PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD

| 1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION

. 1 Aneust 65 Malnbra,
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
__ Civilian l Other (HMULSTINUT Ourecrs)
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
N/A —_ Analysis ‘erfor “ogi t Pabri ch FA, oa aypir Pes R

5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION Tht BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS

N/A Photos oft Cr); T T wT: Ol carb 4 thed f r evn hr ' ne Objects
not visits! ry PPLLIrY M. A t hi ae nw 1S No NOME Ss
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7. COURSE
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8. PHOTOS |

X{Yes Heturned to Ownde
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9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

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X30 No

FORM
FTD sep 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of thie form wey be used.

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PEEK PHOTOS (EMULSION FLAWS 21 August 1955
ae Cape Kennedy, Florida

MEMO FOR THE RECORD: Photos by @QNMMMMMetovra, Fla of Gemini 5 Launch (Aug 65)

Conversation with Sgt Moody and Lt Alexander of Patrick AFB, Fla phone area

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code 305, 494-1110 ext 4131 or 7830 on 28 and 29 Sep 65.

They had received the films (two slides) from James Peek. They were film
defects. RCA Quality Control Personnel did analysis. Proved that it was defects
in the film. qjjjj¥ent to their information officer, Colonel Coleman. The |
photo analysis had been typed and given to Colonel Coleman. Colonel Colemen |
had been km out of town and had tried to get in touch vit iia: ei |
does not have a telephone and messages mist be left for him. Colonel Coleman
had left a message for Mr@@iPRo come in to Patrick where he will give him
a letter describing the analysis. Patrick AFB had not made copies of the
pictures. The letter by Colonel Coleman was objective. Lt Alexander will
send us copies of the photo an@ ysis and Colonel Colemans letter to Mr Peek

aiong with 2 letter from Lt Alexander describing what the pictures were of.

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12 Oct 65
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ne called Lt. Alexander at Patrick Air Force Base and requested that he
send a copy of the PI renort

Nota: GEMINI 5 LAUNCHED 21 August 1965

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Wes? Felaber, Florida, did submit his UFO film to the Air Force
for evaluation. The film was analyzed at Patrick Air Force Sase, Florida. The
results of the analysis indicated that the objects depicted were defects in

the film. The Film has been returned to Mqqupe.
I checked around and found out about the radio show you were on in this

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area. Radio station WMAL obtained a tape of the (WOR, New
York) by contract and used it on 24 September 1955. It has been returned to
New York.

I am happy to be of assistance in providing you with this information.
. SARA 8. HUNT, Civil Branch

Se Community Relations Division

Office of Information, Pantagon, Washington, D.C.

HEADQUARTERS

AIR FORCE EASTERN TEST RANGE
AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, FLORIDA 32925

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REPLY TO

ATTN OF: ETWE

27 October 1965
SUBJECT: Defective Film Report

ro; FTD (TDEW/Set Moody )
Wright-Patterson AFB
Ohio 45433

1. Attached is a copy of the RCA report you requested.

2. The pictures were taken by vr . ei during the
launch of Gemini 4 and supposedly contained UFO's. As 4 |

| result of the attached report, and a two hour interview
between Lt Col W.- T. Coleman an o further
report will be prepared.

FOR THE COMMANDER

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DANIEL B. WILLIAMS 1 Atch
4 \ Ww Lt Colonel, USAF Memo, Photographic Quality Con-
| Director, Evaluation trol, RCA, 23 Sep 65, 1 repro Cy

and Applications

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INTERNAL CORRESPONDENCE

RCA Mussa. 2 TEST PRODECT, PATRICK AD, FLOMDA
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23 September 19565

Lt. Alexmader
Bidg. 575, Room 110

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STREAXS AND SPOTS ON KODACHRO IT Fix

Several slides with streaks and spots were submitted for cpinicns
of the saurce cf these images. The writer sutmitted the
questicned slides to two cther experisnced picture defect

analysts. All three independently arrived at the seme conclusicns.

All three spots co slide 6 criginate from axtranecus particles
within the spot. In the case of the ciggest spot, the edges
indicate ea decided blistering action during processing. The effsct
in tae cther tw spote is not es extreme tut is chbvicusly tis ome

basic problem, prevably criginating during the flin msaoufecturiag.

The streaxs ars from & Gas - Se cos co alide 7 my
have been fram pres@ure (cr strain) @ ths emilsion. The streaks
on slides 32 end 33, and poesibly the cus co alida T, Gppear to be
caused ty scadthing like au imtermal reflaction in tbe ctwre.
I have no Gcubt teat tais scirce cauld de famd in tbe comer.

The prover maquencs for alides 7 and & com protably de verified by
removing the files fram the mcimts. lide files are umally oige
mmbered and tivtse tyo should beve the mmbers 7 cr & between the
perforations and *he edie of the fin.

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LENSMAN GETS PHOTOGRAPHS
OF UFOs AT GEMINI LAUNCH

MALABAR—The Gemini 5 flight
that took astronauts Cooper and
Conrad on their . record-breaking
eight-day orbit may have attracked
—more not from earthlings.
According to James R. Peek, 47, of
Township Road, at least three, pos-
sibly four, unidentified flying ob-
jects were seen by him in the vicinity
of the Cape within seconds of lift-
off.

An he has pictures to prove it.

Peek, a senior engineering labora-
tory technician, optics expert, and ex-
perienced amateur photographer, was
out on his front Jawn like thousands
of other Brevard residents that his-
toric morning.

But in his case, he got there a few
seconds too late to see the actual
lift-off. He says he had his camera
all set to grab a few pictures of the
launch, but having missed it, was
not going to take any photograps.
As he was about to return to his
house, he says he saw an object
traveling at very high speed moving
in a westerly direction in the vicinity
of the launch area.

“It looked like a silver of brilliant
green phosphorescent light just east
of the contrail left by the rocket,”
Peek said.

“It made a sort of S-turn in and
around the contrail, became ellip-
tical in shape as turned, then chang-
ed into a = ee defined disc.”

Peek hastily aimed his 35mm
camera fitted with a 35mm lens at
object and took a picture. The object
vanished towards the south.

Peek said he tried to take another
couple of shots of the object before
it vanished, but owning to the small
view afforded in his camera view-
finder, was not sure that he was suc-
cessful.

UFOs Photographed
at GT-5 Launch

But when his color film returned
from the processors, he saw that he
had been more successful than he
thought.

His first shot shows a light green
blue across the transparency, but the
second shows not onc object, but
three of them.

Peek said the brilliance of the ob-
jects was not due to reflected sun-
light, but came from the objects
themselves.

“VM bet that this will really raise
Hell down at SAC.”

11OuUFO

If you are interested in the scienti-
fic investigation of UFOs, the Inter-
planetary Intelligence of Unidenti-
fied Flying Objects, (IIOUFO) is
the organization for you. A mem-
bership free organization with 5,000
members located in the U.S. and 28
foreign countries, backed by a Scien-
tific Panel of scientist. The main
purpose to add what information we
can to help solve the UFO mystery.
The HOUFO is not trying to prove
that UFOs are interplanetary space
ship or a government project, only
that something is there, and to get
people to approach the subject with
an open mind and to let them have
a working knowledze of the informa-
tion that 1s available.

No Crse, Information Oniy tape Kennedy, Florida
Source: Saucer News, Vol. 12, New A 1 Sep 45

Dee 65

MOTION PICTURE OF UFO IN FLORIDA: An article from the Orlando (Florida)
Sentinel, dated September 21st, tells of a man named James R. Peek who photo-
graphed a UFO within seconds of the recent Gemini 5 take-off. Peek was watch-
ing the blast-off from his home not far from Cape Kennedy when he noticed an
object traveling at very high speed, moving in a westerly direction in the vi-
cinity of the launch area. He said it looked like a "sliver of brilliant green
phosphorescent light," just east of the contrail left by the Gemini 5 rocket.
Peek hastily aimed his 35mm camera, and took some color footage before the ob-
ject vanished toward the south. Upon getting the film back from the processor,
he saw that he had been more successful than he thought. The film shows not
one but three brilliant objects in motion.

Saucer contactee Howard Menger, who also lives near Cape Kennedy, sent
us this clipping. He writes that he went to interview Mr. Peek, but arrived a
couple of hours too late, as the Air Force had already picked up the film.
Pesk expects to get his movie back from the Air Force, and will then notify
Menger, who has promised to notify us. See the letter at the top of Page 5 for
wore recent information about this c=-~