Hn~t/man/SAFOICC/72~/10 , . J.issouri f roject ~luebo~k t:fr.i:.r,ht-Patterson Air Foro.e .3ase Dayton. , ) Ohio- Thi:s is to report. a mysterious si~t which I. sa'lr in the sky at 5A1'i r,~onday June 28th thi.s year. (, Sinc.e that time r have. wat..che.d the. p;ap.erc reports froc others \'tho m.i~ht hav.e also aeen the.. same. bu)t. ju.st. t.oda:r I note mention in. th.e Kansas Cit~ paper. of_ v~rlou;a a:bsarvat:ions and. a st.r :nent: that you hav.e a lia.t of 6~7 si~htin~s which. are unidentified ) . I will start by saying th-at at the t1nte and pi.ace mentio~ed abova I \Ta! awake but still 1n bed in the northeast corner apatairs room_ of my home at 308 East lOth Street. , , Trenton , l~ii:.ssouri C irrundy-County ) 'trhen a ' bright: light. suddenly appeared on the west. wal1-. of my r.:Jonr. If I had b E downstairs I probably ,.,ould have dismissed the thought or anythi~. onl:J car ligh.1i: ehiniii3 in:, bu.t-: realizing that .. that was impo.a~ible m the. u~ps.i room~ I -got up and went to the eas~-windo~t to investigate .. ~lreo:tJ.:y-in the nor.theast~ I saw a fiery oblon; abou~t thS= size of thr.ee full mo:>na ~ side by side and it .1ave me th.e impression. that the sky was orr f.ire .. A.~ watched it a ppeared to roll and jerk and sent what looked like flame~ L vrard It did not mo~we otherwise as a :flying object and it. was so; br..i~r 1t hurt my eyes to look at it .Ju .. t I \Tatched it for about t.en minu .. tee. t. it gradually died away as any fire would have done , bu ... t it did NOT i'aJ to the ground , nor mov:e from its ori;inal location. To my knowledi;e no one else in this co~n::unity saw t his . I did not. s .e e _ account or it in. our 1 a cal. paper n~r hear of any one else see 1ng i .t:.. I: not call any of the neighbors as they would not yet have b~en. up. that e and my 87 year oJ.:d father. l'ras the only other person in the home (. my. ht band having left shortly before then for his work as custodian of tha county court hotJse ) And. I _ did not: wish to.~ leave the 'rind.o.w. b.u.t t.o.. '-~'c ~ntil it disa-ppeared, or I could decide what it might be. If you have other reports similar or know what I may have s aen I wou~d ac~reciate the information . I might add. that my son \>Tho lives 1n Cincir Chi~ wrote that I had seen the sun r1s1n~ in the northeast Bu~ h a 1a ::2ist a ken ---I have sean the sun rise :nany times and t here is no compal i s on { I am 57 ye~rs old ). l.Co st sincerel Trenton o~.issouri G4)33 1. OJ. TE . 'fiME GAOUP 28 June 65 ?.8/llOOZ 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 1 0 'Iimtt cs 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION f'}roun::l- Visual Sto.tiono.ry 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENC! 'i'renton , i :.i3soul'i 10. CONCLUSION Astronoj ic.:;.l ( stm) Sun in ;:os:i. tion of rl.~pmtcd of i.h e risin; sun. 11. lltll, SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Evclu-ted a s a refraction Obj cct three ti 1cs si~c of moon on hol~izon in !Jorth Ea=::t. So brij1t that ri tm.:ss wes Nere hurt. Sky looked like i t 'a s fire. App::lo.red to roll o.nd jerk and fl.anes shot UIJ\rard. \'latched for 10 minutes. Fire c;radually died dO\m. U!'Q Sighting, Trenton, Missouri, 28 J'un 65 Hq USAF SAFOICC (Mrs Hunt) neference the attache d lette r from Ya-s H G Rains reporting an unidentified object which she observed on the morning of 28 Jun 65. The following is a suggested rep~: a. Dear Mrs Rains, lve h ave r eceive d your letter, in which you describe the observation of a.n object on the mornina of 28 J\lne 1965. On 28 J\me sunrise at Trenton, Miasouri occurred a t 449am on a mognetic heading of 06o degrees. Your letter does not mention the position of the sun With relation to the posi- tion of the object which you observed. From the informati on which you have s ubmitted, the Air Force tendo to agree with your son' s analysis of your observation. We also believe that you sav the sun rising in the Northeast. We hove received no additional reports from thi.a area FOR THE COMMANDER JONCKIIE!I~RE Colonel, USAF Deputy for Technology and SUbsystems Ltr fm Mrs H G Rains Mrs Hunt/man/SAFOICC/72842/10 Aug 65 Dear l1rs. Rains: Thio iG in reply to :,rour l ot:.tcr 1n 'rhich you deacr1bcd your o1>GCnation o-r oo ol>Jcct on the roorninn o1' 28 Juml 1965. D:.l$c'i on t ha do. teL vbich yoll submi ttcd, the Air Force tcnda to agree 'Vi th your oon a o.ooJ.;yoio th&t you so."Ll the sun rioing i n tha nor-thcaot even t houch you dld not m~ntiou the poEdtion oX t he oun \tlUt relation to the pceltion of the object which you obccrved. SUnrise occurred a.t T.Lcnton, Mioaoun. on that oatc at 4:49 am on a heading oz OC'O dezroc3 . lt1rs; n. 0 . Ru.1ns 300 East lOth Street Trenton, Misoouri 6h683 S1nccraly, J0!:1 P . SPAULDIT.G Lt Colonel , U&\? Civ11 Branch CO"mrauni ty Relntlons Division Office o~ Information CC YR~I:{ATi::D sAr-=-o!t~ de r cy _ :.;Ji!,'OI _ l lvlty c y _ ~A~nr Trenton , . _.,~is s ou ri Project Jlueb~ok 11ri3ht-Patterson Air Force Ease ~ayton , , Ohi'o.. Thi:s is to report.. a mysteriou a s i ;,2;ht which ~ sa\>T in the sky at 5Alli Ivionday June 28th thi:s year. C Sinc.e that time I hav.e watched the p:apera fo.Jt. reports froiJ others ''~ho might have a l s o seen the s a me. burt. j u.st.. today. I not.e mention in the Kansas City pape r of v~rious o_bsar.vations and a st.ate.- ment tha t y ou have a list of 657 si;;htin~s which are unidentified ) . I will start by sayin G that at the time and place mentioned abov e I was awake but still in bed in the northeast corner apstairs r oom of my home at 300 East lOth Stre e t , . Trenton , r-!issouri (, ~rundy County ) ,,,he n a v ery brir.;ht l ie;ht sudde nly a ppeared om the ""'eat wall of my r:JOm. If I had b e en do\>mstairs I probably would have dism~s sed the thought of anythin 3 oniy ~ car lirz;ht ehinin5 in, but reali z i n{5 that that was i mpo.ssible i n t he. Upstair.::