3. DATETIME cqoup Local 174'5 GMT lllrh!S~ PROJECT 10073 RECORD Cli.~D 2. LOCATION Eastbourne, England 4. TYPE OF OBSERV~TION XXGround Vi suol 0 Ground-Radar 0 A ir-'li :ruol Airlntercept Radar CONCLUSIONS Was Balloon Probably Balloon P ossi ~ly Bel loon Wos Aircraft Probably Aircraft Po ~ui bl y Ai rcroft 'Nos Astronomical Probably Astronomical P o s si b l y Astronomi col 7. LENGTH 0~ OBS!RV~TION .laX lnsuffi cient Doto for E"oluotion 8. NUMBER OP OBJECTS 9. COURSE 10. BRf!fl SUMMARY 0" SIGHTINO 11. COMMENTS Obj rnd in.sha~e when r1rst seen, changed tp Due t o lateness of rpt, and loca- ~hape of kite as it moved to West, size ot tion ot the sighting, it i s impractir !dime, alum1:1um color, speed estimated to be to investigate this sighting furt:t2r ~at..reen WOO and 5000 ~H, alt ot 20-40 miles. Lack ot necessary data precluees a Oi sa~peared into the sunset. valid conclusion A7'JC FOtuf 329 C"Rn 21 SU 52) .-\PPE~DICES ~4. WhM wore dtt weedier COfldldone u &Jie time,._ uw ct.. oblncr 34.1 Cl.OUOS (Clrc/o 0,.) )U WINO (Cirdo 0...) ti.JCIr eky >.-No wl"4 l:" H~q ~ Sllcht llreue c. Scauwed doud1 c:. Scronc wind 4. Thick or hvy do11da 4. Cott' t rtn.,.abu Coa't ron\tmltor W~EA (Cirdo Ont) "-&. min , or IIcht nl111 c. t1oderue or heavy nl11 .. Ooll't romtmbor 34.4 TU1PEMTVU (Crcle Ool) .. Don't remtmbw When dW 1011 report to softie ol'lldal Ua& you had -dlt ollltcC f W UIYQM .Uo wldt your.$ clmt JOU -cliO ob)tcd (Citde OM) No 36.1 If you &NWorod YES, did theJ dtt obltct toot (CircltOM) Y '17. Wu thla dto ftm dm , a, had '?'~.an ob)tct Of obfeco Ilk thlt r (Cltde OM) Ytt ~ 37. 1 If JOU answered NO, &Jien when, where, 1nd under what drcum.acanC81 G4 SaD Diego 2, Califor-aia It Dice to he~ !rom yoa again. Naturallf the Air Force is particularlY' iDterested in identifyiag any fiyiug objeet6 that appear ba the air apace over the United Statea or lts possesioDa. 1 a..s 1ate7eatecl la you dcsc:riptioe of these objects (wbateYer they may be) obaered bf you 011 seYeral occaiou. Un.Cortanately. the detaU ln the pboto1rapb ia ao small that we may experieDce some L difficulty bt obta.lain1 further idortnation oa the object. HoweYer. I wila to re you tbat you photograph and. re;ort haYe been forwarclecl to the CommaDder, Air Tec:bnlcal Intelligellce Center. - Wrilht-Patteraoa Air Force Baae, where it will be st~led carei'olly aacl com-pared with other reports on UDideutified flyin& objects received by the agency. . Alain, let me repeat how pleasant it was to hear from you. Your coatlaued support iu mattel'a of interest to the Air Force ia deeplJ SiDcerelr. HAROLD W. GRA T Major Ceae1'&1. USAF DirectoY of Telecomuna11icatiOIUI DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WASHINGTON 25, D.C. Major General Charles B. Dougher Air Technical Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Dear General Dougher: Attached hereto is a photograph purporting to be that of an Unidentifiable Flying Object. Also inclosed is the observer's report. The individual involved is an elderly gentleman who has been active as a civilian air defense observer for some time My note thanking inclosed herewith. for his photograph and report is also Sincerely, HAROLD W. GRAl~T Major General, USAF Director of Telecommunications 1. Photo and report z. Cy ltr to P~quest for ?hotoanalysis alleged UFO with a copy of dsted 1 0 ~eptelnber 1900 1. Attached is a photograph of an . . accompanying letter from .Alao attacr..ed are tvo photographa of ac 1a t.ter from RICHA.tm R. SHOOP Colcnel, lEAF gad UFO' s with a copy of dated 2? September 1960. , .. v/photo. -. lt lad (AFCIN-4D4a) TO: AJ'CI N-4E2x t 15 November 1960 . . 1. A positive identificatioa of the objects which appear iD these three.photo prints is not possible with the limited iDforatioD furDiahed.' -. . . . , 2. I ft: is sugested that' the aegativea of. these photographs. be obtaiued froa the eourcea if posaible, and also that e detail concerniug the coDditiona uDder which the pictures were takeD be given. Yere pictures takec through a window glaaa? Inside a building? Were the inside lights on? Were they taken from aD automobile? 3. The two photograph& dated 26 s~p 60 show three imagea_. wbich caDnot be explaiued from photo analysis. It is stated in the letter dated 29 Sep 60 that'the diameter of these ob- ject ia about 15 tere aDd focused oa infinity. The objects are out.of focus which could mean either that they are very a ll and close to the c a or moving very rapidly. It. is poaeible that either the Degative or original print could be retouched siuce the intensity of the dark objects is much greater than the other dark areas on these prints "RILBE& PlUCE, JR., . Chief, AJ'CIX-4D4 . ~ San Diego Z, California General Grant .received your letter o Z8 October upon his retur'u frotn an extended trip to the Far East. Immediately thereafter it was neceasary forhim to depart for Great Britian where he is at the present time. Prior to leaving General Grant asked that I reply to your recent note and .. ad viae you. that hia schedule is such that it would be impossible .... ~ '. for> him to state when be might visit with you in San Diego. Furthermore, since the responsibility for investigating reporta of u~.identified fiying objects is vested in the Air Technical Intelligence Center, he feels that it would be more appropriate - to pasa your request to the Center for further action. Accordingly, I .have this date passed your letter to the Commander of the Center who has already received your original photograph as .Ciencral Qrant.iudicated in his letter of 19 October to you. Again; OD behalf of Qeneral Grant, let me express our apprec:i- atioa for your continued interest iu Air Force matter a. Sincerely. JOHN E. MOBRISON, JR.. .~. Colonel, USAI' . r Chief, Polic.y & Objectives Division Directorate of Telecommunications ,uftH C T DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HE.'\D OUARTER S U NI T E D STAT F.S AIR F ORCE WA S HI N G T O N ~5. D .C . Unidentified Flying Object Air Technical Intelligence Center Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 1. Reference is :made to 19 October 1960 letter from Major General Harold W. Grant, Director of Telecommunications p inclosing botograph of an unidentified flying object submitted by Inclosed you will find a note from dated 28 October 1960, in which he offers to pro vide the Air Force with the negative of the above photograph. 2. Request your organization take such action as may be deemed appropriate. Colon,r, USAF / Chiri, Policy & bjectives Division Directorate of Telecommunications 2. Cy ltr to . ... ..,ACE TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CEN UNITED STATES ~IR FORCE WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR rORCE B~SE Unidentified Flyin g Ob j ect ro: SA?OI-Jd ( L/Col Tacker) 1. A photograph of an alleged UFO was forwarded to ATIC for. analysis by M/ Gen Harold w. Grant, Director of Teleco unications, who had r eceived it from the Nitness, 2. has now offered to provide the original negative of the photograph previously sent in. Request ior~ard the negative to ATIC, Attn: AFCIN-4E2x, plus the follol'ling information: a. Type and name of camera. b. Shutter speed used. c. Lens opening ("f'" sto9) used. d. How was camera held? e. Direction camera was pointed. f. Time and date the photograph was taken. g. Was the photograph taken from inside a building? J. Attached are cooies of the letters from to General niLIP G. FN Ai'J 5 Colonel, USAF Deputy for Science anti Com"Oonents lTacker/mhb/7229 1 23 Dececber 1960 _,-~Your letters of lO.September and 28 October 1960 sent to Major General Harold W. Grant have been referred to this o:f:f1ce. Inregard to the photograph o~ the alleged unidentified flying object-which you possess, will you please submit the original negative ot this photograph to the Aerospace Technical Intelligence Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Beee, Ohio with the .-following information: type and name of camera; shutter speed used;' hov was- camera heldT; lena opening ("f") stop) used; t ime and date the photog1sph vas taken, and vas the photograph taken from inside buildingt , ' The results of the analysis and/or evaiuet1on 111111 be sent to you as soon as completed, and the original negative will be returned at that .time. . California Sincerely, LAw'RENCE J. TACA&R Lt. Colonel, USAF Public Information Division Office of Information APPENDIX III U .S. AIR PORCa TICHNICAL INPOilHATION SHIIIT Thla t~vesclonllalre h ilwfl propueclao that yo11 Qll&l.,. die U.S. Air f ore. m~tch lnfonnadon u poalblo ccnurnlna tho unldont lllad uri:U ph!-non &hat )'001 have o~baarvecl. PI east try to nwr u many que:tlon~ u yo11 f>Oaibly an. T