Sactoarea California — September 1964

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1.,.. DATE TIME GROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION 4 September 64 Night Sacto Area, Cali fomia 3. SOURCI 10. CONCLUSION Other (PSYCHOlOGICAL) t. NUMl\E R 0, OBJECTS :t-Iultin1.-Encomter with "bein.~s" attributed to P!t"Chological causes. S. LENGTH 011 OIIIRVATION 11. IRIIII SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS All !'light t.. TYP! Of OIS!RVATION Grouni-Via.1al 9. PHYSICAL EVIDINCI SEE CASE FILE. All night encounter with strange beings. !TOTE: Arrow Head and Taped Interview in Specimen File. Ltr, FTD (TDEW), 2 Oct 64, UFO Sighting, Sacto Area, l~t Ind (5200P-I) 552nd ~N&C Wing, McClellan AFB, California TO: Foreign Technology Division (AFSC) Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 1. As requested in basic letter the following information is sub- a. Reference Para 2 -Tape recording and arrowhead forwarded. Also :forwarded is copy of letter :from r.u-. Victor W. KUlick. b. Reference Para 3a -Yes. Due to the area in question being in California's recent fire-danger area, it was ~possible to search the c. Reference Para 3b -As stated in the tape recording of the actual conversation with the individual he beli~ved his companions had b egun a search :for him. d. Reference Para 3c -Approximately 6 to 10 feet. Yes. e Reference Para. 3d -Wi thdra.wal from the immediate area. Yes during the entire encounter. f. Refezence Ptl.n 3e -Attempts of the intruders and/or objects to climb the tree or t o Ji3lodge htm from the tree g. Reference Pan. 3f -Yes, in the tape recording attached to thi3 h. Reference Para. 3g -Interview of a. personal family acquaintance presently employed as instructor for Sacramento City Col1ege as Astronomer, and personal observations of the interviewing o f :f'icia.l.s in two separate interviewing sessions and locations. 1 2. Future UFO Reports will be forwarded as requested in Para 4. ~OR T I:S COOIANDER Ll'z~:: d.Ur/J.ktvA~ notKrtAs \v HA\rl{L""'s Captain, USAF Chief, Administrative Services 1. Tape Recording 2 Arro~.;head VICTOR \V. I(ILLJCK . 1957 4TH AVENUE SACRAMENTO, CALIF. 9S&Ie lb9tnar A1r ?orce ~a~e, .. ,atner ~1eld, S~cr~.nento, C~l . nur1ng tne ls3t 1~ years the ..,,,.r1ter n~s nad charr;a ot the . .&.str.:>no.nl.~al 0:,3arvat.1ry o~" Sa\!ra.uento CJ.ty ;ollet;e. In tr1e courae oi' our orerations I recel.'fe t-?lepnone C9lls and letters frOll Cl:Tili~ns, go1ern1n8nt OI.Licials find the .nilitary se!!l(l.ng identirication o( sKy objects they ret>ort hlif 1ng seen. :-iost 01." the reported signtings concern astron0nic9.l o ... jects, ni~ht flyin~pl9nes, ~earen lightd etc. As yet, I nave never had a hoa~ renort~d. Lest. Sat~rday arternoon a woman, un~no~n to ~e, ohoned ~y re~idence s a;,1n6 sne had ;een r~:'errad to .ne 'ky tne s ra.aento Un1.on. Sne stat~d that her ~on-ln-la~ h~d seen so~ strange li~nts in tne sKy tn~ ~reTious night ~nile on s nunt1ng tr1~ 1n tne .nounta1n3 !:t.nd . ntad to -'now 1t" any one else ned .n9.de a re'"'ort I repl1ed t nat we nad a An.!elee and whicn had ext')loded occurred on Tnur!jay night. repllrt o:" a "rilliant :net~or hsving rassed or~r 1n the S1arr8 e~3t or Vis l1a, hut that e?ent u~5 tioned ne for ci et9 i is on whe. t i1e r son-in-l ~n had seen ~nd she c3ll~d hiu to tha ph?ne. tie told .Dtl t nat on ~rl.d:ay nl.6!1t Ser:>t 3tn., he and two co::p:tnion:: "RP.nt out ior a des r ilunt ... 1tn bows 9.nd arrows 1nto tnP re~ion o:' the Loc~ Leven l'lieet!IJ, ( Tp. lti ~.-&. 13 E.) 1n toe Vlcl.nity south or C1.sco, o~f Hi y 40. ricg tne l'lte 9:.'ternoon they3t!p:.lr~ted to nunt . ~3 dar~'.ness n.p"'r~a~ned ha reali~eci he :-:2s lost &nd rtJ.thar tnan r1s.t tr:, 1n 6 to t'1.ad nJ.s 'll!lj htlcMC. to tneir ca.n:.> 1n the darl( o7ar roubn terra1.na !1t acJc1ceri 1t -.vould he s:1~"er to stay . .,ners ne :sas until da.,.n. (To~.; art a~ tne st.vry cnac~s, as tnara as ''o moon t :1at nl.bfltj . iie s11y1 1e t'o..A::d a tr~e in a orotectad locat1on, cl1.~ ... ed into it and rastened hi el~ to one o~ 1ts ~r9ncne3 w1.th nis ~elt. Soon he noticed a glowing ~1ght .no'ling and ho.trer1ne:; &!0116 a !!e~rhy rid~e. He descrl.~e:-l it 9.~ ~o7in~ l!.ter- al.y ~nd V'ert 1cally, o'ler <Jnd l-teyond the ridge. lt made no sound. It ca:ne closer and at an estir.~ted dist9nce o~ i-:;Lilf9 sorne ~ort or ;tAhicl~ a!'oeared to l~nd on the ridge. ~nortly tnereaL"ter he heqrd a orscktling o t' so:na one arnrosching thr~lltfh t ne ne 9. ~y s nwl""e ry. Two n:.L::l8 n ~It i nc;J, a""o '"'t 5-:'e e t t 'lll, d r~ s sed -.. n \'hi te c9..nA 9 !1d ol,.jec t s 'lp ... eared. T~ese e .n.n1tted a nox1ous g~s wnid'l te~d~:! to ~'3~ 9nd cno~e hi-:L rid sn~t tnrae arro~s at tne.n , one or -:.n1~h n 1.t !l r o "lot ni ln ?. ,l?t~lic S'J:Jnd ~nd '''as J;=}rc:;ri later. ~A 'j.::;:.dlj tore o~' p~rts o :" n1s cr;.,o '19rc;::t=l .).;it, set ~'i!"e t o '"'leces ''"lt.n:l'lstcnes ne carried '3nd dro:-;?~d tne.n to tne l,ro~tnct 1n 9n o ~or~t t0 E"t'1rt 9. ..;,: :lll ~ras9 rira which ~e ho d wo~ld attract tne ~orast s~rv1ce. Tn1s caJsRd tna Vl~it'rJ r f!SC~rt':llned he ~s J.l .n9.rrl.aa llSr1, Zo yra:.r:; ol.i' ~.rlpl-::>ysd a t u.~ro-.iec. r le.nt nere. H 3 5 9 '-\rother also eholoy9d at the s1.ne ~lant. !! ... s nJ. .. tln6 ~:1r~a.onlied :'or s ~1re per.u~t at tne near"Y ranger st9.tlon. ~{! ::t!1t ed ne "~d',., tne ~tory .\'"is ~'l:--c to ~el1.eve a!",d t.~9t ne did no~ want to let l.t bet out 1n t 'ne '1A''.i~r3o~r3, :-.d d1.d not ~ant to r l his n a ,ae, -~hich I d~d not pres s hi~ to do, h~t I d i d fet hin to g i e .ue hi3 mother-in-1,-~ t elaphone n~.Lm"'ter. he 3!3ld he thought it ''93 his d"'ty to noti'y s o:na3ne in !luthority to have the mgtter investiga~ed, ( ~s a ouhl1.c ~e~urity ::latter). On Seot. bth. I recei~ed another tel~ohone 11 ~ron the ~i~e o~ the n. Tney ,nade an appol.ntment to :neet me at my no:ne a r.d_, aooeared shortly arter 1:? ..... , to~ether with h1s ~rother. They ~ro~ght along a ~o~st service nap, p~n-nolnted the location tne episode and ~lso the arrow in ~1.1estion w1tn a dented point. . 1 told tne:n th~t the A1.r ?oroe .nay want to 1nvest ate tne inciden't; that I ?J:l:j s~e?tlcal .nyself, hl.lt wo~ld l1..te to a sc;1st 1n help1ng tne:u ~et to the ~ott.o:n o~ 1t. Tne,said tney wo~ld welcome and gi~e ass13tance to such an investi tion, provided no~p~b!lcity was attacned to 1t. A! ~ar as my contact ~ith tne~ goes, tnAse ~eopla all ap~ear in good heslth ~nd rational. The :'a,o~ily :...elie~es th~ -:n11n' s story. Tney told :oe tnat ,.hen he got ho!:te he wa3 ''as ~ale as ~ she~t", ~nd hadly shaken uo. I did a littla nrohing to try and rind an ulteri~r ~otive ~1t~oat d~cces!. I n9ve a cert~in degr~e or con~idence in their rera3ity and sincer,ty. 1~ you d esire to have the a orivate meeting ~itn tne nrincip~l m~tter i ~vesti terl I think I can 9r~gr. 'l nd his :-a ili ly ':i:-1d y o oJ r i n~1~ s t i6fl to r1 Your s te ry t ruly, Recording, 25 Sep 64, 552 AEW & C \-ling, Intelligence Subject: Interviewer: SMSgt Barnes B!XKIX: I never heard any noise ----out of there. I uh just uh Barnes: Its aaa just something you would never want to meet up 'With uh wouldn't want to be on the ground, that's for sure. Barnes: And uh you uh you covered the didn't uh recovered the see cloth uh you uh recovered a canteen. Yeh, the canteen is there, Barnes : The arrow And the arrow is all that um and Barnes: And you had a physical since then? Yes, I had a complete physical since then. The electrocardigram, uh Chest X-Rays, lungs and uh everything and uh blood tests and uh all you uh Barnes: This, you did this all on your own? Yes, uh uh I just wormd about my o"Wn, I didn't ~""low if I had contacted radioactivity. All with what had ahppened with the gasket, hurt my ,ur.gs, or something so I had it all checked out Okay. Barnes: See this has happened about a -week ago no-w. i t vaa abo.tt t-w-o weeks nov. Barnes : Two weeks. About t...o weeks nov again, yeh. Barnes: Has this bothered you since then? I say uh that e small pain in my chest but uh, it could have been caused by just hanging on to the tree, stuff like that or the cold or it .vas about uh I found out that rrry brother who vas listening to the weather report at home end it was about 36 to 65 so thats pretty cool up there. Barnes: Its a ronder you didn't catch :pnuemonia . Yeh, I ended up with just my tee shirt on. everything. I uh think I bur~t Barnes: I guess that3 uh uh about all I can think of. Uh, O~uy t h a t should do it Captain. 5~ A~el9, CAt ~PAJ~'# fl1= AIIPI'e>-t1'SliA ~vlsiDni CZCGLB984ZCJJH667 DE RUWHSBA 2 25/0005Z FM 552AEVCONVG ~CCLELLAN AFB CALIF TO RUWGALI/ADC RUVHSB/28AIRDIV HAMILTON AFB CALIF RUIAGL/AFSC" RUEAHQ/CSAF RUEAHQ/OSAF WASH DC UNCLAS 52 COP-I 9-271. UFO REPORT. FOR ADOIN, 280DC, AFNIN, AND SAFOI. THE FOLL REPORT OF UFO SIGHTING SUBMITTED lAW AFR 200-2: A. Cl> ROUND, FLAT, WITH EXTENDED GLOWING LIGHT. (2) UNKNOWN DUE TO DARKNESS. C3> SILVER WITH GLOWING LIGHT. (4) THREE IN FORMATION. C5> THREE. C5) PROJECTED LIGHT. (7) NONE. (8) WHIRRING SOUND. C9) NONE. B. Cl> LIGHT APPEARED ABOVE RIDGE LINE. <2> HORIZCNTAL TO RIDGE. C3> UNKNOWN. C4> CIRCLED INDIVIDUAL IN FOREST AREA, AT APPROX 50 -100 FEET. (5) NOT OBSERVED c6> THREE TO SIX HOURS. C. <1> GROUND VISUAL. <2> NONE. C3> N/A. D. (J) SEPT 5, 1964. <2> DUSK-DA~N. E. EIGHT MILEU FROM CISCO PAGE 2 RUVHSBA 2 UNCLAS GROVE, OFF HIGHWAY 40 -NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. F. MR. , ORANGEVALE, CALIF. PAINTER -E MATURE NOT IN SPECULATE. C2> NIA. G. C!> ~AJOR SIGHTING TOOK ?LACE AT OUSX TO DARK. (2) NIA. C3) N/A. C4> N/A. (5) N/A. (5) N/A. C1> 54,-75 DESREES. H. UNKNOWN. I. NONE. J. UNKNOWN. K. INTEL OFFICER -SOURCE IS CIVILIAN -APPROX AGE 27 AND CONVINCED OF ENCOUNTER DESCRIBED IN FOLLOWING SUMMARY. 1. SUMMARY OF TAPE INTERVIEW FOLLCVINS. CY OF RECORDED INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY CAPT MC CLOUD, WITH SMSGT R. BARNES CF 5200P-I ON 21 SEP 64, PRESENTLY HELD IN OUR Fit.fS PENDING INSTRUCTIONS. SUMMARY -ON FRI 4 SEPT t 964, THREE INDIVS FROM THE SACTO AREA WERE ON A BOW AND ARROW HUNTING TRIP BETWEEN AUBURN AND TRUCKEE ON US HIGHWAY 40. IN THE VICINITY CF CISCO GRCVE, APPROX 8 MILES NORTH OF EMIGRANT GAP, THE PARTY OF THREE BECAME SEPARATED. THE FOLL UFCB CGRCUND VISUAL> SIGHTING rs A VOLNTAR KTATEMENT TA!<EN FRO~ XR OF ORANGEVALE, CALIF, REGARDING HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE DURING THE NIGHT OF 5 SEPT 1 964: MR WITNESSED THREE UNIDENTIF lED FLYING OBJECTS, EACH EQUIPED WITH. A PROTRUDING AND ROTATING LIGHT THAT El'JITTZD C OOING NOISES IN THE L OCH t~VEN L.~KE AREA F~OM E~RL Y DUSK TO LATE t~ TnE EVENING. U?CN FIRST NOTICING TH~ LIGHTS .~NF troa 552 ~OinO McClellan AP.B, Calltornla l''fD ( recpet tor t 2 Oet 64 and l7 8 Oet 64 intonation, Letter troa , 9 Sep 64 ot the Aatronollical Obaerntoey ot Sacraaento Cit7 College and trancr1pt1on ot Tape between vitneaa and innatiptor HEADQUAATI!AS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AI,_ trO.-CE SYSTEMS COMMAND UNIT&D ITATal AI" ~O"CK W"I.MT~ATTK"ION AI" ~O"C& aAIK, OMIO ATTN Oft TDEW suaJtCT: UFO Sight1DS Sacto Area, 4 Sep 64 TO: 552 AEW & c Wins McClellan AFB, California 1. Rete renee your mea sage 5000PP-I 9-271, 25 Sep 64, pertaining to an unidenti:fied tl.yiDs obJect reported by Mr 2. Request tape recording and other materials received in conjunc- tion w1 th the-referenced UFO report be forwarded to this oft' ice 3. Request the following questions be asked of the investigating officers, Capt McCloud and SMSgt R Barnes: a. Did the interviewing officers feel that this occurance could have been attributed to an owl or other eucb birds or animals, coupled with an overactive i~ination on the part of the witness? lights noticed were believed to be a b. Witness stated that helocopter looking for him. Was the reason for this statement ascer- c. Regarding the loud crashing in the brush. What was the cloaest approach of the two h11man like figures that were crashing through the brush? were the objects Yhich reacted to the fire the same a s those which crashed through the brush? d. ~/hat form rlid the violent reaction take 'When fire was thrown? Were the obJects on the ground wen .fire vas thrown at themt e. What 'to1m ot barraasment caused the witness to climb higher into the trees? f. Reference is made to a moveable UFU figure with a light. Was this described in detail? YOU THE NUCLEUS 01' SECURITYI PAGE 3 RUWHSBA 2 UNCLAS / BELIEVING THEM TO BE A Hl .COPTER LOOKING FOR HIM, M THREE SIGNAL FIRES ON THE RIDGE OVERLOOKING GRANITE CREEK VALLEY. THE LIGHT APPEARED TO 8 THREE SILVERY OBJECTS THAT WERE ATTRACTED TO THE LOCALITY OF MR DROPPING TWO UNKNOWN OBJECTS IN THEIR .DESCENT AND CIRCLING HIS POSITION. WITHIN A FEW MINUTES HE HEARD LOUD CRASHING IN THE UNDERBRUSH BELOW HIS POSITION AND SINCE IT WAS TRAVELING IN HIS DIRECTION, HE TOOK SANCTUARY IN THE LOWER BRANCHES OF A TALL PINE TREE. HE THEREUPCN WITNESSED TWO HUMAN-LIKE INDIVIDUALS'APPROACHING HIS POSITION AND THAT OF THE SIGNAL FIRES. THEY WERE GARBED IN A SILVER-LIKE SUIT BUT VIFUALLY HAD THE COMPLETE, ABSENCE OF A NECK. THESE STRANGE INDIVS HAD UNUSUAL FACIAL FEATURES ESP Y IN TKE REGION OF THE EYES THAT PROTRUDED EXTENSIVELY. 'MR BELIEVES THAT HE WAS NOTICED BY THESE INDIVS AND THAT THEY TRIED TO DISLODGE HIM FROM KIS TREE POSITION, AND THAT A THIRD wALIEN INDIV DIFFERING FROM THE TWO PREVIOUS TYPES APPEARED ON THE SCENE. THIS INDIV IS REFERRED TO BY MR AS A "ROBOT" CFOR LACK OF A BETTER DESCRIPTION> AND THAT HE FIRED sn~E ARROWS AT THE ROBOT BUT FAILED TO DISTRACT OR DIVERT ANY OF THE UNIDENT- IFIED INDIVS. HE TRIED FIRE BY LIGHTING PARTS OF HIS CLOTHING AND THROWICG IT AT THE INDIVS, TO WHICH THEY HAD VIOLENT REACTIONS. PAGE 4 RUWHSBA 2 UNCLAS IT WAS AT THIS TIME THAT ALIEN'UFOBS REACTED ALSO TO THE FIRE BY ASCENDICG UPWARDS. MR EXPERIENCED PHYSICAL REACTION TO A VUPOR E~ITTED FROM THE ROBOTS AND BLACKED OUT. HIS BOW WEDGED INTO A CROCK OF THE LIMB OF THE TREE WHICH PREVENTED HIS FALLING AND LATER THE CONTINUAL HARASSMENT CAUSED HIM TO CLIMB HIGHER INTO THE TREE AND USING HIS BELT HE STRAPPED HIMSELF TO THE TREE. THE ALIEN INDIVS CCMMUNICATED TOGETHER VIA AN UNINTELLIGIBLE "COOING NOISE ASIWELL AS THAT CCMMUNICATION VECTORED FROM THE MOVABLE LIGHT CN FOB VEHICLE. REGAINING CONSCIOUSNESS AT THE EARLY DAWN, MR DISCOVERED THE UFOS ANDICCCUP~NTS HAD DISAPPEARED. HE REJOINED HIS HUNTING COMPANIONS AND TELLING THEN HIS STORY RECEIVED REMARKS TH~T IT PROBUBLY HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ME~ORITE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WAS LOOKING FOR. HE TOLD HIS STORY TO HIS FATHER-IN-LAW WHO PROMPTED HIM TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE AUTHORITIES. MR CONTACTED A LOCAL USTROMETERINSTRUCTOR WHO SUBSEQUENTLY lED MATHER AFB OFFICIALS. INTELLIGENCE OFFICERS AT NATMER AFB NOTIFIED NCCLELLAN AFB AND THE INTELLIGENCE MEMBERS OF THE 552AEW&C WG ACCOMPL HED THE INTERVIEW ABOVE. REMARKS OF THE INTERVIEWER: MR IS A LOCAL RESIDENT AND IS ~??RCX 27 YRS OF AGE, MARRIED, AND PRESENTLY E~?LOYED AT A LCCAL PAGE 5 RUWHSBA 2 UNCLAS MISSILE PRODUCTION PLANT. HE APPEARS STABLE AND CONSISTENT IN TELLING HIS STORY AND BELIEVES THAT THE ABOVE OCCURRED AS DESC~!9ED. AS ACTUAL T.!\PE RECORDING N.~RRATI ON CF' HIS EN~OUNTER IS HELD I~ THIS OFFICE AS WELL AS THE ONLY A~RC~ fT~ED DUR!~IG THIS ENCOUNTER AND A CY OF A LETTER OF THIS U~OB NARRATED TO A LOCAL CIVILIAN EDUCATOR AND PASSED ON TO MATHER AFB OFFICIALS IS ALSO ON FILE IN THIS OFFICE. g. What is the basis for saying is mature and stable? 4. It is requested that in the tu.ture, UFO reports be addressed to the Foreign TeChnology Division (FTD), wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio and not AFSC ( F'TD) , Andrews AFB, Md. Co lone 1, USAF uty for Technology and Subsystems