PROJECT BLUE BOOK

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PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. DATE · TIME GROUP 2. LOCATION 2. LOCATION
3 Nov 66 3 Nov 66 0540Z Momphis, Tenn. Momphis, Tenn. one witness
3. SOURCE 10. CONCLUSION 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Aircraft(possible)
4. 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS
one
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
4 minutes Coserver watched a star sheped object that had fenw lights
6.TYPE OF OBSERVATION in a diamond shape-two white on the iett and rijins siden;
Ground Visual when the object moved away during the sncond sighoing there
7. COURSE was a dull pitched raspy sound . Cbject appeared to be
hovering above a group of trees and a house, theraby
SW attracting the ooservers attention. Object was hovering
8. PHOTOS when first sighted and aftor three minutes it noved toward
the Si.
Yes The description is consistent with that of an airoraft
No observation. Any aircraft in the area under VFR would not
2. PHYSICA VIDENCE have been known to the Faa.
Yes
X No
FORM FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Previous editions of this form may be ueed.
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3 2or-66
Menghis
TDETR /Maj H Quintanilla, Jr/70916/mhs/16 Nov 66
Request for Helicopter Information
NOV 2 1 1988
Federal Aviation Agency
Attn: Mr. James F. Arthur
Airport Traffic Control Tower
P.O. Box 30050
Memphis, Tennessee 38130
l. Our office has received an unidentified flying l. Our office has received an unidentified flying object report
from the Memphis, Tennessee Tennessee area. The description area.. The description in in many aspects
is consistent with that of a helicopter sighting. of 8 helicopter sighting. As the object 2
moved away it was moved away it WAS displaying displaying four lights in a diamond shape
two white, on the left and right sides, two red, two white, on he left and right sides, two red, fore and aft. and aft
The objeet appeared to be hovering above a group of and a and a
house in the east prior to its departure to the southwest. house in the east prior to departure to the southwest
2. Request information on any helicopters or similar type 2. Request information on any helicopters or similar type of craft of craft
operating in the Memphis s area at approximately 0540z 3 Nov 66. If
the Naval Air Station to the northeast of Memphis had a detacbment
of helicopters please advise if known. Any information which you
can provide will be appreciated.
ID STTH TEIOLALO MIITL
LOUIS DeGOES, Colonel, USAF
Director of Technology and Subsystems
COORDINATION Qntailh
DATE/
TDETR/Majuintanilla
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DATE 1624266
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1 UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE N0oo66
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH 0305342/
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN : 56452 (8 Nov 66) R/rph
ACTION: RDC-4
INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-2, SAF-OS-3, NIN-7, DIA/JCS-1 (19) ADV CY DIA Pg 1 of 4
SMB D24 ERFTU JAW RUEDWXB 0360 3 U--RUED HQA.
DE RUWGHU 1374 3122017
ZNR UUUUU
R 082030Z NOV 66
FM 97BCMBWG BLYTHEVILLE AFB ARK
TO RUMFVA/ADC ENT AFB COLO
RUWGKG/29AD IV RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB MO RUNGKG/29AD IV RICHARDS GEBAUR AFB MO
RUEDFIF/FTD WPAFB OHIO
RUEDHQA/AFNIN WASH DC UASU
RUEDHQA/SAFOI WASH DC
INFO RUCVAAA/2AF BARKSD ALE AFB LA
BT
AFB COLO,29 ADIV RICHARDS-GEBAUR AFBZZ MO, FTD WPAFB OHIO FOR
TDETR, AFNIN WASH DC, SAFOI WASH DC. INFO **2AF BARKSDALE AFB LA
SUBJECT: UFO REPORT. REFERENCE PARA 14, AFR 200-2. PARA 14A:
(1) STAR. (2) EST IMATED 15 FEET HIGH AND 50FEET LONG. (3) DARK.
(4) ONE. (5) N/A. (6)AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST SIGHTING, OBJECT (4) ONE. (5) N/A. (6)AT THE TIME OF THE FIRST SIGHTING, OBJECT
WAS dISpLAYING ONE WHITE AND ONE RED LIGHT IN STEADY MODE. AS THE WAS DISPLAYING ONE WHITE AND ONE RED LIGHT IN STEADY MODE. AS THE
OBJECT MOVED AWAY THE OBJECT OBJECT WAS DISPLAYING OBJECT WAS DISPLAYING FOUR LIGHTS GFOUR LIGHTS IN ADIA-
AFHQ JAN 6S FORM 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED
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UNCLASSIFIED ·
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN : 56452 (8 Nov 66) Pg2 of 4
MOND SHAPE-TWO WHITE ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES; TWO RED FORE
AND AFT. THERE WERE NO WINDOWS. (7) NONE. (8) NO SOUND WHEN
FIRST SIGHTED BUT WHEN OBJECT MOVED AWAY AFTER SIGHTING
PAGE 2 RUNGHU 1374 UNCLAS
IT EMITTED A "DULL LOW PITCHED RASPY SOUND." (9) NONE. PARA 14B: IT EMITTED A "DULL LOW PIT CHED RASPY SOUND." (9) NONE. PARA 14B:
(1) OBJECT APPEARED TO BE HOVERING ABOVE A GROUP OF TREES AND A
HOUSE, THEREBY ATTRACT ING OBSERVERS ATTENT ION. (2) APPROX IMATELY HUSE, THEREBY ATTRACT ING OBSERVERS ATTENT ION. (2) APPROX IMATELY
60 DEGREES. OBJECT OBSERVED TO THE EAST OF OBSERVERS POSITION AT
A DISTANCE OF APPROX IMATELY 100 YARDS AND AN ALTITIDE OF 200 YARDS. A DISTANCE OF APPROX IMATEL Y 100 YARDS AND AN ALTITWE OF 200 YARDS.
(3) APPROX IMATELY 60DEGREES. (4)OBJECT WAS HOVERING WHEN FIRST
SIGHTED AND AFTER THREE MINUTES MOVES TOWARD SOUT HWEST
FROM OBSERVERS POSITION. OBSERVER COULD NOT MAKE AN EST IMATE OF
THE SPED OF THE OBJECT. (5) FIRST TIME BEHIND TREES: SECOND TIME
(BJECT MOVED TOO FAR AWAY TO OBSERVE (6) THREE MINUTES DURING
FIRST SIGHTING; ONE MINUTE DURING. SECON. PARA 1C; (1) GROUND
VISUAL. (2) EYEGLASSES. (3) N/A. PARA 14D: (1) FIRST SIGHT ING
AT 030530Z NOVEMBER 1966. SECOND SIGHT ING AT 03054 0Z NOVEMBER
1966. (2) NIGHT. PARA 14E; APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS WEST 0F VIA- 1966 (2) NIGHT. PARA 14E; APPROXIMATELY 200 YARDS WEST OF VIA-
DUCT AT THE INTERSECT ION OF PERKINS AN WINCHESTER ROADS, MEMPHIS, DUCT AT THE INTERSE CT ION OF PERKINS AND WINCHE ST R ROADS, MEMPHIS,
TENNESSEE PARA 14F TENNESSEE PARA veNoe, -woe,
AFHO EHO JAN SS FORM 0-309C 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED UNCLACSIEIED
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UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AUX FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN : 56452 (8 Nov 66) Pg 3 of 4
MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, STO OCK CLERK, RELIABLE. (2) N/A. PARA 14G:
LEAR AND COLD. (2) 280/12 AT SURFACE; 330/20 AT 6,000; 320/25
AT 10,000; 310/40 AT 16,000; 320/50 320/25 AT 30,000;
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230/30 AT 50,000; AND NOT AVAILABLE AT 80,000. (2) N/A. (3) 230/30 AT 50,000; AND NOT AVAILABLE AT 80,000. (2) NVA. (3)
CLEAR. (4) FIFTEEN. (5) NONE. (6) NONE. (7) INVERSION TO QLEAR (4) FIFTEEN (5) NONE.(6) NONE. (7) INVERSION TO
20,00 FEET. TEMPERATURE DEVIATION TO 20,000 WAS MINUS 7. NORMAL 20,000 FEET. TEMPERATURE DEVIATION TO 20,000 WAS MINUS 7. NORMAL
ADIABATIC LAPSE RATE ABOVE 20,000 FEET. PARA 14H: NONE. PARA 141: AD IABAT IC LAp PSE
NONE. PARA 14J: UNKNOWN. PARA 14K: CHIEF, INTELLIGENCE DIVISION,
97TH BOMBARDMENT WING, BLYT HEVILLE AFB, ARKANSAS 72315. THE PRE-
PARING OFFICER HAS NO FIRM BASIS FOR DETERM INING THE POSSIBLE CAUSE
OF THIS SIGHT ING. THIS IS THE FIRST REPORT RECE IVED IN WHICH THE
DESCRIPT ION OF THE OBJECT IS SOMEWHAT COMPARABLE TO THAT OF THE SO-
CALLED "FLYING SAUCERS." THE DEPARTURE OF THE OBJECT FIRST TO THe
WEST ANO LATER TO SOUT HWEST SUGGESTS A HELICOPTER SINCE THESE DE-
PARTURES ARE IN THE DIRECT ION OF THE MEMPHIS METROPOLITAN A IRPORT.
HOWEVER, AN EXAMINAT ION OF A MAP OF THE MEMPHIS AREA DOES NOT SHOW
ANY REASON WHY A HELICOPTER SUCH AS MIGHT BE USED IN PASSENGER
SHUTTLE SERVICE WOULD BE FLYING NEAR THE POINT OF SIGHTING AT SUCH
A LATE HOUR. OBSERVER DISPLAYED A REASONABLE SPEAKING A LATE HOUR. OBSERVER D ISPLAYED SPEAKI NG G ACQUAINTANCE G ACQUAINTANCE
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AFHO JAN SS FORM 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED
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UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN : 56452 (8 Nov 66) Pg4 of 4
WITH MODERN AIRCRAFT TYPES BY DESCRIBING THE MOVEMENT OF THE OBJECT
BUT OBSERVER STATED THAT OBJECT MOVED AWAY AT A C NST ANT ALTITWE.
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IT IS LIKELY THAT THE OBSERVER WOULD HAVE READILY RECOGNIZED A
HELICOPTER AS SUCH BY ITS NOISE, SILHOUETTE OR MANEUVERS. THE
PART ICULAR SOUND ATTRIBUTED TO THE OBJECT AND THE MYSTERY OF THE
RAD IO NOISE REMAIN UNACOUNTED FOR AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT.
THE MEMPHIS FLYING SERVICE ALSO IS LOCATED NEAR THE POINT OF SIGHT-
ING BUT INFORMATION ON THE TYPES OF AIRCRAFT IN USE OR SCHEDULES
IF ANY, ARE NOT AVAILABLE. THESE CONSIDERAT IONS AND THE AVAILABLE
INFORMAT ION DOES NOT LEAVE A CLEAR VIEW OF WHAT T MIGHT T HAVE BEEN
THE CAUSE OF THIS SIGHT ING. PARA 14L: NONE.
BT
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AFHQ JAN 65 FORM 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED UACLASSIEIED
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FEDERAL AVIATION AGENCY
3 AGENCY Airport Traffic Control Tower
P. 0. Box 30050
UNITED AMERICA Memphis, Tennessee
STATES Of December 5, 1966
IN REPLY REFER TO
Colonel Louis DeGoes
Director of Technology and Subsystems
Headquarters Foreign Technology
Division (AFSC)
Wright-Patterson AFB, 5433
Dear Colonel I DeGoes:
This is in reply to your request of November 2l, 1966, for
information concerning nelicopters a similar type of aircraft
operating in the Memphis area at approximately 0540 GMT, November 3, operating in the Memphis ovember 3,
1966.
2 this facility does not reveal
A search of all available records at t
any helicopter operations in progress at that time. This does not
necessarily mean th were no helicopters in the area since they
could have been operating VFR and not under the control of the
Memphis Tower.
Inquiries made of the Memphis Naval Air Station resulted in the
information that they had no of
that time.
Sincerely yours,
7Cthn
James F. Arthur
Chief, Memphis Tower
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