PROJECT BLUE BOOK

1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION

13 November 1964 13/23P0Z . Shutesbury, Massachusetts

3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian AIRCRAFT

- NUMBER OF OBJECTS

One
. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION /|11. BRIEF SUMMARY ANDO ANALYSIS

1 Minute Object moving from NE to NW. Belived to be several miles away.

TYPE OF OBSERVATION. | Looked like a large harvest moon in size. Speed compared to
that of a passanger plane. Position was just above horizon

Gro und-Visual NW. Lights not on in house. Object had glow that illuminated
COURSE eae the area. Observation from inside house through window.
Information submitted ty Raymond Fawler.
Nw
8. PHOTOS OMMENTS: Moon at 23.25.18 at 1800 on 14 Feb. This places the
noon at 140 deg azimuth 35 deg elevation at the time of the
sighting ruling out a refraction of the moon. The lst mag star

Arcturus is on the horizon at atovwt 300 deg azimuth. Object
reported moving from NE to NW. No data to indicate that the

object could NOT have been an Aircraft.

O Yes
; xx No

FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) previous editions of this form may be used,

RE a RR SE Eales,

Bloomfield, Connecticut

; 9 Dec 6)
Major Maston M. Jacks
USAF PIO, Pentagon
Washington, D.C.

| Dear Major Jacks;

Thank you very much for your letter, and enclosure, of 2h November 196, in answer to
my UFO questions. I was interested to see that the Air Force still carries the report
from Socorro as unsolved, particularly since a recent letter from Dr. Donald Menzel

to me carried a contrary opinion. Although he admits that he had not seen "any de-
tailed information" about the Socorro report, he flatly came out that is "was prob-
ably a hoax or a delusion." I sent him a copy of your fact sheet but as yet he hasn't

commented on it,

With respect to the "hoax" conclusion on the Glassboro, N.J. sighting, I am now in
possesion of a NICAP report on that sighting. In it, they quote at some length two
teee experts who mcarrumt examined the leaves of trees in the area, as well as other
vegatation, and gave it as their opinion that the "singe" damage capm done precluded
a hoax by youngsters. They stated that leaves were recovered from a l0-foot oak and
that other damage done to trees would have required the use of machinery - one injury,
they stated, "was not inflicted by any known type of tool." Might I ask if you all
have queried these men or looked into this aspect of the report at all? Or are you
basing your "hoax" conclusions solely on the evidence of a few footprints and bits

of tin foil which could well have been made (or dropped) by persons visiting the site
before your people arrived? It is my understanding that several days elapsed between
the time of the initial report and the visit by an Air ‘orce investigator.

"ith respect to your statement that the Air force "still maintains the responsiblity
for investigating UFOs", might I enquire as to why Westover AFB, in the case of the
Shutesbury, Mass, sighting covered in my 1) Nov 196l; letter, stated that they were
referring the information to the FAA for further investigation? Seems strange to me.

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port published last summer by NICAP? I understand that it is heavily documented and
relates a mumber of sightings made by pilots, astronomers, missile engineers and many
other reputable, technically trained personnel. It would seem from the data presented
there that a substantial case has been made $4r a more scientific and open investigation

of UFOs than has been made in the past.

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And might I also ask if your office has received and evaluated THE UFO EVIDENCE, a re-

I shall be interested in your coments.

Information Only
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Source: A P RO Bulletin, January 1965

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13 November 1904

| Orange Disc in Massachusetts |

Mrs. Harriet E. Smith of Shutesbury,
Mass., reported seeing an orange disc-
shaped object which lit up her home as
it traveled from northeast to northwest)
at 6 p. m. on November 13, 1964. The
duration of the sighting was about 60
seconds.

A spokesman at Westover AFB said he
received an inquiry about a UFO sighting
from a Shutesbury woman early that
morning. He called Flight Operations but
that section reported it had no informa-
tion and so he turned the details over to
the FAA for further investigation.

The foregoing sighting was detailed in
the November 14th Springfield Daily
News and subsequently a Reverend Ray
Hass of West Suffield, Conn. reported |
his sighting which took place at the same
! time (6 p. m.)

Reverend Hass was looking west from
his home when he saw a bright orange
object in the sky. He said he could not
get a full view because he had to look
through tree branches. He observed it
for a minute but did not see it move.

On Friday Reverend Haas told other
residents about the object and one of
them, Forest Spear, said he saw the same
thing. West Suffield, Conn. is from 35-
40 miles south by southwest of Shutebury,
Mass. It is possible that the object seen

by Mrs. Smith wag the same as that seen
by Reverend Haas and Mr. Spear. There
could have been a time difference of
only a minute or two during which one
viewed it at a standstill and the other
during its flight.

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AMHERST — A resident of Iquiry abo nis morning from a-
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reported this morning that ato ences dj Flight Operations on
last night she observed an “un- ami b oe. This section reporte
lusually brilliant’ object in the jhe +: hed no informas.on of the
sky moving from tne northeast; that ere tumed the detains
ito the northwest. It was visible! SUD]EC® we Kodera: Aviaton
‘for about a minute. 4 over 10 vine base sor further
Mes. Harriet E. Smith of West, Agen? aie a
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Pided that while she had never}

seen a “fying saucer’’ she be-
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NICAP Massachusetts Subcemmittee
13 Friend Court,
Wenham, Viassachusetts

SUBJECT: UFO Reports

CONTENTS Summer 1958 1959 UFO 3 —_
October 2 1960 36 Sighting, Westford, 4 an

September 6,

October 2 "15
Kovenee vy. 1 UFO. Sighting, Shiels Siidenalianvivien

Assorted Nexclips on UFO Sightings

FROM: Raymord &, Fowler
Chairman: NICAP Massachusetts Investigating Subcomnitte

TO: National suventigations Committee on Acrial Phencmena
Washington, 0-0.

ce. USAF (AFSC, FID)
Walter webb

The following UFO Data is submitted for NICAP's files.

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tHe latest AF findings

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UFO sighting report which. HOVERING

received quite a dit) of |} |
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this area last spring? |
I would also appreciate Brilliant ‘Orange Disc Re-
the USAF conclusions'on | ported; Glow Lights Up

a sighting or landing | ae Inside of House z | :
report in the Glassboro, . ¥, AMHERST =A resident of ; S:
N.J. area on or about Shutesbury forthe past 14 yen
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‘ , /Mrs, Harriet E. Smith of West

Geet px: Congressional Pathan Rd. described the object!

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of the UFO controver sy ¢ peared as “a~ full, moo, and

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Nhat information can you Tieved that was what the object

give me about two private was.

\° Mrs. Smith. said ‘that at the
UFO research groups known ‘time of the sighting lights were

as NICAP and APRO, ‘not on in her home but that the
‘house. was completely illumi-

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earliest convenience. the: incident-lasted for: apocoss \

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Thank you, OF jh 58 4 have: not» received any reports: . ; . y
’ lof unidentified: flying objects in;
the.area: i}
“SA spokesman at the Westover
Air Force Base Information Of-
' ice. said. that he. received an in-
about: the unidentified fly-

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aaa. “fing object this norning from a
-}Woman: in- the-Shutesbury area.
Bloomfield, Conn, ‘ *  4dand) called. Flight Operationston
: ; fhe ‘base. This section reported
. ‘} that it bad no information. ofthe *

s) “~ 4) subjecty.and || turned. the, details ””
} Over to’ the Federal: Aviation

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»is this a new procedure on investr-
| gating UFO sightings? Has the USAF

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-}ceived of a UFO at Brimfield. + stopped their investigations and
ne us | transferr d it to the FAA? If so,

to whom I write to obtain the -
+ results of such UFO investigations?

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1 widv Spves Bit Anas 5 «| es

29 December 1964

Dear hr. Se:

This is in reply to your letter of December 9.

The Air Force conducts a scientific investigation
of UFO sightings. In fifteen years of research, no
evidence has been found to support the contention that
UFOs are extraterrestrial objects under intelligent
control. Thousands of UFO observations have been
determined to be a misinterpretation of conventional

or natural objects.

The Socorro, New Mexico, sighting is still unsolved.
However, no evidence was found which indicated that the
vehicle was from outer space. Since we cannot find the
pilots who were flying the vehicle, the case will remain
unsolved. The lack of radiation and the speed of the
vehnicie*indicate that the crai't had not experienced any
space residency.

The Glassboro, New Jersey, report is definitely a
hoax. The investigation was conducted by several officers
from McGuire AFB. After the investigation, the officers
determined that the reported sighting was a hoax and that
no additional investigation was necessary. Photographs of
the area revealed that only one bush was broken. This
could easily have been done by applying weight or any other
object to the top of the tree.

The newspaper you forwarded on the Shutesbury,
Massachusetts, sighting of 14 November 1964 indicates that
the object observed was an aircraft. The spokesman from
Westover AFB Information Office probably had FAA check for
aircraft under their operational control, since all civilian
flights are under their jurisdiction. This officer had s
checked for military aircraft and determined that none were
overational in the area. His check with PAA was a routine
procedure for evaluating sightings attributed to aircraft
observation. Since ths report was not forwarded to wrizht-
Patterson from Westover, we can assume that the aircraft
was identified by FAA; therefore, no UFO report was submitted,
The object was not an unidentified flying object but an
aircraft.

The NICAP publication, “The UFO Evidence”, has been
reviewed by the Air Force. The publication is a voluminous
collection of reports, facts, opinions, excerpts of investi-
gative reports, and correspondence all designed to support
the contention of NICAP that UFOs are a problem of national
importance. In it, the Air Force is charged with handling
the UFO program in a secretive manner. This secrecy is
refuted by the publication itself since the Air Force case
files are a prime source of the data presented. The document
does contain many reports of reputable and technical personnel.
Many of these same reports are in Air Force files with firm
evaluations of known conventional or natural objects. NICAP's
operon attack on the Air Force UFO program has no basis ¢n

act.“

Sincerely,

MASTON M. JACKS

Major, USAP

Chief, Pictorial Branch
Publication Information Divsion
Office of Information

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Bloomfield, Connecticut