Correspondence Regarding UFO Sighting — Saint Thomas, October 1967

This document collection contains correspondence between a civilian in Brooklyn, New York, and the United States Air Force regarding a photograph taken on October 20, 1967, over Saint Thomas. The civilian submitted the photograph and negative to the Foreign Technology Division (FTD) of the Air Force, believing they had captured an Unidentified Flying Object. The submitter expressed frustration over the lack of communication regarding the status of their materials, leading to multiple follow-up letters sent throughout 1968. The Air Force, specifically under the direction of Lt. Col. Hector Quintanilla, Jr., eventually responded to the inquiries. The official analysis conducted by the FTD concluded that the 'UFO' images were not genuine aerial phenomena. Instead, photo experts determined that the dark, dot-like images appearing on the negative and the print were caused by particles of foreign matter on the film during the exposure or processing stages. The Air Force returned the materials to the submitter along with a Project Blue Book brochure and case summaries. Additionally, the file includes correspondence where the civilian inquired about NASA's involvement in UFO investigations, to which NASA responded that they were not involved in such investigations and that the object sighted by astronaut James McDivitt during his space flight was identified as Pegasus.