t. DA"fE TIME G~OUP 4. NUMBER OF .:aJECTS 5. LENGTH Oi= :J3SERVATION TYPE OF 033ERVATION PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION 10. CONCLUSION 11. B E F SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 9 . PHYSICAL EVIDENCe Prevlou eeltiona o f tl'lla f oma may be 1ued. Smithsonian Institute Read ch Diracto~ WaDh1ngton, D. c. Gentlemen: I a rn w r 1 t 1 n g this 1 n q u 1 r y in hope tha t you w 111 be able to throw some lt~ht on a subject that iA cRusing e g at deal of concern to many in this area Several UFO sighting s have ba~n re~orted i n our im~ed~ate ar.aa by local cittz~ns. Althou3h such sighttngs a~e 2~sc~ibed soma~het differently they are similar. T 7 8 souc~r sha?ad obj ects little l a rger than a car with re-, .. ,;~ite, e-:d gr~l!n lights. It aJ.wyas lebves particulsr o de: 3~d in one case they declared they felt radition. The eoclo3ed article is one o f several that have b~en our local On the morc!.i1g of "Jnly 18th our ne ighbor found in his ~ro~t ysrd di ctly in front of their ho~e a peculiar pst::~rn of what spl"ea.rs to be otl spray such 83 a auto ould lea'~ excer-t t~gt ic ._.,63 in a smYll circl~ around f'ifte~n f t i:J .::.b meter with.:; S~ .all tail, like pattern l e a d i:1g oft' one side of' : :,. Further-out 3!'ound the edge of this circle to~ere se m.-1"' ..... 3, each fsirly ~-J?nly spacc-3~1 and approximately an inch and f. 1.: .. i n h9pth-:::&!'ks such as s very large camera trlpod v1ould rt18ke. The are9 is such that en auto, lawn mo~111er or st:'::~ device to~ould h;:; '/e l eft t racks dua to aev~ral ll~;ht ralns ov~r the p :st few dsys. It also seems curiou s that the rain dld not fade or wssh away the substance. The cou,le sre a very respectable family in tha above acersge income br&ckat and not giv~n to teJ.ling tsles. Tht! trutn is th9y are afraid to say anytlng about i t for f ear or being laughed:st. The woman 3eems qulta concern9d with thase so calldd UFO sig~tings so I ~ould ap~rec!ate it very much if you ~ould ch~ck :ne ssm~ls of the grass I am enclosing and give us an7 ?OS3ible ex~ls~nation that you can. Raspectfully ~:ours, Ggine~vtlle, G rgie SMI'TB SONl.-\..:-1" I N ST ITUTION .:.:~ : lllEl\'I 0 R 0 UTlN G SLIP T O TliE. FOLLOWING IN ORDER INDICATED NAME OR. Tl1'LE DHTIAL5-D.\TE 1. U . S . Ai r For c e , Office of Information Your inform tt.tion: 0 Note-a nd ret urn o 0 P roper s ignature 0 .: I Your com m en ts ~ ecessary action I x } Note and file 0 Prepare reply 0 See m e l J Your r ecommendation D Your initials D REll.\RKS . I p :ION li: U.S. QOV'!It.'iME::-IT J>RL'ITil'IO OFFtC Z : I'J'O 0 519410 hEAOQUART:!~S FOREIGN TCHNOLOGY DIVISION ~\1~ FvRCE SYSTE,'t4S C:>MM>.NO u.~tr.:.n .!ITATc:.s 1-i P'O~c,c; WRI.;l'1T-P~TTE"01'4 \ lit FOMC IP3:.:, 0'-ii O ReC!'..:.'~S t .r'or UFO Infor:nation H~ .rsx? J~I P.B (Hrs r:'he 3:ni tn3onian Ins t.i tute ha.a forwarded us a letter f'r om :lr. G . t ~T. E . , G.::tinee:ttri lle, G!Or 3la. ::--., :.1o11ing ini'ormation is provided to as~iat you in :.:m.;;;~r.LYLg . lett~=. rn~ s ight:hng of 18 July, has not been r"'?Qrted t.:> th~ Air :?ore~; hmever, a sighting f'rom Spa.ctanour3, Sot!-:h ~urolina, on 2.9 .run~ 'ras re.9ort~d to Harc.er Robins .t\lr Force :;~ :.::1d 1./3.3 e'"!lua-:.ed as attribut3ble to ball lightning. Th ~ ~"J. : "':3 o~ the ne~.;s_?a-p~r account of this sighting "W"ere r:ruch clistort~d. T.~e g=~s3 sample au:mitted with the article ~nd let.ter coutain~d n::>:n:.n.g unu~ual !'~m ::~at ~xpt!cted o f a normal grs3s sa.mp.Le. :1 ..r3paper ertic~.>: ot the T"..lrnerville sightinz is t f ir.st k!:c~l.ed3e that t~e .:~:..;:-Force has received. Ro of:t:icial re9ort -;,ras .:.a.:.~ to the Air :--::::-ce on th~ae s1Jhting3 ; therefor~, no :tO~ TH2! CONMAl'rDER YU I T.-!E NV: ~EU5 '),c: SEC UP/ TYI This is Ln.reference to your recent letter to the Sm1thsonian.Inat1tut1on on the subject or some unusual phenomena wh1eh has occurred in your Th& Julj 19th sightL"'lg of an rroil spray" type 9a~tern o n ~he :;:ra-33 was. never oftic:Lally .. "e?orted to ~he ~1~ Force. nowev~r, an analyais o~ the 3rass s~nples L,closed with your lettar L~icates that 7-hr.iy con~aln nothL"'lg unusual .rrr.>m that no~lly ht1.ng rrom Spartanburg, South c~rol!l'la o n .;~"le 29th 'lla~ ~.,,..~luaced :1.3 ball 11.ghtn1:n6. The r~cts c ? ~he newapapdr account or ~his sighting u~re much disto~,;ed. The ne'JIIS~aper art1~la ot the Tu::-'nervllle .Si6ht1ngs ia the f1::-s: :~owlad~e that the Air Force ha3 re- c el_,eJ 01.~ ~.1!.3 repor:-r.. ?Jo orflcial ~port ,lfaa mada to ch~ Air rce on th~de s1ghting3~ ~nd therefore, n o evaluation is being made at th13 time. L~eloaed is a summary or information on the Air ~orce 9roject for the L~vr.st1gat1on and evaluation or Un1dentt~1ad Pl7tng Object reports. We think this brochure '~ill help to e.x9lain the UFO phenomena and its cau3es a 11ttle more fully. Sincerely, I:~closure MASTON-M. JACKS r1ajor, USA7 Publio Inl~ormat1on Division Off1oe o~ L~formation ;.,.,.1 rtft F ilii ? rm ": Pnol VOL. XVIII NO. 1-!:~ W.uer 'l't'lii!H!r:llllJ'I! ... . :~ HABF.ltSHAM !JU!te.lU Conception of UFO Tit~ Jlx>ve i.i ... !' .. :.r-...-;;3 inter?retation oi wh:~t m ne ~ei'SUilS .lt : ..:=-:lr,...,tlle s:lw Tu~:;cb ;-night. ,-:"' top or tne '"' e:.:: 'A'nS not visible nnd the bnrm:n : tHIICl r,r .... ~ '! en . hen ~:1c g:e~u li~!lt ~ain.st the ship. or whatever it was. The li~hts ~n the tcp .:lr'" Mt in rhl:'!ir e:GJct position he it i<~ not :.;.ovn what rhe tor> of the nip, where th~y were po.s:ti}ned, :ooks Ilk-:. Jlal1ers h"l Jll t 'lH'<: C>-4ll1rt F:d itr)r ! by te;)o:.mony. (hot tn~ prl'ct:d r 1:1~ h the w t v it hn op .. wtl. ..:nd suc.ld~tlly li~appe:lrccl. L.ltt!r. Enters IBuh~ r'lo:ment kru ruapt:>ut aql to ]'Oltl tl? ~jiLt<JUIOlllb :O! , ! O ~UICO 1141 UO Jl Ul fJUJIHf f>.1:>l1}CJ.lc! ilH aJIIt.Jau.m~ lt' flil.l:iJ.ll a:.-11t p II' ll" J\. "dl.ollj>.; OCHELLE, N . Y., L..'1 pro~ head:d S. 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