o 0 I e t i oo!#~!rve .. ;t~t.ion. J oJ. oJ V DATI COMMINT NO. 1 Lt RotheteiD/va are pbotograpbe taken b7 a u.s. Cout Oward photographer. We would J1ke the pbotograpbe ....., L. BO.fldl, Colonel, USB (in dupl) . Chief, Technical~ Division j1 r Technical Intelligence Center 2. Wire, Hq USAl' (in dupl) TO _A!J! I.~-5 :E'RDZ I ifr. ir;X~ms .Attn: Captain Ruppelt 1. A study has been coapleted of the Coast Guard negative of unkno\\n aeria~ objects. A ful 1 report to describe the steps in this study 'dll be sent to you in a short time. Until 1 t is completed, this brief summary will contain the findi!lgs of t~a Photo Beconnsisaence Laboratox"Y 2. Tbe central point in question is the apparent brit:htness of the 4 objects cotrpled with tbe total absence of a:ny corresponding hinuights or reflections of these objecta,from the automobiles in the picture. The brightness of these objects would e.p~ear to be of the neme order of magnitude as the reflections of the stin in the chro- mium bu..rs am trir.l of the auto!DObiles. This is indicated by the inclosed prints in Series A, numberod on the reverse side in pencil, and representing: A-1 is normal print exposure tin:e, A-2 is double thit; e:q>esure time, A-3 is four times, and A..l.~ is eit;ht times. 3. Further examins.tion of the Series A "?rints shO\,rs no trace of h.iehJ.ights on the auto!llobiles can sed by the objects. All bright spots that can be seen v.re direct- ly related to the sun, \.rhich is to the rear and to the left of the camera. position. T'aere are, however, surfnces \.-hich should show hit;hliE;hts. eg, the auto directly under the 13rgeat object. It is obviously c fairly new car, with average polish to the :p3int. Yet no'~here on the roof is any s1~estion of an overb..ee.d illumlr-!ition direct) . lJECwiGjlFIED AFT.RR 12 YB.Al~ Dew-Dll~ oZOO.iQ UNct:ASSlFIED . . MI'LACIS NMI! f'OitM II. I OCl ... WHIC:H tAAY r E ~1.~ "~aie of Photos" (Uncl) 4. This point has been tested c:t;porirr.entul.ly in the Series :S e.nd C :,nrints. A etcndard etudio pbotofiood lalp \','f' ... a placed t,_b?vo end no:te 50 ft reyond. a row of l~.l'kecl ~u.to.GObiles beside the P'notoerophic Roconnoiss.once leborato~ it. crunera \:aa set up on on elevatea. platform, about 200 :t't from the central auto in the ~)hoto~.ph, indi- cated bt tha photoflood lamp appearing directly above it. Tbe Series B prints show . the care l-ri tb the l.wnp turned off, \.filile tho Seriea 0 prints show the seme scene "1i th the lano on. .An unmistakable bric,ht line hi4;hlit")1t can be soen in the car nppen.r:tl',e directl)r under the l&rp, a highlit~t which is not thel'e ,.hen the lamp ic off. A similar bric)lt line should be seen somewhere on the top of the CDr in the Series A prints, !12.4 distant brir,ht objects been cctuall.y locn.ted ns indi~"l.ted. 5 Series D prints dlow how ef19Y it is to construct a hoax by means of double exposure. Tbe ~lowing objects, hovering over the Phot~!>hic ReconnaisSEnce lab- oratory are Dl.lltiple e>.."'!)Osures of a sin:.9le street ~. stanchion t~. The file t-:lB multiply exposed e.t night, \~tb. a d.?.rk view field surrounding the lar.n. The d.:cy- time exposure of the building \~s cure:f'ully oriented to nrod.uce the aerial hoverir.g effect. Ro\l'SV'er, the fraud is indicated because no hir,hlif;hts mcy be seen in the auto roofs. (The possibility of building si.lading in Series D is not exh;tent in Series .A). . 6. It is therefore concluded that t he euthenticity of the ~Jicture. taken by the Coo.st Ouard !)hotographer, is open to serious doubt. Series A 4 Prints Serle B 4 Prints Serioe 0 4 Prints Series D 2 Prints Chief, Photo Reconnaissance lab reapons Co~nents Division AFrl Dt AIR PP JEDF.N JF.D~JP 222 Dr. JF.PliQ 7SC FM UQ USAF WASHDC~ TO JtDF.N/CGAIRDF.FCOM F.NT AFB COLO JED~JP/ATIC WRIGNT PATTERSON AFB 0~10 RON AFOIN 53833 ATIC ATTN ATIAA-2C. THE FOLLOvJING CA . ON C AS SALF.N 11ASS IS QUOTF.D FOR YOUR INFORHATION CLN sUSPICIOUS OBJF.CIS UNIDENTlFIABLF. SIGHTED BY 2 RF.LIABLF. FNLISTFD ~lEN tHIS UNIT AT. ~2-~P FR0t1 AIR STAtiON. 4)0BJF.CTS .C..IRCULAR IN SUAPt. IN V FORl1ATlON APPARF.NTLY OVFR EP![RL)' f-lAS_[ACHUSF-lTS. LOtJ ALTI'IUDF.. ORIGINALLY SlGUTED BY STATIOll PHOTOGRAPHER. ATTF.NTION ATIRACTF.D BY VF.RY BRIGJfT LIGHT. CLF.AR Pl-'OTCGRAPH OBTAINF.D. COPIF.S BF.IllC AIRMAILED THIS DATF. TO ACTION AND INFOru1ATION ADFFS tJF.ATJit:R. CLF.AR. TJIIN BR01{F.N 28~00 FF.F.T VISIBILI'l'Y 6 ~llLFS \JINDS SOUTHWFST 8 KNOTS AL"IlHF.TER 3"~5 Til-1P 84 17/J132Z JUL JF.PUQ UFO SIOHTlltl BAlDI & MASSACWS,..,.,E.?rN!l'S On 1.6 Ju 'l7 1952 a of' four obJects was taken by the USCG station photosrapher at Salem, Maas&chusetto. The photograph was wbaitted to ATIC tor ana:cy&ia and the analyaie vas completed on 1 Aus 52. Ana\r8ia vaa m&de fro. the ortsinal negative vhich vas returned to the Cout Ouard at their request. 'lbe results of this analysis in- di~ated that the photo vas a hoax. Extensive photographs vere taken under similar conditions. Failure of the lilht source to cast reflections on the hlP~ polished cara below indicated that the light was not outside D4 1 t vaa b7 the analyst at the time, that the photo vas a double exposure aD4 for this reason was a hoax. A subsequent examination of this photo vas made in October 1963 and the following analysis is indicated as a more probable cause. The photo was taken tbroush a window with a 4/5 Busch Pressman Camera (135 MM F4.7 Raptar lens vith Rapax shutter, loaded with 4/5 Super XX cut film). '!be photographer observed several lights which seemed to be wavering. He observed the lights tor 5 or 6 seconds and grabbed the comera, which had been on a nearby table. The focus vas adJusted to in- finit7 'lbe photographer pulled the slide in preparation tor the picture vhen he noticed that the lights had He assumed at the time that the obJect he saw vas a reflection. He ran out of' the room to set an additional witness, and upon returning noticed that the ligbtsvere again brilliant. llben tbe7 vent to the vindov the lights were gone. He again atated tbat perhaps some sort of refraction or ground reflection could poaaibl7 account for the lights. tollovin& pointa are deemed pertinent to analysis. The camera was tocuaed on intinit7 and the picture taken through a window. As the witness approached the window the objects dillllled, as be returned to his potnt ot initial observation and at the second observation as he reentered the room the lights were aga.in brilliant. The objects as photographed, appear tuzz,-and out of focus. The cars and buildings outside are sharply outlined. The window frame inside the building is out or focus. All four obJects have the same outline and general conti~ration, in spite of the Conclusion: It is believed that the photos represent light reflections from an interior source (probablY" the ceiling lights) on the window through vhich the photo vas taken. With the csmera. set on infinity the window would be more out of focus than the lights. The lights would still be out of focus since the distance trom the ligbts to the vindow and back to the camera lens vould. still be shorter than the distance required for COMMANDANT UNITED STA .Air Force Intell.igence lfricht Patterson Air Poroe Base o.yton, Oh' o .... Dear Captain COAST GUARD l August l9S2 .At the request of Major Fournet, Air Force Intelligence, Pentagon, \'laahin(rton, w are sending JOU the original negative or the aerial plw~na photograph tor )'Our scruti~. \then 70U have finished with it, n would like to have it back Vecy truly yours l'l. D. ST Lieutenant , USCG Actinc Chief', Public Information Division Enol-original Negatin u. s. Coast Guard orticial Photo I SSS4 IIZJ&ll n Lt OOM MANDANT u ... CCMWr UNI-nD liT~ Air Tach. Ceut;er Wrlaht Air Poroe Dear Capta5n COASTCIUMD l8 Au~t, l9S2 In aooard.anoe v1th the telephonic request ot YJ&jor n. J. J. Fournet, w are torvarr"na hernlth. tlAl depositions and investigation report of unusu.al phenomena. This material, p1'8V'lous~ classifiod secret, ba bean claolaaaitied. DepoeitioD Vert trul.T yours, Acting Chiet, Public Information D:lvisiOD ~.:. ;:'f Herea:th . pic.ture':anapped.by Coast Guardsman Sh~ll ,R Alpert.: ., WASHINGTON. Aug. 1.-t~ \Urd and rear end!\, The llghts Air Station 'photot:"rapht'l', who Coast Guard.Headquarters today )lndn "~Y'! fonuation. said he sl6hted !'le\eral brilUant made' pub.Ue a photojrapn. ot The Coast Guard said lt had white lights throu~:h th.-. sf:\ "unJdentlfted aerial phenomena'' no oplnkm a~ rn the cause o,r tlohs photo Jab window at 9:35. t 1 ken bY. a _qoaat Guard photo& rn.. July 16. . ~ . source! f?r the. objec ts .and wa.s 'Alpert. watched the liihts . . The photo elear1y:shows four releasln~ the picture only be ftve or . six .seconds before 1ound obJec:u.. Each appears <'ausP. ot the ~ldc,pread publtc temp tin~ to 'Photograph them to Ptve two tdentiet~l shafts of . inter~st tn aenal phenomena. By the time he had locus~'d h llsrM extendlnc across Ita cen The picture wu snatJped by camera .th.e lights were re100I~tec11 t~r.and protrudlnJ' .a~.tbe for . Shell R. Alpert, Salem, l\Jau.~. "consider ablY, dimr:ned down." .' Coast G 11ard Gets Pictute of\ 'Objects' in Sl\:y - 'Saucer' in a Par~ing Lot, Shown iu Photo of Four, Provt-~ To B., White Rock BvA: ... B. Allen WASHINGTON, Aug, 1.--Coastl OUI\l'd hP.I\dquarters today released R plcturf'! of t our round objects" or llghts snapptld when they ap- peared bl'iefty 1n the sky near the Salem, Ma!is.. Coast Guard air station :~.t 9 :35 a. m . .July 18. It ~ntd the phenomenal photo~raph" was the first dayll1ht one ever made "of-what are they?'' but emphasized that the Coas t Guard 1 was in no way ~poruortng the reallty or "tiying saucers.'' omctals who ~ave the pictures to tht' prP.s., said they vouched only for the fact that the ori:lnal had bef"n taken by Shell R . -\lpert, twen ty-one-rear-old Coast <Ju1ud ph>ltOt:r:1p}l~. of Denver, in the Pre6t!l'lce o( Thdm'4111_ Flahery, or M.trbteh~>ad, Mass., a h ospital- The Coalit Ounr1t d 1rl S<\Y j that the neilnt1ve hacl n ut b een "tampered w1t h 1n any " ,ty," Tile offic ials add " d tho.tt t n e ! our' "object~ .. , tn It re~r:ltnblcd a saho burst or. s li:lls from an antt-air-' craft batt eh bu t :;aid th"'re W3S no Army or N:\"'Y firing range in the vlcinlt~ of ~alent. ''Saucer" in Parklnr Lot 1 Only a!tcr the pictures had been 1 Ri.-en out d id Coa s t Guard head, quarters di~CO\'er \\hat :tppeared I to be a far more perfect .saucer" than the a.-rial li~ht.; neatly Nrounded at lhe edge or a parking .... , Delltva What PteM. lD Use Salem picture, the fl1 mr ucen it that' what' tber are aPDtar etr-abai*S wbJte ob JICM With. wa~ edlll IUIPeDded tn air. It tbe Photolrapb CUl be aOCI)Mtd .a\ f101 atue. S\ il the ttrH:~ da7Urbt Jtlotun ot 1111111 ucet.. Altboup anral photo- . uaPtia of wba& purpon to ~ 07 Snr ucen haft been \allen, aU Were ID&pPed at Dltb'-Tbe Air Porce lnYariabb' hu expla.lned them awa1 aa meteors, l'OCkete or buratlnr fSreb.Wla. ' Altbourh the .skJ ls Urht ln the pboco, . the white obJect. which ma1 be ll11nr are eaallJ dlatlD- IUllbable. TheJ 10mewhat reaem- ble, ~Mit cou14 Dot be confused wttb clouds. There are avera\ bulldJnra In the forenound. Capt. Ruppelt, who wu apent MJeral Jeara checkinr ancl plot- ttnr fiJtnl' aaucer reports. aald he Sa lteptlcal. Attempta han been made to boochrtnt hfm In the put and he beUevea nothln1 wblcb canztqt be PTOYid. . He J)(nta out that a alnrle pho- toaraph' waa aubmltted. There wu no Degatle. That lnvartablJ hap- P8ftl, he aald. The Alr Foree hu J'et to aet hold of & Dtl&tiYt of A f171nl laUcer P~Ull.. Waata te lee Na,&U9e., ':apt. Ruppel& Aid bt hu Ultecl Coaat Ouarct to obtain ttl,. ..et attve.rsct1onr&rd Jt to blm WlUMNt . queatlon'n &ll70nea 1nterrttJ, Capt. Rgppelt Ald his flra lmpreuton wu that tbe plc- t'Jfe 11 a take. He aalcl the &1 le,.ecl ucera-appear to have been painted in. Their aomewhat. lr- r eiUlar. wavy ~es Indicate aa rnucb, he td. I,Jitoufdn't know. Capt. Ruppen ts : & trained obaerver, who mak it hla bualness to look for uc thlnJL 1 could eun, be fooled b a colllJ)Oiite ploture . a clear 'Picture v1tb the lena aettiDS on 1Jlt1Dity. '!be objects outs