Photo Analysis Report NR 65-36

This document is a formal Photo Analysis Report (NR 65-36) dated July 30, 1965, produced by the Photo Analysis Division of the USAF. The report was generated in response to Work Order Number 65-84 from T/Sgt D. N. Moody of TDEW/UFO. The purpose of the analysis was to evaluate two color slides and two black and white photo reproductions submitted for review. The first slide, taken in the vicinity of Highway 69 near Phoenix, Arizona, in August 1958, depicts a desert sunset. The analyst concluded that an orange, funnel-like mass observed in the image was likely a wind pattern trailing a plume of sand or earth lifted from the desert floor. A diagonal line noted on the image was attributed to poor photo processing. The second slide, taken in Switzerland, showed typical mountainous terrain. An oblong-appearing translucent streak visible in the upper portion of this image was determined to be a reflection, possibly from the surface of the aircraft from which the photograph was taken. The report concludes that no items of significance were observed on either slide. The document is signed by W. R. Kinney, Intelligence Research Specialist, and approved by Robert L. Base, Captain, USAF, Chief of the Photo Analysis Division, and Wilber Price, Jr., Director of the Photo Exploitation Directorate.