PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION 7
10 October 65 10/1500Z Huntsville, Klabama
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
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Civilian Astro (METEOR) Cael 2
1, NUMBER OF OBJECTS
Flight of 35 deg aro, 5-l0 seconds. F Flight of 35 deg are, 5-l0 seconds. Possible daylight meteer
Ono Ono contrail
LENGTH OF OBSERVATION LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
5-10 seconds Object was described as a jinking spot of light, moving across Object was described as a jinking spot of light, moving across
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION the zenith with rather incredible the zenith with rather incredible speed. Arpeared a glowing apeed. Arpeared a glowing
Ground-Visual white light, rather than as an illuminated object. It whita light. rather than as a illuvminatddok iot crossed
from abcut ten deg apst the zenith to disappearance at 45 deg
7. COURSE below the zenith due North, within 5-lo seconds. Object seemed
to have tail feathers. It was overhead on a fast and generall
North an unusual combination of natural illumination of a jet's
8. PHOTOS bright afterburner flame..
n Yes
XN No
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
Yes SUSTEcT
X No
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of thia form may be ueed.
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FTD (TEW)
Wright-Pattersoa AFB, Ohio 45433
17 Jamary 66
Huntaville, ALabama358o2
11053TY610 u 12430 Dear
We are reviewing our Octooer 65 case filas and find that your
report of lo October does not contain surficient information
for an evaluation. Request you complate the attached FTD Form
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2 October 14, 1965
Chief, Office of Investigation, UFO
Department of the Air Force
The Pentagon, Washington 25,
Dear Sir:
A recent experience of mine pr oduced a phenomenon of vision
that seemed quite unusual, and I am writing you to make you aware of
what, to me, at least, is a new facet of visual observation. .
At about ten oclock on Sunday morning, October 10, 1965, we were
experiencing a particularly clear day here in Huntsville. The sky was
cloudless and of a particularly intense blue associated with superior visibility.
The inevitable trace of haze between my home and Monte Sano, several miles
away, was near vanishing.
I trained in the antiaircraft artillery before and during World War II,
and became addicted to visually fixing on any plane I could hear and identifying
The significant thing is, that I did indeed, fix visually on a moving
point that had her extraordinary characteristics. I saw what is best described
as the equivalent of a jinking spot of light, moving across the zenith with
rather incredible sper It was at the very fringe of visibility, and appeared fringe of visibility, and appeared
as a glowing white light, rather than as an as a glowing white light, rather than as an illuminated object. It seemed to
cross from about ten degrees past the zenith to vanish at forty cross from about ten degrees past the zenith to vanish at forty five degrees degrees
below the zenith due North of here, within five to ten seconds. There was no below the zenith due North of here, within five to ten seconds. There was no
sonic boom, yet the apparent altitude and the seemingly high speed seemed sonic boom, yet the apparent t altitude and the seemingly high speed seemed
to have involved supersonic flight. I have seen many Mach 6 flights of the
Ajax missiles, while at White Sands Proving Ground, and have some feel for
speed and altitude of high flying aircraft. I would say this craft led the apparent
direction of its sound by something like forty degrees or more.
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have some tenuous "tail feathers" and my first reaction was that it looked
exactly as an incandescent gnat would, jinking along overhead on a fast and
generally straight course.
I would offer as explanation of the jinking motion, that I was seeing at
the very limits of visibility, having located the plane almost purely by accident,
it would seem, and that at this level of visibility, the servo loop, so to speak,
between retinal signals and directing muscles was receiving signals down in
the noise level thus producing the jumpy motion in the eye itself, something
really not possible in the plane.
The apparent incandescence of the gnat-sized body can only be explained The apparent incandescence of the gnat-sized body can only be explained
as an unusual combination of natural illumination of a reflecting body, with
or without the reinforcement of illumination from the jet of a bright afterburner or without the reinforcement of illumination from the jet of a bright afterburner
flame.
The combination of circumstances producing this unusual sighting may may
not be too rare and the analysis I have offered and further analysis which
you may make, may offer further insight into other sightings.
Sincerely yours,
LtColU USA(Ret)
Huntsville, Alabama 35802
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U.S.AIRMAIL! U.S.AIRMAIL.
Chief, Office of Investigation, UFO Chief. Office of Investigation. UFO
Department of the Air Force
The Pentago, Washington 25, D.C.