, ( 2 Hitno~scs) 10. CONCLUSION UNID~TIFiliD .1. NliH~C R OF OBJECTS !i. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 4 1/2 l1inutes 6. T1PE OF OBSERVATION Ground-Visual ~. PttOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FTD scp 63 0329 (TOE) 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observers were dr.i. ving along on hit;hwuy 3 5 when one o oscrv~..r noticed a small cluster of star-like objects . She rested i .v~. attention on them because they were brifY1ter thnn other and were c.lustclted so closely together. A f ew Gecoa:is lr~ t.cr : she noticed that they were rnovine relative to s everal n(; r o) stars, seeminglY at a slow rate of speed. It was at thi s point she mentioned the objects to the other o b s erver. made a few oomroonts an:i continue d driving, up and saw four circular, oranr,c-yclloH, from E to \v. Three were at the v cr t ice3 movi. ng with the obtuse vertex in the direction of i'li,_:j, .. "'. fourth object seemed to b e at cquilibriwn in the center o1 \ .. ~.: triangle and moved relative to the other th ree wit h rl:L;):iCj sporadic motion fore and aft, along the direction off~ . .;-: ... , 1\lll moon. DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS 5TH MILITARY AIRLIFT WING (RESERVE)(~) DOBBINS AIR FORCE BASE, GEORGIA 30060 6 September 1966 UFO Information TOI AF cs (FTD) Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 Refere our letter of 30 August 1966, regarding by on 26 August 1966. Attached info~ation rega ng that sighting, which should to a d a part of the original information. UFO sighting made is additional be made an attachment Base Operations Officer (IZ.) whe" fke. cenfe; "t;4jed "(ll'lltt) w,.c ,fs fYI~Sf fH WtArJ fOS,'ft'OI'l (1:ee ~''ft.t#'e) J -f1..~1"t! o i ft...c re1t'o11 w hut! ft.,.e /e,.J/t-~'1 t:JbJ't;tc+ aH./ #.e. cev.f~,. ()bjec f-O'lrtr IArr' Clarh ~rot), 11t.~-z ()c.c tA t-YeJ P/1 1'1 o 111ce and -Hte~ o,. I~ lor ~ I ci:Jh.'f H/nk Htof o/1..{.; wos t'M/orft,l11 tu1fi'/ f /.Jas Deff. ~cdJ .ftt.ttf -ft...'$ CI'JIA IJ l,e 1< Y't:.>St< It of ff..e /ltltf COQ!.e 1., ftJYfeYE'I"ce ) ~ow-e..ro .J -1/..,'$ tvoall Jt'cii fe .ft. iJ f-..fl.~ ~ Ai od-: " were t r a., -. f 11 r e 11 + Contact was made with schedue1ing section or the 17th BW, WP AFB, Ohio (74474). They had no record or any aircraft being in the refueling trRck Crimson Star on the night or 26 August 66. From t~e to t~e other organizations use this track but the 17th BW knew nothing or any other aircrart being on the track on or at the t~e in question The Flip Lew Altitude High Speed Training Reute Chart -Eastern u.s. was used to try and determin~ if any aircraft on a lew levei training mission could have been responsible for the observation. There are several lew altitud~, high speed routes in the area or the sighting. The most logical route was l .. ked at but aecrding to the l-filitary Training Routes Flight Infor- mation Publicatih it is only used during daylight hours. Proposed reply to letter Reference 10Ur letter o~ been placed 1n the unidentified catesory alnee to find en explanation tor )'OUr observation. 1967 (S1ght1ng26Aus6E)) Your a1gb.t1Dg bas have been unable Dear sirs; Huntsville, Alabama 5 November 19A7 It has been over a year now since I sent you the report of a UFO si~hting, or rather a UAP as I referred to it. I am in- terested in whether or not you have any remarks to offer as to what your findings were. Surely you have had enough time The report which you should have in your files was made very soon after I ( and my family) made the sighting. Since then I have consider it for a long period of time and arrived at some possibl~ important findings. These findings are included in the conplete report enclosed. Please consider it carefully. I am no amateur when it comes to aerodynamics. I have completed all requirements for the Ph.D. in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech with the exception of the thesis. I presently am employed by NASA-MSFC h ere in Huntsville. From 1958 until 1962 I was employed by Thiokol Chemical Corp. a s propulsion evaluation engineer on t h e Pershing missle system. So you see I'm not a nutJJ Thank you for your time and waiting for your immediate reply OFFICIAL STATEMENT MADE TO DOBBINS U. S. AIR FORCE BASE, MARIETTA, GEORGIA, ON AUGUST 30, 1966, OF A BIOirriNO OF AN "UNIDENTIFIED FLYING ODJECT(O )" -AT GAYLESVIIJ.E, ALABAMA, 8:55 P.M. CST (NO DAYLIGHT SAVING) ADDITIONS TO ORIGINAL STATEMENT MADE AND UNDERLINED MAY 16, 1967, HUNTSVILLE, HUNTSV IIJ.E, ALABAMA STATEMENT TO USAF DOBBINS AIR FORCE BASE Friday, 26 August 1966 my wife, three children and I were traveling from Atlanta, Georgia to Huntsville, Alabama. Our trip began on US 41 !;orth to Highv1ay 20, throue h Rome, Georgia to the State line where High- "'ay 20 becomes Highway 9 Four miles po.nt the State line we inters~cteU. Hl;;hway 35 at approximately 8 :51 pm CST. It was at this time that my ,.,ife first saw a small cluster of star-like objects. We turned North onto 35 and the objects, which my wife noticed were then at our upper right ( about two o'clock). She said her attention rested on them because they were brighter than other stars and because they were clustered s o closely together. She said nothing to me at this time. A few seconds later, she noticed that they were moving r el ative t o several "near by stars." They moved toward our right, away from us and down -seemingly at a slow r ate of speed . I t Has tlv::n that she first made comment of the objects to me. She said "Ther e's an airp l ane f lying up there." She pointed.in the general direction. I paid little attenti on to this. Approximately one minuted later, she said " It's c oming down; I think it's going to land." To this I comrnented that commercial airplane s just do not land in the middle of God's Country. She the n looked over toward me and then back out t he window and siad, "That's the biggest air- plane I have ever seen; It's going to l and!" It was then that I looked up (about 11 o'clock) d irectly i n a p l a ne containing the objects and our stationwagon and approximately normal to the road. The objects had made a smooth maneuver turning from East t o passing ove r us. I Dnmediately applied the brakes bringing th e car t o a s t op on the side of the road. I rolled down the window while the car was slowing down. four circular, orange-yellow, glowing, objects moving from East to West. Three were at the vertices of an obtuse triangle moving with the obtuse vertex in the direction of flight. The fourth object seemed to be at equilibrium in the center of the triangle and move~ relative to the other three with rapid sporadic motion fore and aft, along the direction of flight, once leaving the confines of the triangle itself in the aft direction The objects passed directly overhead nonnal to the highway and of f into the distance. There was no noticeable wind on the ground, the temperature in Fort Payne, Ala. was 65 F (approximately 16 miles away), the sky wa s clear - so clear that I could have easily driven my car by the bright moon light (there was a 3/4 full moon), which '\vas behind me and :;hinnlne ove r my left shoulder. The objects were far off in the west at 8:55 ( 1/2 min) pm CST (no daylight saving time). \'Then I rolled down the window and the objects were directly overhead, and for all time thereafter during the observation, the objects produced no detectible soundl FACTUAL OBSERVATIONS: (1) The size of the objects when directly overhead had a relative diameter from 1/5 to 1/4 that of the moon's diameter or about the size of a fingernail 30" from the eye. (2) The objects' formation increased in size approximately seven to ten times The time of final observation was 8:55 pm CST + l/2 minute. (4) The objects were circular. (5) The triangular pattern was maintained by the objects for the duration of the observation. color of the light received by us was orange-yellow when at maximum size and bright white when first sighted. (7) The objects made a smooth maneuver, burning from East to West. (8) There was no noticeable wind on the ground and visibility was excellent for that time of night. (9) The moon was bright and about 3/4 full. (10) All objects were of equal intensity and were glowing when closest. (The center object was possibly a shade ~arker than the oute r three.) There was no detectible sound produced by the objects. When the center "object" wa s in its most forv1ard position figure , there was a definite decrease intensity of the regi on ln v1here the leading object and the occurred only once and then only enoup;h that it v1as noticeable . important until I was discussing Tech. They seemed to think that the Physics Department said that out of phase and the decrease in cente r object overlapped da r k spot for a fraction of a second but it was l ong COMMENT: I didn' t think tha t thi s vias the event with some professor s at Geor~ia it could be important. One p rofessor in this could be a result of the light being intensity caused by interference, however, This statement was sent to the Air Force the next day as an appendix to official report. I believe it to be the most significant factual observation 'vlinon~, l~r .. "'lesota -April 3, 1.968 Salicb~y, ~.c. -February J, 1966 Houston, Tcxar. -Fobltlary 4 Surfside, Texas -l~ch 20, 1966 Truth or Cons~qu~ncos, N.M. -April 3, 1966 Lycoming, l~ew York -Ap:-il 5 :Oloorr.inzton Indiana -July 4 Pecos, Texas -August 27, 1966 Rome, Goorgia -Aug~st 27 East Dennis, ss. -~tober 8, 1966 ST.AC Surfaco History Files this vlould indicate that the "objects" v1cre transpa r ent -possibly c;ases. NON-FACTUAL IMPRESSIONS: (1) The objects appeared to be higher than about 500 feet (2) If it were assumed that their speed was that of a conventional aircraft (about 300 mph), I would estimate their attitude a t approximately