DATETIME CROUP LENCTH opr O!SERVATION I AIEfll SUMMARY Ofll SICHTIHO PROJECT 10073 RECORD CARD TYPE OF OBSE RVATION JJ Ground-Vi suol 0 GroundRodor 0 Ai.-VI-..GI 0 A lrlntercept ~odor HUMBER OP OSJECTS 11. COMMENTS 12. CONCLUSIO 0 Wos Balloon Probably Balloon 0 Possibly Balloon 0 Was Aiocroft 0 Probably Aircraft 0 P ossibly Aircraft 0 Wos Astronomi col Probably Astronomical Possibly Astronomical Other Prob Hoax. Insufficient Ocrto for Evoluotion Photos taken on 9-26-6o at 1400. Shape was round, about 15 meters in d iameter. Photo- graphed with a shutter of 6.5, tjme 1/250, distanc e infinite. Too little information to allow valid conclusion. Photo analysts state : object either very small and clos e to camera o r moving rapid.l.y due to their being out of ocu s . Due to objects being much darker than other }lo.a.r.k areas , negative or original print was possibly ret o\lCl:led. In one print, objects size in- c r e a sed, ing they were closer to camera than j.n other pr However other objects in print als o ~creased size, indicating that camera was coved toward bac Als o in this print b a ckground appears sed, but objects are jus t a s dark. Pr of s omeone attempt a boa%. REI'l Y TO A TTII 01: AfCTIS-hE2x AEROSPACE TECHNICAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER UNITED STATES A I R FORCE RIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORC E BASE sueJEcr: Request for Photoanalysi s TO: A..7CIN-4D4a 1. Attached is a photograph of an accompanying letter from Also attached are two one accompanying letter from 2 8 Oct ober 19~ alleged UFO with a copy of d ated 10 September 1 960. . gged UFO' s with a copy of dated 29 September 1960. 2 . Request photoanalysis be rr.ade of t hese photog~ hs. ~ :UCHARD R. SHOOP I . 0,.... Col onel , USAF {/ APCIN- 4E2 1 s t led (AFCIN-4D4a) TO: AFCIN-4E2x Cy ltr 19 , f r ltr 29 Sep 60, fr , w/2 photos 1 5 November 1960 1. A positive identification of the objects whic h appear in these three photo prints is not possible with the l imite d information furnished. 2. It is suggested that the negatives of t hese photographs be obtained from the sources if possible , 3nd also that more d et3ils concerning the conditions under wh i c h the pi cture s were taken be given. Were picture s taken throug h a window glass? Inside a building? Were the inside lights on? Were the y taken from an automobile? 3 . The two photographs dated 26 Sep 60 show three i ma ges which cannot be explained from photo analysis. It is stated i n the l etter dated 29 Sap 6 0 t hat the diamet e r of these ob- J~cts ~s a bout 15 met ers aod tocused oo 1niln1ty. The obJec~s nre out of focus whic h could mean eithe r that they are very small and close t o the c a tner a o r moving v e r y rapidly. I t is possible that e i t h e r the negative or original p r int could ba retou c h e d since th e i n t ensi t y of t l1e dark object s is much gre~ter than the other dark area s on these prints. Chief, AFCIN-404 NAT I 0 N A L AERONAUTICS ADMINISTRATION IN ftiE"-v ftiE,..,. TO RTR NASA HEADQUARTERS 1520 H STREET NORTHWEST WASHINGTON 25, 0. C. T-.EX.amv.~IO TWX:WA71S ocr 1 -t 1sso lvright Air Development Division \-/right-Patterson Air Force Ba s e Subject: Letter from Hr. 7ne a tto.ched material 'mich your office feel s is me n t has been sent to ilr. is f or.m.rded Regi o ilia, Italy f o r any action l.o a c lcnowledge- B yd C. Nyerc Technical Assistant to Dire ctor Office o f Advanced Re oearch Prog ro.os Enclosur e Subj. ltr ~translation Inn tn'r\:!.n~ the: liberty o:' \..tritin;:; you tc c'lll ;'70ur "ltte'1ticn to -~e ~nclosed ~hoto=raphs t1ken by o fri; :d of mi'19 o~ )/26160 at a rrund 2 p . m. The shape or the obvects was rou~d ,"lbolt 15 ~eters in diu~ster. Photog raphed with a shutter of 6 . 5 , tiMe 1/?50, dist1'1ce infinite . I h1ve addressad r.J7"Self t o ycur 'ind coJrtesy not !(:-!Oi-Jin~ w'-:ere else tc 3ddress rnvself d/~1tter still being un~e~ reo~rve. :you ::ir.dly excuse ny indiscretion. Very trully yours, Translation b y esearch Center Library Branch f erme sso -to J a VV! ~n.-o d.mi c o j_L J iovno 2 6-:J- 6o/ / a.Lle. ov e -14-circa.. f orma J, deU, ) Fato:rafaf:, coh J,afr avnv, c. o ,. t e s ia h o h sa f e "' d o do v e 1r ; v o l5 e rm,' aLtvimehtl ec/ essehdo L a cosa aMcoa. dovev-osi saLvt, S e cj u e s L-o VI o "' f o s s e cf, Vs . c o m f e - oss,bde IV1oltrar-to a5~ o.-1a.,:-11 c..ovnfe- I r A L; A UFO ANALYSIS SHEET Location Italv Date (Local) Xlo:J; 26 Sen 60 Hour ( Z TU.a Group} 2613007. Sen 6 0 Astronor~cal Phenomena (Meteor, Comet, Planet, etc) Ruled out Aircraft, Balloons, Ai r ships, etc. Poss acft, hut. c-annot conclude. Evaluation of Source Reliability ~U~n~r~e~l~1~a~b~=l~e _ Analyst s and Conclusions: The prints was submitted to pr.oto analysis. The information reported is too meaare to allov a v~lid conclusion. Tr.e analyst states that the ob.iects are either very small and close tot)Q the camera or mov i n g rapidly duet to their bein:;r out of focus. They ""~lso st.ate that due to tne objec t s bein~ much x darker tha~ the other dark areas, it is possible that the neo:ative o r orirnnal print w~s r etouc-hed. I n one print, the ob5ects size increased, indicatin~ that they we r e closer to the camer a than i n the other print . Howe ver, t he other objects i n the print also increased i n size, indicatin~ t hat the camera was moved toward the back~round. Also i n this print the background aooeares to be 0'. erexPosed, l)ut the ob,iects a r e .;ust as dar k as i n the other nri.nt. These orints ~re probably the rPsult of someone3