PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969

CASE REFERENCE8683286

DATE OF SIGHTINGMarch 1966

REPORTED LOCATIONBeverly Shores Indiana

FRAMES13

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE - TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION
30 March 66 30/1020Z Beverly Shores, Indiana
3. SOURCE . 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Astro (VENUS) V Ju
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One VENUS, RA 2l.4l, Stellar Mag -4.l. Low in East and rising.
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
Over 1 Hour Observers first impression of the objecg was that it was an
unusual looking star but therex were no other stars visable.
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION It was dawn. Appeared to land on the gorund east of the
Ground-Visual observer. Then seened to slowly raise itself.
7. COURSE
Hovering, Rising
8. PHOTOS
Yes
xNo xXNo
9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PHYSICA VIDENCE
Yes Yos
CCANo CCXNo
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Prevloun edittons of thie form may be used.
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workload,
correspor that has been
I am attaching a FiD Form 164 which I would appreciate eyour
completing and returning to our office in the envelope pro-
vided in order that an evaluation may be made.
Sincerely,
W
HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, MajOr, USAF

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Gu  ghed
By Deputy
Called Star
WASHINGTON. (AP) -That
object in the sky Deputy Sher-
iff Dale F. Spaur of Ravenna,
Ohio, said he and. his partrer
chased for an hour and a half
last Sunday probably was the
planet Venus, says the Air
Force.
S paur reported "somebody
had control over" the object.
But the Air Force said "radar
indicates that no airborne ob-
jects were in the area at the
time of the sighting." Venus
was rising in the southeast at was rising in the southeast at
the time, the Air Force said, the time, the Air Force said,
and was brighter than any star
in the sky. in the sky.
The same night, Police Chief The same night, Police Chief
Gerald Buchert of nearby Man-
tua, Ohio, said he tua, Ohio, said he took a pic- e took a pic-
ture of an object resembling
two table saucers put togeth-
er." Concerning Buchert's claim 11
the Air Force said:
"Photoanalysis of the nega- of the nega-
tive ... indicates that the 'very
bright light" which he tried to
photograph does not appear as
an image The two images
which appear on the negative
are probably the result of pro-
cessing deiects due to oid fogged
film and poor handiing..."
Hundreds of persons in bothi
Ohio and Pennsylvania reported
seeing a brilliant and shimy'
object in the sky early Sunday.
The Air Force did not comment
on this. 20
.
Sak
.
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