DECLASSIFIEDUSAF PROJECT BLUE BOOK · NARA T-1206
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE

PROJECT BLUE BOOK

UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT CASE FILES · 1947 – 1969
CASE REFERENCE7365317
DATE OF SIGHTINGJune 1967
REPORTED LOCATIONAustin Texas
FRAMES30

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PROJECT I0073.RECORD .
1. DATE· TIME, GROUP LOCATION
24 Jun 67 24/08122 Austin, Texas (1 Witnoss)
3. SOURCE' r . CONCLUSION ' : .
Civilian UNIDENTIFIED
4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS T
1
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
9 Minutes SEE CASE FIE
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION
Ground-Visual (BX)
. COURSE
NW - NE
8. PHOTOS
Yes
OCNo
9. PHYSICAL VIDENCE
Yes
CXSo
FORM Previous editione of this form may be used.
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE)
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PENDING
TDET/UFO AUG 21 1967
UFO Observation 24 June 67
Austin, Texas 78703
Reference your unidentified observation. The information which
we have received is not sufficient for a scientific evaluation.
Request you complete the attached FTD Form lé4 and returm it in
the envelope provided, Thank you for reporting your observation
to the Air Force.
RMES C. MANATT, COLOnAl, USAF 1 Atch
Bireotor of Technology and Subsystems FT Form 164 w/envelope
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ATA LAT.R DATE, HA KECALLED MEARING A VEAY LON PITCHED HUMMING
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(2) LIGHT CONDITIONS .
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ON SAT 4 JUN 67: FEN SCATTERED CLOUDS.
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. HE HAS DONE ARCHEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN 9 FOREIGH COUNTRIES AND HAS
NEVER BEFORE SEEN ANYTHING LIKE WHAT HE WAS ON SATURDAY MORINING JUNE
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3 IN ISOLATED AEAS. A BRISK BREEZE WAS BLOWING OUT OF THE SOUTH.
n APPROXIMATELY 2 1/2 MINUTES AFTER THE SIGHTING HOWEVER, LOW
LYING CLOUDS APPEARED OUT OF THE SOUTH. LYING CLOUDS APPEARED OUT OF THE SOUTH. 6
2 (2) REPORT FROM BERGSTROM AFB WEATHER FACILTIY, LOCATED
) ) APPROXIMATELY 21 MILES 21 MILES FROM MANSFIELD DAM
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(A) SURFACE I70 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS
) (B) 6,000 FT 290 DEGREES AT 30 KNOTS
(C) 10,000 FT 200 DEGREES AT 25 KNOTS ,
(D) 16,000 FT 190 DEGREES AT 10 KNOTS
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(E) 20,000 FT 160 DEGREES AT 5 KNOTS
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(4) VISIBILITY 15 MILES
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I. INTERCEPTION, ETC. NONE. THE INCIDENT WAS REPORTED APPROX-
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WITH HIS DOG WHEN MAKING THE OBSERVATION. HOWEVER, ARED CONVER- WITH HIS DOG WHEN MAKING THE OBSERVATION. HOWEVER, ARED CONVER-
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) ) HILL. NO SOONER HAD THE NOISE OF THE CAR 'S ENGINE SUBSIDED THAN THE HILL. NO SOONER HAD THE NOISE OF THE CAR'S ENGINE SUBSIDED THAN THE U
OBJECT BEGAN TO APPEAR FROM THE NW. MR STATED THAT HE DOEN 'T STATED THAT HE DOEN 'T )
) KNOW WHETHER THESE PEOPLE WITNESSED THE PHENOMENON OR NOT. HE DOES THINK
3 9 HOWEVER THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT BECAUSE IT WAS SO BRIGHT AND HOWEVER THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE SEEN IT BECAUSE I IT WAS SO BRIGHT AND 1o 1
SO UNUSUAL. HE WAS NO LIGHTS COMING FROM THE DIRECTION OF THE CAR.
) HOWEVER, HE WOULD HAVE APPROACHED THESE PEOPLE HAD HE NOTICED ANY
) ATTEMPT ON THEIR PART TO SIGNAL THE OBJECT. DUE TO THE EMOTIONAL
IMPACT CAUSED BY THE COMPLETELY Y UNEXPECTE SIGHTING AND THE EVEN MORE
.) WAS REALLY NOT SIRE
WHAT TO DO THOUGHTS RAN RAPIDLY THROUGH HIS MIND. PERHAPSH DUE TO ,
FEAR, HE FAILED TO CHECK WITH THE ONLY OTHER POSSIBLE KNOWN WITNESS
IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THE SIGHTING. AS HE RELATED DURING THE .
3 INTERVIEW, HE THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS THESE PEOPLE IN THE NEARBY CAR MAY
HAVE SEEN HIM SIGNALING THE UFO, PANICKED, AND WOULD HAVE BEATEN HIM
SHOULD HE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO APPROAC :
2 MR. THE 2 PERSONS THE NEARBY CAR HAD VIEWED ,
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SHOULD NOT HAVE OBSERVED WHAT HE WAS NOW REPORTING. MR. .
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3 OTHERWISE FROM THE UFO. HE COMPARED THE EXPEIENCE TO A YOUNGSTER
) DOING SOMETHING WRONG IN THE BACKYARD OF A HOME WHO ALL OF A SUDDEN FELT
s 2 THAT HE WAS BEING WATCHED. HE LIKEWISE COMPARED THE FEELING TO THAT HE WAS BEING WATCHED. HE LIKEWISE COMPARED THE FEELING TO E
2 SOMETHING HE NEVER EXPERIENCED BUT WHICH HE COULD COMPREHEND BECAUSE
) IT HAD OCCURRED TO COMPANIONS OF HIS. THE EXPERIENCE TO WHICH HE 2
) ) REFERRED WAS THAT FEELING OF HAVING AN ANIMAL IN THE FOREST STARE AT . .
O HIM WHILE NO ONE ELSE WAS AROUND. YET THE AMINAL COULDN'T BE FOUND 1
a ANYWHERE NO MATTER HOW HARD HE ANYWHERE NO MATTER HOW HARD HE LOOKED. THESE ARE THE FACTS AS LOOKED. THESE ARE THE FACTS AS
) REPORTED MR.
1967. MA HAD BEEN OUT RIDING IN HIS VW AND HAD STOPPED TO LET . ,,
CAR WAS NEARBY
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This questionnaire
information as po erning the unidentified aerial phenomenon that you have observed.
Please try to ansu questions as you possibly can. formation that you give will
ion with any statements,
conclusions, or publications without your permission. We request this personal information so
that if it is deemed necessary we may contact you for further details.
1. When did you see the object? 2.Time of day: appx:03 $12$
Hour Mincti The Minutes
sate gin i The
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214 June (6).1967 t(Circle One): A.M. or RIM
Day Month Year ald in
le xas
. Time Zone: 3. Time Zone:
(Circle One): a. Eastern Eastern (Circle One): a. Daylight Saving a. Daylight Saving
b. (Gentral) b. Standard
c. Mountain Mountain
d. Pacific Pacific
e. Other
4. Where were you when you saw the object?
Mansfield Dam Mansfield Dam near Austin Travis County,-Texas-
Nearest Postal Address Nearest Postal Address City or Town State or County
How long was object in sight? (Total Duration) appx. 9.5 minutes
Hours Minutes
a. Certain c. Not very sure
b. Fairly certain d. Just a guess
5.1 How, wgs.time in sight determined? It may have been a little less than this,
but "not "MORE."e Used my Accuratron electronic watch to time it.
5.2 Was object in sight continuously? Yes- NoX
What was the condition of the sky?
DAY NIGHT
a. Bright a. Bright --with scattered clouds--all
b. Cloudy b.
ceiling came over from South at end of sight.
.IF you saw the object during DAYLIGHT, where was the SUN located as you looked at the object?
(Circle One): a. In front of you d. To your left
b. In back of you e. Overhead
c. To your right f. Don't remember
FORM
FTD OCT 62 164 This form supersedes F TD 164, Iul 61, which is obsolete.
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IN DESCRIBING THE NOTED1 THAT OBJECT
.. PORTION IN A LIFTED ATTITUDE A/C OFF AND
LANDING.)
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3 SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEW): 0
A PHONE CALL WAS RECEIVED AT THE COMMAND POST, BERGSTROM AFB, AT
APPROX 1230 HRS, SAT URDAY 24 JUNE 1967. MR REPORTED
3 3 SEEING AN UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT AT 0312 I/2 HRS (CDST)-
) 24 JUNE 1967 (SATURDAY) WHILE IN THE VICINITY OF MANSFIELD DAM. HE
SAID IT WAS A RAPID ANGULAR VELOCITY BLUE OBJECT TRAVELING IN AN ARC J
·N .N FROM NW TO NE. FIRST, HE POINTED HIS SPOTLIGHT AT THE UFO AND FROM NW TO NE. FIRST, HE POINTED HIS SPOTLIGHT AT THE UFO AND 0
FLASHED IT IO TIMES AT WHICH TIME THE UFO STOPPED DEAD STILL FOR
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COPY OF 24 JUNE 1967 SIGHTING AT MANSFIELD DAM, TEXAS FORWARDED
TO THE UNIVERSITY COLORADO ON 11 JULY 1967
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DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
HEADQUARTERS 75TH TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE WING (TAC)
BERGSTROM AIR FORCE BASE, TEXAS 7B743
REPLY TO
ATTN OFI DOI
7 JUL. 1967
SUBJECTI UIO Sighting Report
TO: Foreign Technoloey Division
Wright-Patten erson AFB, Ohio
Refcrence our DOI o0586, dated 7 July 1967, subject: O Sighting
Report, the attached diagram is forwarded for your in ormation.
COMMANDER
ROBERT ROBERT O. CRABTREE, COlOnel, USAF O. CRABTREE, Colonel, USAF 1 Atch Atch
Deputy Deputy Commander for Operations Commander for Operations Diagram of UFO Sighting Diagram of UFO Sighting
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Signal = apx 140 Object slowed & dimmed
Signal = apx 80 or cut 1.5 sec
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if off, then eyes saw
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brightened "3X"
here as if in re-
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CLOUDS
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approx location shown.
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OIL OR GAS WELLS MILEAGE BETWEEN POINTS -TEL UNDERGROUND TELEPMONE LINE .
TANKS, OIL 20 INTERSTATE MIGHWAY TRANSMISSION LINE I
HISTORIC SITE 571 U.S NUMBERED HIGMWAY MILITARY AIRFIELD FOR DETAIL OF INSETS AUSTIN
Δ TRIANGULATION STATION -
TRIANGULATION CUT STATION 36 STATE HIGHWAY AIRFIELD WITH FACILITIES KEY TO COUNTIES
PI2 STATE HIGHWAY-PARK ROAD SEE SUPPLEMENTARY
BOUNDARY MONUMENT AIRFIELD WITH LIMITED I SHEET SHEET Ol
AUTO GRAVEYARD 26 STATE HIGHWAY-LOOP OR SPUR 0 FACILITIES SHEETS.
212 FARM OR RANCH TO MARKET ROAD AIRWAY BEACON -
GARBAGE DUMP
SCRAP METAL STATE COURTESY STATION
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8. IF you saw the object at NIGHT, what did you notice concerning the STARS and MOON?
8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON (Circle One):
a. None a.Bright moonlight
b. A few b. Dull moonlight
c. Many> c. No moonlight - pitch dark
d. Don't remember d. Don't remember
9. What were the weather conditions at the time you saw the object?
CLOUDS (Circle One): WEATHER (Circle One):
a. Clear sky CaDry
b. Hazy .Fog, thist, or light rain
c Scattered clouds c. Moderate or heavy rain
d. Thick or heavy clouds d. Snow
e. Don't remember
10. The object appeared: (Circle One):
Ca. Solid d. As a light
b. Transparent . Don't remember
Vapor
If it appeared as a light, was it brighter than the brightest stars?Circle One):
nt abpomecle Laugn+lrigltn than sirin
a. Brighter c. About the same asthromial S
b. Dimmer d. Don't know except
11.1 Compare brightness to some common object: 11.1 Compare brightness to some common object:
The edges of the object were:
(Circle One): a. Fuzzy or blurred e. Other
b. Like a bright star 21
c.Sharnly outlined yt bright
d.Don't remember
.Did the object: (Circle One for each question)
a. Appear to stand still at any time? Yes No Don't know
b. Suddenly speed up and rush away at any time? Yes (No) Don't know
c. Break up into parts or explode? Yes (No) Don't know
d. Give off smoke? Yes (No) Don't know
e. Change brightness? (Yes) No Don't know
f. Change shape? Yes (N\o Don't know
g. Flash or flicker? Yes (No Don't know
h. Disappear and reappear? (Yes) No Don't know
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Round Mountain
Community
90°05'
Big
LOCATION OF OBSERVER
Sandy DURIAG
Nameless
SIGHTING OF OBJECT
TPAVIS PEAK
R 97 s0
JONESTOWN
To Round Rock
150 114.6 14.6 To
TRAVIS TRAVIS BAR × RANCH BAR × RANCH AIRFIELD
Falls Marble EAK PEAK (PVT.) 1
GROVE RANCH RANCH
AIRFIELD AIRFIELD
CAMP
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MIGHLAND LAKES
Bold Mountain INSET NO 3
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Normal Flev. 681 2222
F10 INSET NO.2 TRAVIS 714
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AIRFIELD (PVT)
NORTH Cre MARSHALC FORD
SHORE ACRES
LAKE AUSTIN
620
St Step School
To Marble Falls COLORADO
Round Mountaia Lone
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much of the object is covered by the head of the match. If you had performed this experiment at the time of the
sighting, how much of the object would have been covered by the match head? wHereport
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[u xhanto suso].
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22. Where were you located when you saw the object? Were you (Circle One) (3)
(Circle One):
a. In the business section of a city?
Inside a building b. In the residential section of a city?
b. In a car c. In open countryside? dd
Cc. Outdoors d. Near on airfield?
d.In an airplane (type) e. Flying over a city? 130
. At sea f. Flying over open country? you wa pute
f. Other - 1, g Otheral Mf Pi
24.1 What direction were you moving? (Circle One)
a. North c. East . South g. West
b. Northeast Southeast f. Southwest h. Northwest
24.2 How fast were you moving? ___miles per hour.
24.3 Did you stop at any time while you were looking at the object?
That rally
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Yes
31.2 Please list their names and addresses:
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dog wha s had
32. Please give the following information about yourself:
NAME
Last Name First Name Middla Name
ADDRESS CORPUSCHST781 25 L
NOTL U rivialSpont. Zone Staie
TELEPHONE NUMBER AGE1 SEX MALE
Indicate any additional information about yourself, including any special experience, which might be pertinent.
in the physical Alsd, I've studied a stronomy,
meteoritics, and related areas. I have seen the Goodyea blimps
many times both night and daylight (having lived in.Phoenix)
and what is-saw WAS NOT A BLIMP. 1m
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24+he (sat.) unk '67 capt. onds i* Bugsttm
Day Month Year
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show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you last saw it. Place an "A"" on the compass
when you first saw it. Place a "B"" on the compass where you last saw thie object. lomm
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Lraw a picture that will show the motion that the object or objects made. Place an "A at the beginning of the
, path, a "B" at the end of the path, and show any changes in direction during the course.
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Satclite parred, I thnk, giviay, SW TOKE.
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broken cloud ver pproaching from generally uth. (03:22--
Bergstrom time may show cover over area few minutes earlier, due
to its location (E-SE fme)
Appx. positions on course - (from my location) of (a), the 1
dimming of light:
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dinined
at
least after the first "hover".
I, honestly, doubt that the two fe lows in the red car had
anything to do with the when
they did to the site, flashed their lights, and behaved so
strangely. (Really, it probably scarred the "dickens" out of
them--it almost DID THAT FOR ME AT when it
seemed to respon my signal.)
Later, I joked with a friend (never told but a few people,
certainly did not dare tell the news r media) about it. I said,
when he asked what I thought it was, "Well, I don't know what it
Was, but it SURE LOOKED LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE DIRECTION
OF L.B.J.'S RANCH!" (A subjective guess, not knowing the distance.)
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by some ependent investigators in recent years may not be
entirely unfounded.
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Sincerely, I hope that. for the sake of the integrity of
our f'ine.nation's intérnal ir nternational affairs, you people-- I
in such an important position of of public information and toward
public opinion, do not use the term (see your August 2l letter)
"scientific evaluation" as syno nymous with "scientific devaluation
of the case with a priori 'weigh ing' toward conventional ex-
planation."
I should like to offer you the benefit of the doubt,
white (geopolar Appx. one min-
ute prion portsca inbeam? MG?with
two fairl was bright, I
could see pretty well) n scene. Seeing
my big Saint Bernard, est. then north of my posi -
tion, maybe 250 feet. tl I wondered why they would be
at such a place that parked car with lights
tilted UP THE HILL and BEAMS SEVERAL TIMES It was
only a short time. then. obje ppeared the
NW horizon. Occupants of red auto pulled the other side
of the hill, stopped car again--out sight.