PROJECT BLUE BOOK

PROJECT 10073 RECORD PROJECT 10O73 RECORD
.DATE·TME GROUP i. DATE. GROUP 2LOCATION 2. LOCATION
27 Jun 191 172 19y 172 1 wt. 1 wi..
I 3. SCURCE 10. CONCLUSION
Civia Civ:: Unidentified Unidentified
4. NUMBER NUMBER  OBJECTS OBJECTS
one
5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS
reveral minutes Cbserver watene a c.oud Tow to aoour sn sids s.
6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION golf ball lotir mo m's longth. The stai(o bin'-o.e
the cloud ns he Forin; litnt ao ibs ounsel. n l od
Ground Visual continued to da ihi ait the whist Tasaing ii tht
7. COURSE Toonted witni. ai cioud. After sveri mincte a.
flashin; li be wen i Taot, soutimar (rgh che dion. .
basically Stationary was lout i. vi i'o aturwas.
8. PHOTOS A tuoy olaatt Lnronei.  wt vei
Y.s logical sxin:Uiea. The case is int carried a.
KNo unidenttricd oy. tne Airforce.
9.  PHYSICAL EVIDENCE
D Yes
3 No
FORM
FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TDE) Prevloue additione of thle foris ninr be uied

of sightings in the Midwest. The observers reported a rapidly expanding
ball of light (about a thrid of the witnesses interpreted the expansion
as an approach) which grew in size until it was some four times larger
than the apparent size of the full moon. Its edges were sharp nearly
all the way around except for one sector where t the light faded away
gradually. At one point in the event, swirling blue and green lights
were seen within the object. After an initial expansion lasting
perhaps fifteen seconds, the object turned silvery and persisted for
another half hour, during which it faded and became progressively
more indistinct. It also moved slowly to the west. Finally it be-
came very dim and assumed the shape of a column or streak, lika the
imate center of the object, which moved rapidly to the east for
perhaps ten degrees of are, and then blossomed into an exactly similar
display. All todd, scmething was visible for two hours.
Five rapid exmansi approach
were the air at They felt

visconsin)
very far to say that one pilot happened to see a spectacular UFo which
just happened to match the description of the barium cloud released
by the rockets, at the same moment, and in the same direction.
I launchings from Cape Kennedy, on
television or live: have you ever noticed what happens t the exhaust
fram the rocket when the booster gets well out of the denser atmosphere?
Instead of producing a long tail, the exchaust tail, the exchaust gases spread into a wider t gases spread into a wider
and wider cone, and when a near-vacuum is reached, the cone flattens and when a near-vacuum is; reached, the cone ilattens
to a dise which then actually which then actually curls curls forward and forms a ball around
the whole body of the body of the rocket, rocket, moving, of course, with it. moving, of course, with it. This ball This ball
is luminous, and is luminous, and expands with expands with altitude. altitude. The rocket motor, still The rocket motor, still
firing, is seen as a brilliant light at the center of the ball, when
the point of risw is behind the direction of acceleraticn. .
The area of the Pacific where your sighting tock place is known to be
used for rocket experiments, both from this country and frot oothers.
There was, as you note, a rocket launched i near the right time, only
about its trajectory. You were well within range of launching
facilities all over the Pacifie, including Vandenburg AFB in California.

if the equations using inertial mass as constant were wrong? Nobody
has ever succeeded in procucing even the slightest artificial grav-
itational L effect, the slightest shielding affect,
influence whatsoever on gravitation: newspaper, magasine and UFO
journal articles which have hinted at this having been done in some
"secret Laboratory" are just making noises ney don't what they
are talking about.
The Gallup Poll revealed that Nive million people have seen samething have seen something
in the in the s sky which they would call a UFO (the UFO (the wording of the question).
I take I take that more as an indication of the appalling level of as an indication of the appalling level of ignorance
that prevails in that prevails in this country, which I have this country, which I have seen first hand on many seen first hand on many
occasions. I have had I have had dozens of dozens of witnesses witnesses go outdoors with me and go outdoors with me and
point which was a twinkling ingetar star, a planet. or even planet, or even
a lousy airplane. I mean ordinary, solid citizens, too, not imbeciles
or psychoties. Judging from experience and knowledge of UFO reports
in the Air Force files and in other hands (such as Jacques' Vallee's
far more impressive files), I would guess that perhaps 100,000 people
in the whole world have 3een something which would make an educated
man even look twice; of these, there are certainly no more than 2000
to 3000 which merit any Serious attention. T would place yours,
incidentally, in this last category, since it was definitely a striking
and urusual phenamenon, not scmething ordinary misinterpreted out
of ignorance.

NICAP is in no way owned UFO
of the U. S. Government. NICAP is a privately
investigating group investigating has no relationship with Project
Blue Book. Blue Bock.
reporting to the. to the Air Force
unusual cbservation. The The information you information you furn-
your most ished has been forwarded to meteorological experts for s been forwarded to meteorological experts for
ished has evaluaticn. If these gentlemen cannot determine the cannot determine the
their their evaluation. If these gentlemen
cause of your observation, then we will submit your case
some upper air some upper air research physicist for their eval- their eval-
file to s file to
uation.
Sincerely,
G
HECTOR QUINTANILLA, Jr, Major, USAF
Chief, Pro Blue Book --
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we are dealing with, and that some day we will solve it. I don't care
how it Cones
making a lot of wild guesses anybody knows worth
tallding about.
Yours truly,
WTP:1h
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others you have an imaginary picture of samething
like NORAD headquarters, with rows of teletypes and computers, and
a big plotting board down at one end, and dim blue lights. It
ain't 30, and never has been. Blue Book is a very tiny operation, operation,
as operations in the Air Force go. Once you understand that, you
will see the importance of the the importance the fact that the Pentagon has given $3coo, 000
to the University of Colorado to the University of Colorado to conduct an independent study of the
whole problem, with no strings whole problem, with no attached. That much money would run That much money would run
Blue Book for five years. In other words, the Air Force has been Air Force has been
convinced, through the efforts convinced, through the efforts of many of many people people including their own
scientists, that it is time to look at the scientists, that it is tims to look at the whole phencmenon and see what
if anything needs to be done. It couldn't have if anything needs to be done. It couldn't have been done before now -
give or take a couple of years. couple of years. We he just haven't known enough sbout
the phenomenon even even to gusss how to to guess how to approach approach it until until a few people
out of the thousands of elamoring enthusiasts actually of clamoring enthusiasts actually did some hard
work, and made work. and made some statistical +o studies of studieso reports anowt8 from crm all over the all over the
world, and showed how one might go about studying this phencmenon in
a meaningful way. People are always eager to demand to know why
#somebody" doesn't do samething: it rarely occurs to them to do it
thamselves, aince a lot of effort and time is involved.
This has been long letter - I hope that somewhere in it you find
what you I were ] looking for. I have no solutions to the UFO problem,
but I am quite confident t that inside of a few years we will know what

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FTD TDETR)
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433
1 August 1966
Seminole, Florida 33540
Dear Mr
Thank you for the information which you have submitted to Project Blue
Book on your observation. Indeed your observation is interesting and
unique. I would appreciate it if you would fill out the attached FTD
Form 164 and ret n to he I evaluation.
I Iintend to turn your experts
for their study.
Sincerely,
44
HECTOR CUI NILLA, Jr, MajOr, USAF ILLA, Jr, Major, USAF
Chief, Proje Chief, Proj Blue Book
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UNITED STATES AIR FORCE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
OFFICIAL BUSINESS OFFICIAL BUSINESS
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Project Blue Book
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Howr Minutes
27 June 56
(Circle One): A.M o P.M
Day Manth Y**
3. Time Zone: (Circle One): a. Eastem (Circl One): Doylight Saving
b. Central Standard
c. Mountain
d. Pacific Just West of
.. Other
4. you when you saw the object?
Aboard S/S Mount Vernon Victory (U S Reg 284178), groat circle
Guam-Havaii, roughly 19N 172E.
City or Town State or Caumy
etal Ovation 20
5. How lo
Hows Minutee Soneond
2. Cartain c. Not very sure
Fairly certain d. Just a guess
5.1 How was time in sight determined? Exact time may be obtained from
(Circie One): you To your loft
. In back of you
e. To your right f. Don't remember
FTD C7 42 FORM 164
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it was a most extraordinary sighting. To date, we have
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being carried as u unidentified since definite explanation
is apparent.
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tee a Brighter c. About the some *oAt first thought to be
Dimmer d. Don't know Venus (due to arrive about
then), though brilliance
thought to be umusual.
lamm al ance.
.The edges or piect were:
. Caher t**Pinpoint litht surround
Like a bright star sharpi
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d. Dan't remember "cloud".
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13. Ded the object: *5-Sue
ar to stand still at any time? Yes No X Dn't hnom p18, lart
: Sudehnly up and rush awey yat any time? Yos *3 No *3 Den't know Para..
e. Break up into parts or explode? Yes No X Don't know
4. Give off smoke? Yes No X Dan't know
Change brightness? Yes *6 No *6 Den't Inow
f. Change shape? Yes X No Pasa.
Fleah or flickwr? Yes No EE
h. Dieeppedr eappewr? Yes *7 No *7-

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18. cont.:
After iny NICAP report,
a conversation with Mr Rominger rev his estimato to approximata
my original (larger) impression.
19. See pages 15,/6. din: wotis on pige 18.19.

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year to consider end reject them, but in view implicat-
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10 Aug 66
FTD (TDER)
Project Blue Book
Wright-Patter rson AFB
Ohio 45433
Dear Sirs:
Enclosed herewith is information solicitad by
This reply,
in Thermofax.
Yours truly,
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Registered mail; Registered mail;
Seminole, Fla, 8/1l/66 Seminole Fla, 8/11/66
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HAD GROWM TO THE APPARENT SIZE OF A GC CLF RALL HELD AT
ARM'S LENGTH AND ZAS Y OVING EITHER UPWARD OR TOWARD THE
SHIP BITON AY HAT TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY
DEAD AHEAD (SHIP H E EAST)WITH AN ELEVATIOM
OF PERHAPS TEN DEGRFES. FROM THAT TIME UNTIL THE CLOUD
BECAME TEMPORARILY OBSCURED BY A " CLOUD SOME FEW
MINUTES LATER. BY WHICH TIME IT ELEVATION
OF PERHA DEFREES DA8E LS APOUT2 TO STARBOARD,
1 DID NOT MOT CUTSTANDING CHARACTERISTICS BEYOND ITS
LUMINE SCE NCE ROITH, AND MOVEMENT, AND OF COURSE THE FLASH-
IMG LIGHT AT ITS CENTER. ON COMIAG BACX INTO VIEW TAO CR
THREE MINUTES LATER, IT HAD BY THAT TIME ASSUMED THE RELATIVE
BIZE OF A SIX-IMCH BALL AT ARM'S LEMGTH, _HAD THIMNED OUT AND
PERMITTED STARS TO BE SEEN THROUGH IT. THE HITE FLASHIMG
LIGHT NAS AT THIS TIME STILL LOCATED WITHIN THE EXPAADIMG
CLOUD.

ETER IN O HAT MY ORIGIAL HAT MY ORIGINAL
JMPRESSIOES ROULD MOT BE GHASCED, BEING ANARE TNAY ILPTES- JMPRESSIOES_ ROULD MOT BE GHASICED, BEING ANARE TNAY ILPTES-
SIONS CAN BE AL TERED RETROACTIVELY, UNCOMOCIOUSLY, WITKCUT SIONS CAN BE AL TERED RETROACTIVELY, UNCOMOCIOUELY, WITHCUT
EFFORT OR INTENT.
THIIX MR ROUINGER BILL BANT TO BRITE YOU.. THIX MR ROMINGER BILL SAT TO BRITE YOU.
WITH ONLY ORE ABPECT OF THE SIGHTIMG. WITH ONLY ONE ASPECT OF THE SIGHTIMG.
YOURS TRULY, YOURE TRULY,
ADIO
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Seminole Florida 33540
11 Nov 66
FTD (TDETR)
Project Blue Book
Wright-Pa on AFB
Dear Sirs:
During the months following my UFo sighting of
summer (s/s Mount Vernon Victory, 19N l72E, 27 this past
waded through some thousands of pages June 66 I have
of this digging of UFO-lore. As a result
Victory sighting I have come to realize that
as to type. was rather extraordinary or least
unusual -
Enclosing a s self-addressed card. Would
the category (in terms of reliability) you reveal to me
was filed following evaluation? under which this report
Many thanks,
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MILES DEHIND THE EIGT-NILE MORIZOS, ENILE AY_TERMINATION TE
GD WA8 PERNAPS A VERY FEW MILES ASNY AT M T. THI8 I3 A CONSIDER-
ALE RANE RATIO, AKD THE APPARENT EXPAMSION : D_AEOEBSARILY FOLLOW 704 791
E BAME RATIO. RATHER THAM V 56 CID AS AN ENPANDIRG AND
ICIDENTA TO TH DE FCEOIG EEA DPEMITIY TO BE
CONBIDERED IN STRAIGHTFCREARD FASHION
THROUGH IONIZATION.
CEARING IN
THE TRAECTORY ITSELF. THE SHOCX-EAVE VIEW BOULD THEN AL SO SERVE
TO EXPLAIN THE LACK OF SYMMETRY_MOTED IN MY REPORT. I SANOULD MOTE
KORE THAT THE NIGH CONTRAST LIME SEEN AT THIS TIE WAS NOT SEEN AT
MY POINT WITM RE&PECT TO THE LFO (UNTIL APYER PSEPARATICN) THAT
SUGCESTED IT COULD MOT HAVE SEEN A ENOCK LIME.

IT MIGHT BE MOTED THAT UPPER-ATMOSPHERE IONIZATION, A3 TAXE3
PLACE DAILY THROUGH SOLAR RADIATION, IS NOT EXTINGUISHED
IMEDIATELY AT SUNDOWN BUT TENDS TO LIX IMINISHING GRAI-
UALLY OVERA D OF HOURS.
HINGS, A UFO EMERGING
CLOUD SEEMS VE CLOUD SEEMS VERY WUCH LE38 ERY MUCH LE3S THAN ABARD. THAN ABSURD.
YOURS TRULY,
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FTDTETR
Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433
1 August 1966
Seminole, Ylorida 33540
Dear M
Thank information which you have submitted to Project Blue
Book on your observation. Indeed your observation is interesting and
unique. I would appreciate it if you would fill out the attached FTD
Form 164 and return to m tion.
I intend to urn you
for their study.
Sincerely, Sincerely,
HACTOR LA, Jr, Major, USA .
Chief, Chief, 1e Book
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refuelling place in an area of unusually
intense weath inter etc these are the people who who
would give sULbort to those those would jould declare declare intent
to end the to en ntary po means.
Rediculous rational? rational? Not when viewed from the other
side of the Brass side of the Brass Curtain, and and that is where most of us are, and
there is little in history to support support the irrational notion chat
Human beings are Rational beings.

the uppermost
to agree seas in drawing,
he did tell that t flashing light et ali times
at the center of the outer edge nat
the center of ner o O.
5. 5. Center disagreement Mr R and
I had concerning
light following 1t eparation" from the halo. Ref
para contention acceleration and sharp
change southward Continuation on
same cou acceleration dua to
change in wing angls approach, with illus-
ion of acceleration increased through the UFO having
spent perhaps as long as two minutes behind dark
cloud towar and ighting.
Cont., P 19
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us and discove as a rocket fired from Bikini
Atoll with Could you tell us
whether you island ths time or
whether ealize that some
of your launching,
but we would ; this is
what you saw ... 9 your rganizatior hay een the
source of this weatherbalooning technique quote to you my
answer . Bikini Atoll
a chart pl
With /1/66 letter (pag 1.'I am pleaaed
that you regard thia sighting as being interesting and unique,
but queation your wisdom in engaging meteorologists to atudy
a phenomena which you know not to be primarily of a meteorolog-
ical interest.
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Geminole FLorion So540

CHarACTERISTIC oF THE "OCHFIELAN CLOUD" HCH L MICHT
NOT OTHERNISE HAVE NOTICEP IN THE E TTEENT THIS FIRST
SICHTIK.
BY THE TIE OF JY AREIVAL ON THE BRIUE, The ClOup
ARU'S LEMTH AND JOVIM. FITHEP UP ARD OF TONARD TH
SHIP OH BOTH. ITS THAT TILE HAS APPROXINATFLY
TEAD AHEAD (SHIP ABOUT DUE FAST) NITH AN FLFVATION
TTE UNTIL THE CLOUT
1110 SOME FFN SOM
MINUTES LATI GINUTES LATI , BY TIEITNA N ELEVATION ELEVATION
OF PERHAPS OF PERHAPS 4 4 TEGREE DNASARO
I DID NOT NOTICE ANY OUTSTANDING CHARACTERISTICS BEYON DITS
LULINFSCENCE, CROTH, ANT OVFVENT, ADOF COUESE TLEFLASH-
INCLICHLATITS CENTER. 0: IN - BACK INTO.VIEA TO OR
THREE AINUTES LATER, TT IAD BY THAT TIMF ASSULFT THE PELATIVE
SI7E OF A SIX-INCH BALL AT ARM'S LEAGTH, HAD THINMD OUT ANT
PERIITTED STARS IO 3E CLEM IHAOUCH IT. THEHLIE FLASHIN
CLOUD.
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THIS DESCRIPT OF THE UPPER
SFMICIPCLE NAS UNOBSCUPFD AT THIS TIVE. AND PEWOD WERELY
TO BLEND GRADUALLY OUND. ALABOUL
THISTLE TE EL IaISI FLASH-
INLLLHIAND HIIHOUT FOP INCLIET AND F1 ITS
LOUD ANT AS LOST LOUD ANT AS LOST
I HAVE AVOIIED DISCUSSING THIS SILHTIN HITH ANYOME AVOITED DISCUSSING THIS SILHTIM HITH ANYOME
UNTIL AFTER UNTIL AFTER RITIMC THIS LETTER IN OIDER THAT UY OPIINAL
IPHESSIONS OULD NOT BF AMCED. OFIN ANAPE TIAT IPSES- INCED. OFIN AAPE TIAT IPSFS-
SIONS CAN BE ALTFFED RFTR
FEFORT OF INTENT. FFFORT F INTENT.
THINK WR ROMINGeR ThINK wR ROMINceR WILL VANT TO ARITE YOU._IF NOT, YOU. __IF NOT,
A ITILL LCE F LFCE HIM TO TO SO AS THIS LETTER HAS HIA TO TO O SO AS THIS LETTER HAS HAT TO TO HAD TO TO
JAIMLY AITH ONLY ONE ASPFCT OF THE SILITING. AITH ONLY ONF ASPECT SIITING.
YOURS TRULY,
RADIO OFFICER.
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U.S. REC. $284178

A LARCER, LOPIN MASS ISA PUZZLIA. FATOR. 1OFEFR THIS: THAF
TE 10 SNHETEUAN AND S/S OUNT VERMON VICTORY CLOUTS FRF MOT
TH EXPADIN CLOUCS THEY APPEAFED TO OE, HUT RATHTR TMCREASEE IN
ADPAPENT SIZE ITH INCPEASINPNOXIAITY. ATEIGST SIHCIXTIE
ISDCEILAIF, MAMY EILTS HKA ANT
FIZON, HILE AT TER IN-TION THE
CLOUM A8 PLRPAPS A VERN HLES ALAY AT ST. THIS IS A CONSITER-
ABLEAMF RATIO, AND T APPARFNT EXPANGION OLLO NECESSAITLY FOLLOV
THE SAF PATIO.
IALITENTAL TO THE auwhINC", The FOREGOIN Tht OULD PERIT IT TO BE
CONDILEIED IN STRAIHTFCRPARD'FASHION AS A CHOCK FRONT, LUMINOUS CONDILEIED IN STRAI HTFCRRARD FASHION AS A SHOCK FRONT, LUMTNOUS
THROCH TONIZATION.
TRAUFCTORY AS STEN AT AN AMLI THAT OF
THE TRAJECTORY ITSELF, THF SHOCK-AVE VIEN NOUL01 TIFN ALSO SERVE
TO EXPLAIN THF LACX OF SYMMETRY MOTED IN IY LEPOPT: I SHOULD AOTE
IEFE TeAT THE HIUH CONTHAST LIMF SFE THIS TIE AS NOT HFEN AT
ANY POINT AITH HESPECT TO THF (FO (UNTIL AFTER sEPARATIOn") THAT
LLESTFD IT COULD NOT HOAVF BEEA A TOCK LIAF.

PRONWCINC IT. THIS, IF APPL1ED TO THE 6/O7 SIGHTIG, WOULD
PEAUIT THE RO DUUNTED
RATHer ThAN, In ABSENCE OF SUCH INFLUENT, A V MITH ITS
THE (EMERATIMG BODY.
LUMIAESCENT CLOUD FOLLOTING DIFTING
:DARATION", IN THIS CONMFCTION
IT SI HT BE MOTED THAT UPPEE-ATWOSPHERE IZATION, AS TAKES
ILAE DAILY 1 THHOUH SOLAR RADIATION, 1S NOT TINGISHD
ILFDIATELY AT SUNTOIN BUT ThATS TO LINFR DAINISHIM RAT-
UALLY OVER A PEPIOD OF HOURS.
TAKIA INTO AGCOUNT THISE VAFTOUS
FROU A CLONIN, EXPAMNTN CLOOD
YOU'S YOLIS TRULY, TRULY,
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