1. C,A TE TIIAE GROUP 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 2. LOCATION Homer Nev York 10. CONCLUSION UNIDENTI F I Ell 5. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEfl SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS ):) Minutes -45 M:l.nut, 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual (BX) Letter to Dr Hynek or unusual observation. See Case File. 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTD SEP 63 0-329 (TD.E) p,. ..... edlUOftl .. thll IO,.IIIIY h \JIId. Thla vhole episode .took place in abOyc .five.loutea and juat about dusk. If lt vel'e flot for tiM. f~t .. tb4t. 11 four of ua ob1erved thia event, 1 ld hesitate to brina thia to you~ attention. However, the incloaed clippings are what p ted to ite to '~ielative to the aae. N rk Valley is about fifty 11 South ofr-and I must admit the report from there sounds wlerd, but c~. ~ ieACe ap~ared the -to ua. Durin& Wozld War II I waa a pilot in the U.S. Air Force and all ., flytns experience was within the Continental limita of the united Statea. 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'feu wve a"' oertaiB vh.th~ the aketchea atill aiate4, but JCQ !Ditcated tat U the;,y d14 ~let, ;you. va,lcl prevail upon 7011r vite to reproluoe th u but ahe a.n trom moey. I hope tbat you will be abla t.o tawor with tbil 1J1 the n-.zo future aa I vould J.Ur to include t~ 1D ~be ceae rue. I ~ tblt. eve17thiD& ' 1a vell vith ycu aDd your ca.ra around With ~1 Sincere~ youre, J. Allen B1Dek 1)1rectozo DEARBORN OBSERVATORY NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY ILLINOIS 60201 Pat te.1.sor, inst":?:?.d. c.> :-.here J