PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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PROJECT TOS7S RECORD PROJECTTOSTS RECORD
1. 1. DATE · TIME GROUP DATE · TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION 2. LOCATION 2
4 July 66 04/07152 West Galveston Bay, Texas West Galveston Bay, Texas
3. 3. SOURCE SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilians Civilians INSUFFICIENT DATA FOR EVALUATION
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
One
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
15 Minutes
TYPE OF OBSERVATION SEE CASE
6.
Ground-Visual
7. COURSE
Not Reported
8. PHOTOS
Yes
XIXNo
2. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
n Yes
XXNo
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form mey be used.

additional information to add to the present. data base.
In many cases observations such as yours have enabled our
YL30L office to make far more valid evaluations.
Sincerely,
EECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, MaJOr, USAF
Chief, Project Blue Book

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Major
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eston.
If I can be assistance, me know.
Sincerely,
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vertical as though mining ceiling or cloud layer elevations.
from position was dimly lighted by
several rather large refinery flares in exas City area. Our
position was quite isolated being a small island about 70 yards in
diameter and located on the south edge intercoastal canal.
There no lights in our area other than one gasoline lantern
being maintained b a party such as ours on another island about
one thousand yards from our My eldes son Larry
18 was asleep during par e observatio My youngest
son David l1 was awak ighting and all that
I saw.
At about one o'clock I inadvertantly looked up in the Northern sky
and observed a briIliant, bright orange flare of light (through a
cloud). aloud) This light Thisligh fluctuated ir tensity. immediately called
this to David's attention and remark opeare vould have
the somewhat doubtful distinctior However,
as the clouds swept by y it became immediately appare me, that
the spectacle was eminating from outer space The one feature of
the object which speeded this conclusion was any
relative or apparent motion. The object aintain position
relative to a star. This star was say 2 to
2.4, was about 6O° from the northern horizon (i.e midway between
Polaris and our Zenith) and with Cassiopeia being fully eastward and
Ursa Major being fully westward the reference star was about five
degrees westward from Polaris. This star could have been Mirfak or

to be made up
matter or small bodies asopposed to being
concerning celestial
phenomenon or UFOs. I have witnessed one comet. This was about 1959
and the appearance of this comet was I public knowledge. If I were pressed
to guess or estimate the nature of the s to guess or estimate the nature of the s spectacle spectacle which we observed I which we observed I
would say we had witnessed a stellar collision of somewhat major mag- would say we had witnessed a stellar collision of ewhat major mag-
nitude which had occured millions of light years erhaps there
is a much simpler and less exotic explanation.
I sincerely feel the foregoing is an accurate recitation of our ex-
periences." If required I would be most pleased to anser any questions
you may have concerning this unusual event.
Yours ve
HAB/p
HEUSTON , TEX.

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