~O'HlS3a !ON 00 !S3A~VH V'NO~O) 1)3f0ltd PROJECT C~ DO NOT DESTROY Unidentified Flying Obj ct Report, roject Grudge Mr. \ i I I i u m J 3306 E. Hedges Fresno, Cal if This office has in your letter. no kno'" I edge oF the ~ roj ect mentioned It is su~1gested that further i nq u i r i 'S be directe d to the Secretary of the Air Force, Attention: 3AF-I, \''ash i ngton D. C. ORI EN T. CLARK, UFO OfFicer STF.."WS IN 33o6 E . Hedge a Ave. FJesno, rorn1a 93703 Dear Mr. Dunn: 2~ January 1967 Your letter of January 17 vas forwarded t o the Air Force at Kirtland Air Foree Base for appropriate action. Sincerely, GEOME B. EUBANK MaJor, Inf" Information Officer Lr j llia.11 J . :i'r esno, C lif. Cn or nbout Decenber 27, 1949, the .. ~j r F'or ce ..JUb-shea a r <:. or t deal in., cxclusi vel y vii th TJnj_dent.:.fied lt'lyin a~ ,j ec t s . 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S:. ... 1ce this letter js of c.n ext ... e .ely iu.._1ort .. nt nEture c:nd t~ne .... s of t; e essence fol"' 1 yself, I '\\"OUld epprecic-te c: r e 1~ f ron. your office at the ecrliest possibly t e . I l..noH thc:t you trc extrenely busy and .' letter u:ll be recessed \Tit ~ill~ons of other letters, t~erefore it ~Y t.e so .e t~ e for you to &nsuer .e. le'" se, J. \!Ollld c.p_ r ectc. te en ee: r ly enswer fro, your office! ThLnk you for your t-111e and. trouble. t es ectfully DEPARTMENT OF THE ,.. IJPt>IMATIOI OFFICE WBI'tE SAIDS MISSILE lEW MEXICO~ OFFICIAL BUSINESS UFO Officer Kirtland Air Force Base Albuquerque, N .M. POSTA G AND F ES PAID UFO Investigator's Conference Trip Report 1 . The following trip report is submitted on the UFO Investigator's Conference conducted at the University of Colorado 12 -13 June 1967. a . Dr. E . V. Condon -head of the University of Colorado's UFO Investigative Program -opened the session with a brief history of (1) The firs t reported sighting was at Mt. Ranier in 1947; t he object si~hted was described as being saucer shaped, hence, the present name. (2) In December of the same year, the DOD delegated all inves- tigative responsibility to the Air Force since it was felt that if a hrea t existed, either from outerspace or a forei gn government, the Air Force would be best equipped to handle it. (3) In 1952, the CIA established a panel f or review of all sightings to date. Their report was classified, for unknown reasons, but is essentially declassified now and was mostly routine with expla- nations of the sighti ngs in the large majority of the cases. In 1966, due to much criticism of Air Force handling, a small part of the populace felt the Air Force was concealing the facts, etc. , the University of Colorado received a grant from the DOD to inves- tigate -in conjunction with the Air Force - and determine if there was any valid evidence to support the hypothesis that we a r e receiving extra terrestrial visitors. (Item of interest: Religious cults/sects have een established that believe Jesus lives on Venus. Some persons claim they have made round trips -on inter-planetary vehicles -to that planet and made direct contact with Him). Dr. R. J . Low followed Dr. Condon a nd discussed the UFO problem in general: (1) The University of Colorado first thought a methodology of study on the UFO problem could be established after a n initia l 90 day analysis period; at the end of 180 days, a valid methodology had not yet been produced. Primarily, t h i s ~as due to their inability to correlate the sightings with science, i . e . , controlled experiments which produce valid data on unconfirmed sightings. (One would think, after 20 years, that one of these s upposedly extra-terrestria l visitors would have been captured). (2) Dr. Low continued by stating that because of the incon- clusive and inad~quate facts available, an attorney has been hired to produce a judgment -on those facts available -to determine whether we should continue to investigate and spend large amounts of taxpayer' s money or to discontinue the project at the end of the University of Colorado's investigative period in t he early spring of 1968. (3) Dr. Low stated other studies include: (a) Ht1man perception. (b) Prees coverage. correlation between press coverage (Is there an inter-connection or and the sighti ngs ? ) Optical mirage problems. (Refraction/simulation (d) Instrumentation. personnel sufficient, i.e., radar, (Is present instrumentation and FAA, weather observers, astronomers, (e) To what extent do the reports of UFO's reflect the culture of the times. Radioactive char g ed gasses emitted from the sun. production of valid photographic evidence. (h) Possible conspi racy. (Yes or no. If not, how do you convince the public?) c . Dr. F. E . Roach, astronomer, followed Dr. Low with the following statistics: (1) This graph repre sents the total sightings, by year, since (2) A breakdown on those sightinge follows: Between 1947 and 1965, the mean unidentified sightings represents 6.4% of the total, however, nearly 20~ were unidentified because of "other" a nd "insufficient data." (J) A breakdown of those identified between 1953 and 1964 follows: Those which are astronomical were not reported The astronomical sightings breakdown thusly: Stars, planets - -805 by qualified astronomer s . The miscellaneous sightings include missiles, hoaxes, flares, fireworks, mirages, searchlights, chaff, birds, satellite decay , radar analysis, reflections, clouds, and contrails, etc. d. Dr. M. M. ~'ertheimer, phychologist, next presented problems of human perception starting with the transmitted energy from the distal event to the proximal stimulus, sensation, perception, cognition and to the report to someone, i . e . , police, Air Force , etc., and even- tually to the University of Colorado. He discussed the following per- ception stimuli and relationships: (1) Duet on t he cornea of the eye . (2) Pressure, either external by t he fingers or by e lectrical means, can cause unusual visual images. (3) After-images from staring at a light source. (4) Auto kinetics. (5) Apparent eize of imge o r after-:tmage. (This distance, that is to say, the various sizes can appear the with varying distances). (6) Distortions and illusions. varies with (7) Gamma movement. (A light t he size of a searchlight does not go out or disappear all at once when turned off, but rather seems to fade away). (8) Personnel error in estimation of celestial angles. (This is consistently wrong when near zero degreee or ninety degrees). (9) Persons who read about UFO's a r e more liely t o report a UFO. (10) Non-scienti fic personalities are mor e likely to report UFO's. (11) All "personal recollection " vary unreliable. (12) Photos. (Hoaxes and defects in developing, i . e., r eflection ; nd refraction of light source). Drs. D. R. Saunders and J. H. Rush followed with examples of some of the instrumentation required for the conducting of UFO investigations. They compared gaseous light s ources to incandescent or tungsten light sources with interpretations or their various spectras. Their presenta- tion included the various types of films available and their usage, and various angles from which photographs should be made -if we ever have the opportunity to witnessfhis phenomena. Dr. Saunders also covered routine investigative techniques including the witness interview, com- pilation of data, analysis, and validity of the sighting, etc. (This technique is the same as that used i n aircraft accident investigations). 2.. And last, but not least, we were instructed to keep "open minds" at all times during our investigations. Since we are now in a period in which space travel lies just ahead, it i s within the realm of possibility that others (extra-terrestrial in nature) may also have the same capa- bility. (Did I tell you about the i ndividual who came into the Safety Office last w ek and wanted to know whom he could contact to obtain information n how to build a !lying saucer?) C. H. VAN DIVER, Capt, USAF Chief of Safety UNIVC::RSITY OF COLORADO BOULOaR.COLOAAOO 00 02 MEMORANDUM 202 Woodbury Hall TO: Air Force Officers Attending UFO Meeting in Boulder Rober t J. Low, Project Coordinator, University of Co lorado UFO Study SUBJECT: List of Attendee~ Gentlemen: While we've been worl, inq on a written summary of the briefing held in Boulder in eat 1y June, we ~ompleted the 1 ist of attendees, which is d istributed here<~ith. The briefing summary should be along within the month. I n the meantime, if you need to contact us by telephone, please feel free to do so any time - We enjoyed having you and felt that we profited from the discussions. I hope you also considered them worthwhile. RJ L: cj 1 UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO aOULDER.COLOAAOO 80302 UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS PROJECT 202 Woodbury Hal 1 List of Participants UFO Investigators Meeting BACHELDER, Jon P. [Lt.] 551 AEW & C Wq (OIN) Otis AFB, Massachusetts 02542 2. BAKER, Glenn C., Jr. (Capt.] Headquarters LMTC OP-S-D Lacklund AFB, Texas 78236 445 Military Airlift Dobbins AFB, Georgia 4. BERNDT, Harley E. [Maj.) Fighter Wing Richards Gebaur AFB, Missouri B E RN I E R , Dean A . 3500 Pi lot Trng. AFB, Texas 6. BRYANT, Lee W. [ ] CMR Box 2929 Holloman AFB, New Mexico 88330 7 . BUDGE, Ronald J. [Capt.] Travis AFB, California 8. BUESINGER, Richard L. [Capt.) 3646th PLT Tng. Wg. (SAF) Laughlin AFB, Texas 78840 9. CHASE, Lewis D. [Lt. Col.] 341 Combat Support Group (SAC) Chief, Operations Division Malmstrom AFB, Montana 59402 H port d Ur.,O Siglttings in Qn ~round A~buquerque, .N .Mo. R.eports !or th following d~t s were taken from this fo1de~ and interfil d with BLUEBOOK cas 5 Sep l96R 10. DROMSKY, Bo1eslaw J., J r . (Maj.) 3560 Pi lo t Tng. Wg . (SAF) Webb AFB, Texac; 11 . DUNCAN, John H. , Jr. [Maj . ) Chief of Intelligence Pope AFB, North Carolina 363rd Combat Support Group AFB, South Carol ina Gl RARD, Robert M. [Maj.) 78th Combat Support Group Hamilto n AFB, California 4. HARRINGTON, W i 11 i am W. [Maj . ] th Combat Support Group (OTO) Seymour Johnson AFB, North Caro l ina 15 . HAYES, Lindsay A. Base Operatio ns Selfridge AFB, Michigan HENDRIX, Val E . 440th Troop Carrie r Wing General B i 11 y M i tche 1 1 Field, Wisconsin HERBERT, Nevi 1 l e C. [Capt.] Sioux City A i r Base, Iowa JACOB I, George [Co I . ] Direc t o r o f Ope r ations Rando l ph AFB, Texas 9. KATO, An ton R. [Capt . ] 5th Ai r Base Group Chanute AFB, Illino i s LA FLAMME, Guy J . [Lt . ] Hdqs . Lowry Technical Training Cent e r (ATC) Lowry AFB, Colorado 80230 At t n : XPCP 2 1. LEWONOWSKI, Mathew F. Little Rock AFB, Arka ns a s 72076 22. lynn, Theodore J. Jr. 19th Combat Sppt. Gp. Homestead AFB, Florida 23. Matthews , Richard I. [ Ma j or] Hill AFB, Utah 84401 24. McDaniel, Byron [Major] Sheppard AFB, Texas 25. Monson, Richard M. [Capt.] 3393rd lnst. Sqdn. Keesler AFB, Mississippi 26. Moore, Hal W. [Lt./Col.] Offutt AFB, Nebraska 27. Nelson, Wayne N. [Capt.] Dover AFB, Delaware 19901 Cannon AFB, New Mexico 29. Parker, James R. [Major] 3535 Nav Trg Wg. Mather AFB, California 30. Pedersen, Richard D. [Major] Amarillo AFB, Texas 79111 31. Perry, Charles E. [lt/Co1.] Griffiss AFB, New York 32. Peterson, R. W. [Major] Pilot Tng Wg . Operations Vance AFB, Oklahoma 33. Pilkington, John E. [Major] Valdosta, Georgia 34. Ross, Clement S. [Major] 438th ABGp McGuire AFB, New Jersey Area Code Phone DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUA"TI:"S UNITED STArES AI" trO .. CE WASHINGTON, D.C. .. I:~L y TO AFRDC suBJEcT: Meeting of Investigators on Unidentified Flying Objects ~: Base UFO I nvestigator s 1. References: a , AFR 80-17 and 80-17A, Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO) , AFCAV-ALMAJCOM message 2246/6o Dec 66, establishi n g special contacts for UFO matter s at each base. three attachments pertain to a meeting between the Air Force and the university investigators, scheduled f or 12 and 13 June 1967, Either the investigator under AFR 80-17 or the contact established by reference l b (in those cases where different people are involved) can attend the scheduled meeting. Information required in Attach- ment 2 should be furnished Mrs . Armstrong prior to 7 June 1967, with a copy sent to Hq USAF (AFRSTA) Washington, D. C. 20330. Telephone numbers for arrangements of Attachment 2 ar e (Mrs. Armstrong) Area Code 303-443- 2211, extension 6762, and for other matters (Lt Col Hippler, AFRSTA) Area Code 202- 695- 2108 (Autovon 22- 52108). 3. It is requested that all addressees attend the scheduled Air Force/University of Colorado Meeting on UFO Phenomena. OTTO J. 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