Correspondence regarding Meteorite Investigation in Oklahoma City, 1964-1965

This document collection details the investigation of a reported meteorite sighting in Oklahoma City on November 6, 1964. Two teenagers, Rick Barnes and Bruce Baskerville, observed a blue-green object falling from the sky and subsequently recovered a 23-pound rock from a creek bed. The case was brought to the attention of the Air Force's Project Blue Book by Hayden C. Hewes, Associate Director of the Interplanetary Intelligence of Unidentified Flying Objects (IIOUFO). The Air Force conducted a formal investigation, which included spectrographic and chemical analysis of the recovered fragments by Bowser-Morner Testing Laboratories. The analysis concluded that the object was a terrestrial rock common to the Oklahoma region, showing no evidence of space residue. Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr., Chief of Project Blue Book, communicated these findings to Mr. Hewes, reiterating the Air Force's policy of relying on scientific fact rather than speculation. The correspondence also addresses other related matters, including the evaluation of a separate motion picture by Ray Stanford, which was determined to depict clouds, a contrail, and the planet Venus. The documents include internal forms, laboratory reports, and newspaper clippings documenting the public interest in the event.