported seeing a huge object rise from
alongside IS Rte. 90, near Geneva, Ohio. It hovered, changing |
to a brilliant orange, over the roadway, then shot upward and |
disappeared. The startled observers notified the Ohio State Patrol |
Office in Ashtabula. Pu. Gary Betzler went tothe scene and made|
a thorough search for radioactivity — and found it, near a small
man-made lake. .

In the Akron area, unpublicized sightings which were never-.
theless promptly reported, were made that same May 15th night
Two observers saw two very slow-moving objects moving N-S
in the clear western sky. At the moment when they were becom-
ing invisible, one of them increased tremendously in white bril-
liance which lasted a full minute. Then it dimmed quickly into
invisibility. Seen for 11 minutes ~ time: 10:40-10:51 EDST.

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ource: FSIC Ashtabula, Ohio

' Ashtabula, Ohio . . . The object seen near 1S. 90 on May |

15th was estimated to be 65 feet long (or diameter). A gas station |
attendant saw a great flash of light at the same time. A boy whose |
home has a Clear view of the area said he saw the object but was |
restrained from answering questions. An amateur astronomer and

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his son, driving on Rte. 20, saw an unusual object. A person known
to the editor had a good look at the object.
Pu. Betzler checked for background radiation before finding a |
small area where the number counts suddenly mounted and sieadily
sounded away.
He backed away in a large arc, the counts reducing to ordi-
nary low background intensity, but upon reaching the “hot spot”,
the counts would suddenly rise as before noted. He repeated this
procedure several times with the same result.

The corrected time when the object was seen: 2352 EST or
0052 EDST. (12:52 A.M.) More in the next FSIC Bulletin.

16 - 31 MAY 1964 SIGHTINGS

LOCATION yg OBSERVER EVALUATION
Salem, Oregon Insufficient Data
Dayton, Ohio Aircraft
Brownsville, Texas Satellite

Heber City, Utah
Dayton, Ohio
38.02N 42.38W (Atlantic)

Insufficient: Data
Insufficient Data
Insufficient Data

Camden, New Jersey Air craft
a New ¥York, New York «3. csc ee Satellite ..- aia oa oe
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ge; Wilmington, , eae “in ae 2 ee Other (MISINTERPRETATION
eed hi Sraate ao eg Seah i. OF CONVENTIONAL OBJECTS)
“ ‘= ™pton, ‘otlene” By aus eet Satellite cay rns
“> 30N Lhow (Pacific) =p Satellite a
34.00N 164.00E (Far East) (RADAR) Aircraft ae
Mt Vernon, Virginia UNIDENTIFIED
Woodburn/Hubbard, Oregon Other (UNRELIABLE REPORT) ;
Kokomo, Indiana Multiple Police Satellite
Indianapolis, Indiana ' S$atellite
Andover, Massachusetts Aircraft
Lansing, Michigan InsufficientData
Macon, Georgia Military and Civilian Aircraft : é
Glasgow AFB, Montana Military Astro (VENUS/REGULUS)
Hartford, Indiana Civilian Astro (VENUS)
lansing, Michigan (FLODER) Multiple j Aircraft.
Lansing, Michigan Multiple Civilians Other (SIREN & FLASHER) :
Altus, Oklahoma es | 1. Insufficient Data
2. Satellite Z

Maxvion, Indiana
Ontario, Canada
Lansing, Michigan

Eimhnurst, Illinois Insufficient Data
East Lansing, Michigan ' Astro (METEOR)
Budd Lake, New Jersey SSN Satellite

Clovis, New Mexico Military & Civiliens Astro (VENUS)
Clearfield, Utah ae See Satellite ~- .
31.30N 175.30W (Pacific) Military Air Satellite
Washington, D. C. Insufficient Data
Millinockat, Maine Astro (BALL LIGHTNING)

iple Civilians Aircraft
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Astro (METEOR)

Bay City, Michigan Satellite
Ansted, West Virginia Astro (METEOR) :
Cambridge, Massachusetts UNIDENTIFIED
East Lansing, Michigan Astro (METEOR) >
Lansing, Michigan Other (UNRELIABLE REPORT)
Pleasantview, Pennsylvania UNIDENTIFIED |
Lansing, Michigan Astro (VENUS) :
Thibodaux, Louisiana Aircraft

Los Angeles, California
Gagetown, New Brunswick

Other (SEARCHLIGHTS)
Insufficient Data

buy u7hw (Pacific) - " Insufficient lata

Palmetto, Florida Other (BIRD) |
19.130 171.485 (Far East) Military Air Astro (METEOR)
Dorchester, Massachusetts ns ee _ Satellite |
COMANVSUP for Antarctic Insufficient Data .
Orangevale, California Satellite -
Wneaton, Maryland aimee oe Balloon |

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| Mentor, Ohio, May 3 = A bright UFO was | Bie a
_. feportedly seen over Lake Erie from Mente | | Aa eT
0r. Witnesses included John D. Hadden, £5 ee
Leake County deputy. sheriff, and Manager of |
“Mentor Park, and 2 Mentor policemen, who %
‘have, fearing ridicule, declined to give : 8 catia!

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ae ous ai Hadden first eaw the object in the ete ee
ee +t east, travelling slowly in ea north to ° a aes
-* south direction, The UFO then halted and of DSW,
* hovered for an estimated five minutes. All Se wide the
‘ of e sudden, it appeared to expand or come | A a Nase,
nearer in its approach, and, efter about vey LO, Pesan:
one minute, once agsain diminished to its phaabicg SAN ND
‘former size. oe
. The UFO then shot away southward at an rs
extremely high velocity. The object passed
‘ behind the tree tops and then emerged into
--s the clear, describing ® curving path ehich
ys ended abruptly in less than 10 seconds.
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-circuler, as yéllowish white in color, with Sats) 0 tas 8 Bee
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A woman near Painesville, s town near Oe ot

Mentor, reportedly observed an object in mee

the north at around the same time. Shortly

thereafter, Patrolman Don Janz viewsd the

‘ object in the south from Mentor. On The

Lake.

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size to an 11" object held edges to edges at
arm's length.

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Dear Witnesses;
This letver is aMfolliow-uv to a report made by Mr. ore FO tne UU, Ss
Air Force on 6 May i954, in connection with an unidentified flyinz cbject
signted cn 2 ey at We save Dezgun @ new program ained at caarllying
revorts in the fiies on which investigators were not able to react. «
Satisfactory conclusion; that is the principal reason that this insguir;
co:nes so long after your report was made,

AS is often the case, the final materiai filed on the basis of yuur UFO
report contains very little information that would heip a oersor cing
throush-the files understend why the object was reported to the Air Force,
By the time you report reacned my hands, tne folicwing information was

aporoximitely all that was left:

The first object was shaped like a hlimp gondola; the seconé looked
lixe a diamond. One ocbdject seen first, rive seen second time,

Four to five windows in "blimp gondola," aiso what looked like land-
ing light shining straight down. One witness saw swept-bacy wings
like a get. Second signting consisted of large bright center lLisht
and four simailer lights in diamond formation.

Tnere follows information on estimated speeds and ground track,

You can see that anyone re-reading the report would get very iiutle of the
original incident out of it, and that is what we are trying to correct,

The purpose of this letter is to ask you for a re-statement of the sighting,
so that we can have on hand something against which to compare other similar
reports. One reason for particular interest in more information is that
there have been reports of two objects, each resembling to Some extent cone
or the other of the objects reported by you. A clearer descriotion of what
you saw would help me and others working on this problem to itke convarisons,

I am going tc indicate some points we need to have cleared ud, and ask a nuxser
of questions: feel free to answer in any way you please, the vest way being
simply to write as clear andi comclete a report as you can, referrinz to the
questions to make sure you have taiked about all we need to know.

Let us take the two objects one at a time, First, tne “blimp gondola."
1. Can you make a sketch of it?

2. Did it shine witn its own light, or did there appear to be some
other source of light illuminating it?

3. The “landing light" wes reported as shining straignt down: did
the source of light appear to nave a large diameter, like 4 search-
light, or a small diameter, like a distant automobile headlight?.
4. Did the "landing light" seem to be of a brightness normal for an
aircraft landing Light? What about its color?

5. Was the odject itseif clearly outlined all the way around, or was
it seen as if through a naze?

6. Could the shape of the "four or five windows" be seen? -What made .
them lcok like windows instead of, for example, Sete mounted on
the odject?

7. Did the object appear to be spinning or rotating, or was it travelling

ina straight line? How was it oriented?

8, Clearly, the witnesses are familiar with the appearance o? airplanes:
how did tois object differ from an aircraft, that made you think it
was defiritely not a familiar object?

5. Did tne light illuminate the ground, surrounding trees, or hcuses?

id, Hew did the object disappear - suddenl; or slowly?

11, Have you had any thoughts on what it might have been?

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Ncw tc the second sighting. There is less information available or this one,

so it appears thet the vricary information to be develoned further concerns the
Scrvatvion in waich tne lights were seen and tre relationship in orightress and
color,

1. Can you sketch tne formation? Did it change?
2. What were the colors of the lights?

. Did the Lights seve as if they were all attached to the same cbject or
invisinie framework, or did they :sove relative to one anotier?

4, Yow vrigrt+ were the lights in cormmerison with the first coject?

- Hew bright were the lights in comnarison with bright stars, or
(in the eastern skies right after sunset this fall)?

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