1. OA ~:; t TIHI:; GROUP 2. LOCATION 5-20 november 64 Uil#lt 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS st Petersburg , Florida 10. CONCLUSION SATEJ.I.ITES, A:mCRAFT Sightings resemble SatelJite t=assages arrl A/C sighting report3. 5. LENGTH OF OISIItVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual Usualzy Sou t h 9. PHYSICAL EVIDEHC! 11. lltll' SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Multiple r eports of object. Obj:! cts viewed from Nov 5-20. Sightings include ECHO passage arxl on. occa3i on more than one object was obs erved a t the sane tine UNID&NTIFIBD AERUL OBJECT -november, 1964 Thla obj~et s9pears abou t tha aa~ siza and brightness a s tbe plandt .Jupi ~ar. The speed - a a nearly all ean ba judged -a::ld genel'al motion tba sarua aa that or the Echo aAtellitea. How9Vel'~ it is mucb brighter ?ec~ll~r cbaractar1st1cs are: Dat1n1ta turns at times~ someti~ea twice duriog one pass. ~base are not just curvea, but an :.brupt change of ga~ral direotlon. The path at ti~es has t~ndad more to the weat than the esst ot a north-south lin$. This object baa been notad to stop and pause ~or 3 or 4 second before graduall7 growing di~ till invisible. en t~o o~easiona after dimming out a bright flash aa that of a flash-bulb ~ad 1n pbotog1apby waa noted after a ~ait of 30 to 60 38\}onda. end this i n tbia aame spot the objeot vanished. The sehedulea u.ed 1n locating the satallitea Echo I and Echo II wer$ ob- tained from tbe Sc1ance Depertment or the Junior College and their planet- arium and vere to tbem bY' t-h-. who is bead ot Moon- watch bare. !~. 1s arril1ated with the Smithsonian Astroph7s1cal Obaervator7 in Cambr1 ge, Maas. He uaaa a tracking teleacope provided bY' , Srai tbaon1an. _ When no time baa ben tor one or the other Echo Satellitea on the aocompnJing log, Mr. bad previouly stated tbat 1t wou~d not b8 viaibl on teat night 1n 1 ara.. The l~r3t ti~ Mr. waa contacted ~itb a request tor 1d9nt1f1oation of thi~ cbjsct. be stated tbat it waa neither satellit and that it m be a n airplane. He waa not intereat~d in furtbar 1nvet1gati~n. Tha Zollow1ng nigbt (the 17th) an obaerver pboned !~. with the re- queat that he go out and look 1n a ap~cif'io location ot tbe k1 anQ the obj sot for b1maal1". He vaa tinall7 persuaded to do ao and upon bia return to tbe pbone axpreaaed tbe opinion tbat there were 400 objacta 1n 1 orbit up there enil thia was not one ot tbem and be had no 1dea wbat it tni6!'lt be but would like to be not1.t1ed of ita next appearance. On tba l8tb Mzt. 1"ollowed tbe object vltb the teleaoope and stat ad tbat.it waa at leaat 700 mile in beigbt and appeared as ju$t a round ball ot light. He ~her Hid be believed it waa Echo II and that he waa in error in his aabedule ot ita appearance ~or tbose nlgbta. When 1nror~ed tha it bad been appearing simultaneou.ly with Echo I and with Scho II, be aa1d that vaa not unwsual, that aometimea both would appear at tbe sae time. Ecbo II and Bcbo II? But be etuok to his Echo II 1denti.tioat1on. HovaTer, on tbe l9th he submitted a U?O report to Cambridge. '!be afternoon ~ the 19th MI-.~ phoned tbe caller of the previoua tvo evening a vitb the glad tiding that be had ju.1t that daY' reoei ved the achedulaa tor Ecbo II nd that all was well and not to worry anymore, that tbia confirmed bia 1dent1tieat1on or the object as Echo II. T~e ~Y8ni~ ot the l9~b ~till liilllotber obaftr7CJr y honad :?OOt-'-tr. !C~ll] 1th a qu~r7 oanoerning the objac~ that bad juat paaaed over. ~ithout a3king for t~a location ot tba object, the direction or tbe time, be rspliad that it u ,..J Echo II. tihen tba oallar askad tor the Echo II sobedula, Mr. Kelly ata";9d that he did not bavs an7 tw Echo II. The St,s Pateraburg Time, th morning pAp~r, of rroveawer 20 oarriad a n i t~m beadd, 3cho 'lislbl~ 1.n 8Jilj .1.r'9a T~1.a ".(on-cb., ~!:le 1 ";am !':onst3 t-"d Dl Gae ~wafJduJ.a tor ..3oho l .:or ~he ~non&o .. nr?UBD ~.o, -d3~h. l o .n'.lll-x;i.-:>.a ;).( ' Jben still another caller aaked Mr. to check on tbe Bcbo II scbedul~ to~ a tew daya previous, be was in.f'ormed that tbar$ was none. !-h-. probably conaidera bimaelt aat upon by a conapirao,7. In tbia h t 1a m1 ~be caller were diacuaalng tbe entire m7atery in a group and eacb leam eel the ot be 1"8 bad called Mr. The fac' tbat tb1a object 1a berein call&ld an "Unidentified Aarial Object' is not to suggeat that tbe obaerver5 bali~ve it to be a so-called flying- aucer. Tbe appellation ia a'taobed to it aimpl7 becauae it is soma ~ort o! object b16b ov~baad nd no otber da1gnat1on ao aptly deaorlbas it. Thia Gb jeot ia de.t1n1tel.y not an airplne. It 1a not a balloon. And it abould be d11"!1cult tor a bird to attain tba' altitude. ~be =oon baa re- mained 1n tba aame apot vbile tb1a unknown moved across tbe aq. V.enua ia Dol yet up to be aeen at tbe bo\uta ol tb obaarvationa. Tbe alq t.a bet.:J re:uarkabl7 oleazt ot olouda tor aome time except tor tbe datea vbezte oloucla ware noted 1D the log. On the 20th tbe clouds oama 1:l banda and while one part or tbe aky would be obaoured another would be quite cleaz-. On two o\ber oooaaiona tbere were quite oattered olouda but no' a\lftioient to hamper v1eving movins objects U'JID3:t1IFIZD .r13RIAL OBJECT -Bov.smbar, 1964 Da t s 'l'ime UAO startad ver1 low ln due north. Rose up 1n dir~otion toward due soutb. At 45 heigbt it etopped about 3 saoond3 and grsw di~er till invisible. UAO .trom low dua nortb toward dua south. about 3 second a and dimmad out. Bobo I from low northwest to nc:rtbeast. UAO. Botb v1s1bla at same time. At zenith stoppdd Pas:sed r1g!lt under UAO f':toaa due nortb to due soutb, horizon to horizon. UAO ~om north-nortbeaat to south-aoutbeaat. Bob~ I ver7 low from nortbveat to nortbeat. Bcbo I due but alq oompletel7 obacured b.r olouda. U&O nortbe to aoutbeaat. tJAO nortbvea' towar4 nortbeaat. Stopped about i 1neb {as mea- aured at uma length) veat or ?olar1a. Pauaed tben dimmed out. Eobo II fro law 1n nortbweat. lL\0 hom nortbeaat to soutbea:at. Bobo II bigb 1D no~bweat. UlO r.rom nortbweat to wet-sou~bweat. A detinita turn was obaerved -a~oat a corner. Bobo II nom nortb to aoutb. UAO hoa nortbveat tovarci nortb~aat. Stopped about 1 incb w' or Capella, pauaed 3 or 4 aeoonda, d11JJJ1ed out. Deltber :Scbo waa aobeduled to be viaibla tbia date. UAO a toted in north-northeast, traveled toward aoutb-soutb- v' till about lSO past zenith tben made definite turn to ~aoutbeaat. UAO aade anotber paaa tro nartbveat to nortbeaat but the time ia !lo oer,a1n. Both viewed through binoc\llars by 1nd1- V1duala in oppoaite aeotiona ot town. Sbape ot ligbt roughlY' v1dar than bSgb. No object diacerned behind 11gbt. , 7&~ Bcbo I hoa low nortbweat ~ nartheaat. 8 tl8 Kobo II due but aq completely obacured by olouda. . 7 &20 VlO ~irat aighted jua' below ?olar1a. Stopped and paused &bOll' 1 1nob vea' ~ Capella betore 'di ~t. 7:47 Bcho II high in nortbweet. 7:20 UAO t1'011 nortb-nortbweat to eouth-aoutbweat. 3~04 3obo I nortbveat ~o northeaat. 6 ~50 UAO :t'roca juat below 2ol&l"ia to 3outb-aoutbwet. 6:50 Echo I nortbweat to northaast. ?sssad balov UAO. UAO rrom hig b nortbeat t o aoutheaat. Eobo I rrom low nortbweat o high nortbeaat. UAO n-om :lor4ih-nortbwat 3 ou-;t-.. aat. Bobo I rro. nartbveat ~xw.Sw Eobo I dua low 1n north. 'l'oo oloud7. UAO nonbvaa to aoutbveat in olaar portion ot sky. I~ESTIGATION INTERPLANETARY INTELLIGENCE UNIDENTIFIED OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA. St. Petersburg , Florida 33710 Nove mber 21, 1964 Hajor Hector Quintanilla H~ FTD (AFSC) Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio Dear Maj. Quintanilla: Herewith attached is a log of our observations of an unidentified aerial object. r~. Hayden C. Hewes suggasted we forward this to you f o r your information. .-le have been unable to reconcile these sigbting s with the available schedules for Echo I and Echo II. W. F. RIEFER H. C. HEWES Associate O~rector Deputy Director 1:le would appreciate your advice as to the identification of this object. Yours truly, Joan ~-lhritenour Representative f or State of Florida Mrs..) Helen G. Hartmann t!amber: Aerial Phenomena Research Or ganization St. Petersburg, Florida 33709 HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND UNITED STATE S All' ,.. OI'ICI WIUGHTPATTEI'ON All' "OI'C. BAa. OHIO sueHCT: UFO Sightings, November 1964, Florida Hq USAF SAFOI PB (Mrs Hunt) Reference the attached letter from Joan Whritenour and Helen G Hartmann pertaining to unidentified flying objects. 2 . The following is a suggested reply: v We have received your.reports f rom 5 - 20 Nov 64 regarding various observations of satellites and satellite like objects. On the limited data presented for each observation it i s impossible to make a firm statement as to the caus e of each observation. However, no data was presented to indicate that these sigbtings could not have been caused by the passage of various satellites and/or high flying aircraft. In reporting observations a certain minimum amount of info~tion is re~ired for evaluation; this includes a description of the v object, duration of the sighting and the time motion sequence if the obJect has reported motion. 'lbese objects reported may or may not be caused by the same phenomena. aowever, it is quite likely that ECHO I and II were the ~ause ot moat of the si~tings. Those sigbtings making definite "tu.r:Js,(not an i llusion) have:fsignificant periods of time, vere p:-obabl y caused by airc~. The ECHO schedules "for November are ~ Tbe charscteristics presented do not indicate a balloon observa- tion, astronomical planets or other phenomena; however, it is dift'icult to determine how the witness can state that the object was definitely not an airplane. 1. Ltr Whritenour & Hartmann Deputy f or Technology 2 . Echo s chedules a::d Subsystems YOU THE N UCLEUS OF SECURITY/ 9 December 1964 I ~ritenour and Mrs Hartmann: We have received your reports from 5-20 Novem- be~ 1964 regarding various observations o~ satellites and aatell1te-11ke objects. On the limited data presented for each obser- vation, it 1a impoaaible to make a tirm statement as to the cause or each observation. However. no data waa presented to indicate that these sight~ could not have been caused by the passage of' various satellites and/or high flying aircraft. In reporting obaervationa a certain rrlnimum a mount or inrormation is required for evaluation. This includes a description ot the objeot, duration or the sighting, and the t1=e motion sequence 1t the object has reported motion. 'these objects reported may or may not be cawsed by the sma phenomena. However, it is quite likely that BCHO I and II were the cause or most of the sighttngs. Thoae a1ght1ngs making det"1n1te turns and having aignU"icant periods ot time were probably eauaect by airoratt. The ECHO schedules tor November are attached The ohazaoteriatiea presented do not indicate s balloon obeenation, astroncwical planets, or other p However, it is d1rt1eult to determ1ne h~ tbe rltn s can state that the object was def"1nitel7 not an airplane. Sincerely, 1 .\tch .;rtA.STON !4. J~CX3 ECHO Schedulas r1ajor, USA.B' Ch1sf, Pictorial Braneh r.11se Joan ltJhritenour and Public Information Division Mrs. Helen Hartmann Or f!ce of Inrormat1on Aerial Phenomena Research Organization