PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD
1. MH. IME GROUP 2.LOCATION
1 APE C7 Soush Wallington, Texas
5. MOUICE 10. CONCLUSION
Civilian Other (PHYCHOLOOICKE)
. NUMBER OF OSJECTS . NODER OF OSJECTS 3.2
One - -
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYS.S 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYS.S
20 minuses Observer statod thnt Ohe oogeet wes cylindrical witn roud statod thant ehe soieet wes cylindridal witn rowd
nose. Color: Lighs sluminum and grey. nose. Color: Lighs aluninu and grey. Objeet acd a lighe Obiect acd a lighs
7. TYPE OF OBSERVATION 7. TYPE OF GBSERVATION 20 inches in diandcsr waloh wuo iocaocd o6 ote nose of ches 20 inches in diandusr walch. muo Loccoed ot oee nose of chls
Ground Visual Ground Visual object and emioted a sort Plocescent type beam. object and emioted a sort Plocescene type beam.
7. COURSE COURSE
Soush Soush ba jt
5. PHOTOS tem
rn 3
n1 Yes
X No
2. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE popabolipeat H4
17 You
20 No
FORH
FTD SEP63 0-329 (TDE) Previoua editiona of this lorm mnay ba used.
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UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTIMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MAESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN : 50846 Pg5 of 5
OBLECT WAS ABOUT FOUR FEET FRoM tHE GROUNO ANO TWENTY INCHES IN DIA-
al
DRAWINGS OF THE OBJECT AND THE INTER IOR COMPARTMENT WERE OBTAINED
HALLMARK
PACE 5 RUNT BIA0166 UNCLAS PAcE 5 RUNT 81A0 166 UNdAS
CHIEF, SAFETY DIV ISION, AREA CODE 465, OFFICE PHONE 418, HOME 432-7774. -
ASSISTED BY CT ROBERT W. NICHOLSON R, FV3175934 CHIEF, INFORMAT ION ASSISTED BY CT ROBERT W. NICHOL SON R, FV3175934 CHIEF, INFORMAT ION
OIV ISION. BOTH 1TSAN OIV ISIOn. BOTH 11SAN ALT US AFB OKLA PER SONNEL IN WELL INGTON, TEXAS
STATEO THAT MR ST AT EO THAT MR WAS A REL IABLE ANO STABLE WAS A RELIABLE ANO STABLE IND IV IDUAL HE HAS E IND IV ID UAL • HE HAS
RESIDED IN THIS VICiNITY FOR ALL OF HISLIFE WITH THE EXCEPT ION OF RESIDED . CEPT ION OF
ONE YEAR CONQLUSIVE FIND INGS AND CAUSE ARE UNDETERM INED
BT
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AFHO JANM SS PORM 0-309C
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:/ UNCLASSIFIED
DEPaRTAENT oF THE ATR FORCE
STAPF MAESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING AESSAGE
AF IN : 2089 (18 Apr 67)R/bw Pgl of 3
ACTION: RDC-4 INFO : XOP-1, XO
SMS A260RTTU U JAW RUWTBIA0542 10819 JUUU=R UED HQA ADV CY DIA
ZNR UUUUU
R 181845Z APR 67
FM 11 SAW ALTUS AFB OKLA
TO RUWMFVA/ADC
RUNTEBA/31ST AIR DEFENSE DIV OKLA HOMA CITY AFS OKLA
RUED FIF/FTO APAFB RUEDFIF/FTO WPAFB OHIO OH!O
RUED HQA/ CSAF RUED HQA/CSAF
R UED HQA/ OSAF R UED HQA/OSAF
BT
UNCLAS DS OZ545, APR 67 FTD FOR TOETR, CSAF FOR AFRDC, OSAF UNCLAS DS 02545, APR 67 ETO R. CSAF FOR AFRDC, OSAF
REPORTED
ON THE BOTT OM (2) APFROX IMATELY 3O FE EET LONG (3) GRAY ALUMINUM
COLOR (4) ONE IN NUMBER (5) WHILE IN FLIGHT WAS JOINED AND BECAME
D VEH-
OBJECT AS DESCR IBED IN ALTUS AFB MESSAGE DS 02544, APRIL 67. (7)
NO TAIL, TRAIL OR
RECORD ING OF THE COMPLETE EVENT AS NARRATED BY MR WILL BE
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VEHICLE (2) GROUND LEVEL (3) MR WATTS DROVE FROM THE OBJECT TO
HIS HOME E (4) MR FLIGHT PATH IS UNKNOWN, (5)
UNKNOWN (6) ESTIMATED THAT FLIGhT HALF HOURS
C. MANNER OF OBSERVAT ION (1 GROUND VISUAL (2) AND (3)N/A D. TIME
AND DATE OF SIGHT ING: (1) 0333Z 12 AFRHL 1967, 2130CST. (2) NIGHT
E. LOCATION N OF OBSERVER: THIRTY FOUR DEGREES
DEGREES ANO NINE TES WEST, 8
MILES S SOUTHWEST TEXAS. F IDENTIFYING
SURFACE EAST 110/10 GUSTS 15, 6M FT 20/29, 10M FT 240/33, 16M FT
230/48, 20M FT GARBLED/41, 30M FT 21 180/68, 50M
3M FT BROKEN,
TOM FT OVERCAST (4)
THROUGH NORTHEAST. LIGHINING IN CLOUDS, CLOUD TO CLOWD
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MINUS FT,
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17M-18N FT MINUS 3 DEGREES/1M FT, 18M-23M FT MINUS 1.9 DEGREES/1M FT,
Jo NONE THAT IS J NONE THAT IS (NOWN, K. LT COL
SAFETY DIVISION, 11 SAW ALTUS AFB OKLA, 73521, AREA CODE 405, OFFICE SAFETY DIVISION, 11 SAN ALTUS AFB
PHONE EXT 418, HOME PHONE EXT 418, HOME PHONE 432-7774 THIS IS THE THIRD REPORT FR OM PHONE 432-7774 THIS 1S THE REPORT FROM
THIS I INO IVID UAL THE FIRST
AN ACT UAL AN ACTUAL CONTACT CONTACT WITH AN OBJECT T WITH AN OBJECT AS REPORTED BY 11SAW MESSAGE DS 11SAW MESSAGE OS
02544 APRIL 1967 AN0 THIS RE PORT IN TAKING AN AKING AN
EXAMINATION. CONCL USIVE
FINDINGS AND CAUSE ARE U'DETERMINED
BT
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AFHO PO 0-309C UNCLASSIFIED

there were other potential witnesses. Since it occurre . id-
night on December 28, it is possible that there were no ..
witnesses available. Must be carried as unidentified, :e
witness.
15. 12 August 1965, Ramona, California.
One witness, duration of sighting only 15 seconds.
was a 67 year old lady. Sighting occurred at 9p.m. day
saving time in the middle of August, and thus the sky siiou.
still have been reasonably bright. Witness said sighting o rred
at night and sky very blue. Perhaps she thinks that anythin.
after 6 p.m. is night. Must be listed as unknown (meager cata,
single witness, uration).
16. 26 February 19 66, Bartlett, New Hampshire
I have in my files for 26 February 1966, Manchester. w
Hampshire. I do not seem to find a Eartlett, New Hampsi..
case. See attached supplemental sheet A.
17. 17 July 1966, Centerville, Ohio.
Temporarily Temporari Will study this case when I visit study this case when I visit
Dayton.
18. 9 February Odessa, Delaware.
Since by an admitted breakdown in communications the Dover
Air Force Base delayed some five months in investigating thi. case,
all I have is the NICAP report. Evaluation pending g my getting a
NICAP
g is s obviously unidentified.
19. 12 February 1967, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
I have only the card on this case, but judging from it there
seems to be a possibility that this one-witness case was crsed
by low-flying birds reflecting light. The sighting lasted 4 to
10 seconds, and witness mentions a high-pitched chirping noise.
or Loco,Texas.
in this case, much oi it

were no reference stance, which made it im,oss.. e
well have been sm ry close range. *
I had also taken the precaution of calling the shec.f,
Wellington and getting a The sheeire
described him as living, with his wife, in an i isolated,
section of Texas, as a cotton farmer, and as a man that section of Texas, as a cotton farmer, and as a man that no
knowledge of photography whatever. The knowledge of photography whatever. The sherife sheriff volunte ne re
information that - to make a long story short - short - the man
not too bright, and from his standpoint not too bright, and from his standpoint alone a alone a photogra,... photogray.t
hoax seemed unlikely. hoax seemed unlikely. He volunteered, however, that if a ho x
were wereinvolv involved, Mrs ould would more likely engineer of
such a hoax.
Shortly thereafter two reporters from Amarillo called.
Apparently the story had leaked and had told them tha he
would have no story for them until he had confirmation of ti.
pictures from me. This, of course, he never got. I told i...
reporters how I felt, but that they might have a good sto  .
the perpetration of a hoax if they looked into it. This did,
and following my suggestion, had a lie detector test admini red
to Mr. This he flunked and he was generally discred.
in the papers, as is well known. I then had a phone calt .
a commercial artist from his ranch some distance from boti
Amarillo and Wellington, to tell me that he had earlier becose
interested in this case, and himself had hypnotised Mr.
in order, as he put it, to get more information, and to see
whether the information given under hypnosis was the same as
given consciously by Mr This unsolicited phone cail
surprised me but I considered it just another one of the oddbali
things in this oddball case.

shouldn't use that expression in this context!), had giv
the set of pictures, one of which included the hea. ne
of the purported occupants of th e craft), and under hypa ad
given Mr. the story he was to tell later. By his tim.
I wanted nothing further to do with the case, but I wasn'e o.t
the hook yet. One of the original reporters called up, qu
incensed, and asked whether I couldn't get Force to
prosecute this hypnotist for unethical practices, etc., fo.
having made a dupe of and subiected him to pub.ic
ridicule. I told him that first of all the Air Force di mo.
it is the injured party who
that the Air Force or been injured by the purported : sotist's
actions.
This would seemingly have ended it, except that I re. ared
that the hypnotist when he had first called me, had mentic
just in passing that he had done some work with the physics
moment,
but the entire story is on tapes which I can have my secretary transcribe
if needed) has a daughter that had worked for in his lab-
oratory for the past year or so, and that he himself had visited the
studio and home of the artist and only part-time hypnotist. He had
found him a thoroughly honorable and upstanding citizen.  could
not conceive that this man could have perpetrated l x and
made such a dupe Mr In fact, he considered .probable
in the extreme.
I relayed this information to the
sense of duty, since they were rapidly losing interest i re case.
But the sequel to this was that then changed his scory once
again. He now stated that he had flunked the lie dectector est on
been accosted by two men who scuffed him up and warned iim aat if
he passed the lie detector test, he would never make it hone alive.
I do not know whether it is possible to deliberately flunk a iie
detector test, but the fact remains that he did.

psy
It should that the sighting was by no
means the only case reported in that area. There followed quite a
spate of reports, apparently all through t the year, and ven as late
as November 3, 1967, when a made a typical lose en-
counter, luminous body sighting.
in", said, "it was
round."
I believe there is a moral to be drawn from the Wellington case.
Had the Altus Air Force Base reacted promptly and done a good investi-
gation on this case, very early in the game, and in particular, had
found out how Mr. had come into possession of said pictures, a
lot of later trouble could have been saved. We still don't know how
the pictures came into being.
boys een a perfectly ordinary sighting.
They are familiar with UFo literature and could have given a highly
preferential interpretation to their sighting. The sighting was of
short duration and the telescopic sighting was 20 seconds or less,
hardly enough time to make a cold appraisal at a time of high excite-
ment. Proper investigation at the local level could have easily
determined how much o interpretation and how much was fact.
22. 3 April 7, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
credence
whatever is given to the sanity and reliability, of the observer. If
it was an aircraft, then it created in the mind of the observer an
entire fantasy, because as the observer stated, "there is no object
I've ever seen similar to this object I saw. Or could even compare
to it."

UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCHI
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN : 50846 (6 Apr 67) A/wkt Pgl of 5
ACTION : RDC-4 INFO : XOP-1, XOPX-2, SAFOS-3, NIN-7, DIA-1 (19) ADV CY RDC & DIA
SMB B28RTTU JAW UUU-LED HQA
ZIR UUUUU
R 960030Z APR 67
FM 11 SAW ALTUS AFB OKLA
TO RUMMFVA/ADC
RuWteba/31sT A iR defencE D iV OKLAHOMA CITY AFS OKLA
RUEDFIF/TD WPAFB 0H10 RUEDFIF/FTD WPAFB OHIO
RUEDHQA/CSAF
RUEDHQA/OSAF
BT
UNCLAS DS C25H4, APR 67. FTD FOR TDETR, CSAF FOR AFRDC, OSAF UNCLAS DS0025H, APR 67. FROC, OSAF
.
TO. A DESCRIPT ION OF THE OBJECT : (D) SHAPE WAS CYL INDRICAL WITH
ROUND NOSE. 02) SIZE APPROX IMATELY 109 FEET IN LENGTH, 8-10 FT HIGH
ANO TEN (10) FT WIDE. (3) LIGHT ALUWINUM CR GREY COLOR THAT D ID NOT
REFLECT LIGHT (4) ONE (5) N/A (6) EST MATED TO BE APFROX IMATELY ONE
FOOT OFF THE GROUND. (7) NO TAIL, TRAIL CR EXHAUST OBSERVED (8) NO
SCUND ( 9) a LIgHT TWENT Y INCHES IN d IAMETER WAS LOCATED ON THE NOSE
OF THIS OBJECT AND EMITTED A SOFT FLUORESCENT TYPE BEAM. B. DESCR IP-
TIOM OF COUF ABOUT ONE-
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UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTIMENT OF YHE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGE BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN : 50846 Pg 2 of 5
FOURtH of a M iLE ofF tHE ROAD ON A SMalL
(3) OBJECT REMA INED IN HIS SIGHT 3 HIS
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HOME, (4) REMAINED NEAR THE CROUNO AND MOVED APPROX IMATELY ONE-HALF
TO ONE MILE SOUTH. (5) DID NOT DISAPPEAR. (6) APPROX IMATELY TWENTY
MINUTES. C. MANNER OF OBSERVAT ION: (1) CROUND, VISUAL (2) N/A (3)
N/A. D. T IME JAND DATE OF SIGHT ING: (1D APROX MATELY 04JZ, 1 AR
NORTH, ONE HUNDRED DEGREES E N M NUTES WEST. 1ONAM. SOUTH WELL ING-
TON, TEXAS, F. (D) TON, TEXAS, F.(D) ACE 28FARMERHIGH E 28, FARMER, HIGH
SCHOOL EDUCAT ION, APPEARED REL IABLE AND STABLE. PEORLE SCHOOL EDUCAT ION, APPEARED REL IABLE AND STABLE PEOPLE - E CONTACTED E CONTACTED IN
- WELL iNgT ON, TEXAS VERIF IED HIS REL IABIL ITY. Go WEATHER AND WINDS WELL INGT ON, TEXA S ER IF IEd IABILITY G WEATHER AND WINDS
ALOFT. (1) G000, (2) SURFACE 183/10, 84FT 250/23, 10M FT 230/33,
10A FT 230/55, 20M FT 260/63, 33M FT 220/92, 50 FT 250/55, (3)
CHILDRESS, TEXAS WEATHER CLEAR, VISIBILITY 10 (5) N/A, (6) N/A, (7)
VERT ICAL TEIPERAT URE GRAD IENT - SURFACE 4M FT 3 DEG/M FT, 4-13 FT
2 DEG/M FT, 38-45M
FT 9.5 DEG/M FT H NONE THAT IS KNONN 1 P N/A. NARRAT IVE
DESCRIFT IONE AT A CLEFT
HOME TRAVELED
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UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTIMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSAGH BRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN : 50846 Pg 3 of 5
ONE MILE AWAY, HE NOT ICEO A LIGHT NEAR AN ABANDONED FARM HOUSE EN-
ROUTE. SINCE THE LAND BELONGED TO HIS UNCLE AND - SU SPE CT EO
PrOmLers, HE LEfT thE Road to exfL WAS SHINING WEST
PACE 3 RUNTBIA0 166 UNCLAS
SO AS TO ILLUM INATE THE SIDE OF THE E HOUSE AS HE NEARED THE OBJECT
HE COULO DIST INGUISH THE ABOVE - DESCR IBED FORM, AFTER PARKING
209 FEET EAST OF THE OBJECT, A 209 FEET EAST OF THE OBJECT, APPROACHED IT ON FOOT ANO WALKED APPROACHED IT ON FOOT ANO WALKED
Arcund it• he noted that the hul looked like it was made of alu- ARcunD it he Noted that the HUl Looked like it Was Made of alUM-
INUM, BUT DID NOT REFLECT LIGHT  THE OBJECT WAS ELEVATED ONE FOOT
ABOVE GROUMD WITH NO VISIBLE MEANS OF SUPPORT AT THIS POINT
THOUGHT THE cOBJECT WAS AN EXPER IMENTAL USAF AiRcRAFT  HE NOT ICEd THOUGHT He E NOT ICED
The outl ine of a Hatch and knocked Sharply sveral t imes, When the
U-Shaped DOcR was Lowered froM thE hull, he heard thE whir of a motor.
THE DOOR WAS 5 FEET LONG AND 3 FEET WIDE AN CURVED AT THE TOP. STEPS
4 INCHES APART WERE BUILT INTO THE INSIDE OF THE DOR.  COULD
THEN SEE INSIDE tHE OBjeCT Alt HOUgH HE coUlD NOT dETERM iNE tHE SOURCe
OF ILLUM INAT ION, HE OBSERVED WHAT HE TOOK TO BE A MAP ON THE OPPOSITE
WALL ONE FOOT ABOVE THE FLOCR, IT WAS A YARD SQUARE, HOR IZONTALLY
AND VERT ICALDY LINED AND COnTAINED ONLY SiIX OR SEVEN CROKED LINES
Which wa THE MAP WAS
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UNCLASSIFIED
DEPARTIMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
STAFF MESSACE DRANCH
INCOMING MESSAGE
AF IN : 50846 Pg 4 of 5
A CONSOLE PANEL THAT REACHED FROM THE FLOCR TO NEARLY THE CE ILING
WHICH COnTAINED ONE KNOB AN ONE TOGGLE SHITCH, ABOVE THIS PANEL
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THE DOOR OPENED, HEARD A VO NO ONEHE SCR 1BED
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The voiCe quaoIT y as mechanical and lacking anY InflecT IOn. he was
ASKEO tO BOARD THE CRAFT tO SUEM IT tO A QUOTE STRENUOUS PhYSICAL ASKEO TO BOARD THE CRAFT TO SUEM IT TO A QUOTE STRENUOUS PHYSICAL
UNQUOTE, HE ASkEO WHY THE PHYSICAL WAS NECEsSARY AND WAS INFORMED UNQUOTE, HE ASKED WHY THE PHYSICAL WAS NECESSARY AND WAS INFORMED
THAT IT WAS A PREREQUISITE TO A FL IGHT IN THE OBJECT, HE WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS A PREREQUISITE tO A FLIGHT IN THE OBJECT, HE WAS TOLD
THAT ONLY THE MOST HEALT HY MEN COULD PASS THE PHYSICAL AND THAT THAT ONLY THE MOST HEALT HY MEN COULD PASS THE PHYSICAL AND tHAT
OTHER MEN HAD PREV IOUSY FLONN AOARD THE OBJECTREPRTEO THAT oT Her MEn Had PREV 1OUS. ABOARD THE THAT
HE WAS REPEATEDLY ASKED TO BOARD THE OBJECT FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING
A PHYSICAL DHE WAS AL SO INFORMED THAT THE cRAFT T HOUsed a MAChiNe
BOaRd tHE cRAFT For a PHYsICAL, HE Reprts thAT HE BEcAME FrIghtENed
And lefT to Ret irn to his truck. He theN Drove tonard tiE OBject,
PASSED IT AND TURNED SOUTH, AFTER PA SSING THE OBJECT HE OBSERVED
in his reary iew mairr cr t hat IT LIFTED ABOUT THREE OR FOLR FEET, TURNED
south and GROUND, THE LIGHT FRONT OF THE
AFHQ JAM 2N 04m 0-309C
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