3. DATETIME GROUP 7. L ENGTH OF OBSERVATION PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD 2. LOCATION 4.. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Visual 0 Ground-Radar 0 Ai,... Visual 0 Air-Intercept Radar HUMBER OF OBJECTS CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon Passioly Balloon Was Aircraft Probably Aircraft Possibly Aircraft /, _ ltl" Wa s Astronomical ~ eA.A,<J 0 Probably Astronomi col Possibly Astronomical Insufficient Octo for Evaluation 10. BRIEP SUMMARY OF SIGHTING 11. COMMENT S Dr Hynek was not r~eivpM Aur analysis~ purported UFO carri-- as ~nsafficimt dat. winness ,;i n photographing appeared on succeeding fr: ,.mes. according to Dr Hynek . ATIC FORM 329 (R&V 211 SU S2) UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO BOULDER. COLORADO ;~njor Ro~ert Friend A i.r Te':b.nical Intel l igence Ce nter Aerin.l Phenomena Secti.:;n '.-!riF~ t - Pn t terson Air F o r c e BaG e De n.r 11n. j or : TJ: i s not e i s to let you t:net,T I an hap,ily ens c onced ~cre in B u l1."1cr $l1d to .1rinr; a fcH ":)oints t o yo'.tr attention. t :-ot il"~form:.,..-r inn :ln CaPlbri{1r~e, n nl'n:)er? I a-r.1 ;=~..fraid I left r ... 1.d I .:ill need i t \Then I I r e c enl.ly hpd o v e r y lntl)re::;t in~ trip to r c..saclena, a.'"'ld '.li l:tc t e r e , i>.: 1t~EH' c unce, I r on into the nul:>lishcr of t,c '10~1 defune L Il':!'''tzine, .,_uce.c~t ::e ir: a. yo-un,...-sJcuic~t fl.n6 o. !(ll;r eY'I<Jt w n clo::;e f r lend of a r;r2.duatc s tudent i n t:~stronomy e:i; q~J'vtrd. ( uon t tell !l'"nzel!) They shoHed .t.re of. 'f~1o 0ec ond shm-;;:: v ery flne cols r r.-.ovios of :\ Vc1111s in the d[l-...,iJne, nPd for t:,i::; t'e::>.son al~ne, I tdnl~ t'wy nre Hort~ t hilc. Do yo11. b~'.VO t;i-.i::; c :u:e-Ju l y 28, 19,5<), Cor nus Christi e , Tc:a.s? I enclor.e one enlar:-:e .:::1ent. Tb.e irl~r::e i s rec.l, :-s :tt o.ry.: e nrs on frru1.e af::-e r frvr.:e , out it 1irr l1.t v ery h'ell b e z ~-ne liP~hi.:; on t:':lo .fusil,.._r.e of a '9lane . I hn.v e recen Ll:r bee., T)~esentod , i ch a 1)U.Jlication b y l")nr frlend~ in fi:G'on e...l'\d Cleveland. I t is entitled Elcct ro- ... ,."'r'Otic Ef'fectc: Aesocintorl ~lit,_ U!l.idePti.f-Led Fl:_-;j r; O'.),iect::;, t:'l~d it ls o , i te ''ell Dre oareu ru1d -or~sented i n a non s e n s f'- ti. -:n.l r;..r.nner. I ar.1 ~.fra.id .~e are g:)inr: to l:er-.r more e.~)on-: ti~. If b~r S "Il1e c lH:t.nce y:u hr-.v e not receiv0 d a co~)y, I rave t~:.e ~ v;;l"'eo:: of t :e Loui::;inn:J.. C"::iO cone CAlflftAS ~sh, /kr:r79r .j:.N tJ.Li~r oF (Jvtb/o-tl/5t<A/ INVESTIGAT ION I NTERPLAN ET ARY INTELLIGENCE W. F. RIEFER UNIDENTIFIED ksociot c Director FLYING OBJECTS Deputy Director OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA . ccember 26, 1DG1 ~!C~.jor Hector Qui~1tnnilla., Jr. Hri~ht-Pattcrson .. ~li'X, Ohio DeL!.r Uc.jor: Quintanilla : ) "Ott ~or }OUr two rcn\H't.it. I hope ~ost recent letters in ons"er I 5till hwvc no~t hecr d fro1r. .:i l l l e t \ you l<now as ~;oon us I c~o. ::;:lclos!'?r' is i.he co>y t:Hl.t was mncle fro:n tlw lu :r1111 1.oYie thrd ..... ~--s er-t :r.e. :lease return us soon ns ~lO::;~ible becf'use 1 ,,ill r.er~<.' ito .. J:11~ucry 1 2 . lilllum 6i vj 11; ; lectur e to <lbo 1 , 5 sorority mci:lber s ( end husb:.nC.5) ( _:rec, n.ll I .ill ._.:)tis :"'''Y Lc ::.ome :npr;:bcrs) 1 -tlloui,)ll )ou :ni. hi. li:i.(: to sec t!w film for yo .. rseilif. .)OU ~cvcr"I i.r< .. :!l<n1. Lclirvcd t o r::C{!ive<~ i'1o the l.i 1i.1n Lr i c : tarium <:lor-,, -.:ith v.bt~L iz:fo-r::tt.tion I l c:. .; i d you sencl b.a~ t110 Ol"i. ini.n.I 23 10ltn:1 -,,:rt ~n l fon' -~ scv c rnl l'f>ye,;mr:nt) to Dr . ln .':o u r lei.1.er o 11 :.iecc.d~er you su. e.:,Lec1 t~i;~t you cnn CIH l.'\ zc rny StJCc i . :cn5 I n~v fon:~rd. I do r:oi unc1erstr:1c:. one of :.o~:e !-5<'l~tccccs. '' I n lso su, ... estcc' tho t ~n.:t.>l)S o f tl~csc ~ra p,cn'Ls, ~s t!1crc is<'. possi!..ilit_y :nt u~cy nrc ctcoci-tes o r lc~\.ii..es i ncl i c r: tee' by .I.Jr. he s <'nt to Dr. I~eve you corrcspor~dcc1 ,,ith Dr o.: ihis ? i n a lett e r to t h e Plrnu't~rinm str.te( 't.!u~-t h e i>eliC\'C'c'! the fravncnt s t o r e lcnsc ,,_n y i:1formfltion o.~ it. FTD (TDEH) \?riaht-Patterson 18 January 1965 AFB, Ohio 45433 Associate Director City, Oklahoma T.:1is is in reply to your letter of 26 December 1964. ~Je received the motion picture. It was forwarded to Chicago, Illinois for duplication by Kodak and. returned t o us. The original film was sent to you, airmnil, r e6istered, special delivt!ry on the 11th ofJanuary under Register Nwnbe r 661l380. l7e do hope that it arrived in time for your lecture on the 12th. The images on film depicts clouds, a contrail And the planet Venus. In an independent evaluation of' the movie tbe ou~1t1C t "'as determined to be the planet Venus. Doctor ha.u al:;o evaluated the movie and h e has determined the image to be the planet Venus. We appreciate your forwarding this film for our evaluation. Regarding the fragments which you sent us on 9 November 1964. This fragment was forwarded and remained in the Post Office for approximately six ''eeko. There ''vs f.l1l amount of postage due and we did n?t receive this object in our shop until the 23rd of December. \ole submitted the fragment to ASD for analysis and the Bovser- Morner Testing L-aboratories, Incorporation conducted the spectrographi c Semi -Q.uantative Analysis. The object vas given preliminary tests and determined to have no space residue. Toe rock appears t o be common to that portion of Oklahoma. A copy of the lab report is attached. Perhaps these events 'W'ill clarify the statements in our letter of 11 December 1964 to you. No contact has been made with Doctor King or Doctor Hynek on this particular object. I vould like to point out that meteor observations of this nature vould be reported by ~nny more observors and that should the object be a meteorite, the absence of sound would indicate that the impact point would be in e xcess of 300 les from the point of observation. ?=.e Fact Sheet is in the process of being printed. A courtesy copy 'W'ill be f'orwarded to you upon completion. We are enclosing the statistics vhich 'W'ill be included as attachments to the basic information \-!c are attaching a list of the UFO organizations and hobby clubs. vle would appreciate any additions of which you are aware and/or comments regarding discontinuations of those no longer active. Please feel free to publish any info~ation regarding evaluations such as the Pocus City sighting. Information regarding evaluations by the Air Force is always available to individuals and the press. It is good public relations practice for evaluations to appear in the newspaper. This does much to clarify reports and to eliminate doubt in the minds of some readers. Tne information supplied to you by our office regarding personal opinions and policy and data of this nature is for your informa- tion only, since all information regarding policy ~ust be released through the Air Force rather than in the form of a personal letter. Your six page article is being returned with a f ew comments by Sgt Moody. Tnese comments are for your information and/or guidance in future articles. following comments or points of information appear pertinent. (1) The Air Force accepts only scientific fact regarding life and intelligence on other planets and does not engage in speculation. (2) Information from almost 9,000 cases indicates that unidentified flying objects cx lst us r eports of aircraft, balloons, stars, planets, missiles and a mull ltwlc of known conventional objects and phenomena. T'nere has been no lm1h:tttlon that these object s ar e from outer space under intelligent couttol. The letter of 23 Sep 47 did not state that UFOs arc real, it .L'equeGted an investigation to determine IF they were real and all officlul conclusions ru1d all information to date indicates that given suffic Lent :lnformation a valid explanation for the cause of each report could be made. (3) vle would appceciate a statement of the information in your files which indicates that they are objects of interplanetary origin. Sincerely, x:-HECTOR:'"QtrinTiNJ:'u.A ~ jz.. Major, USAF Chief, Project Blue Book 1 . Analysis of Fragments 2. Statistics 3 Bibliography 4. List of Organizations 5. Six page article & COiQe::ltS