PROJECT 10073 RECO~O ... F';'e . TI~E GROUP 2. LOCATION 3. !IOU~:C'E 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION W Hinute s 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Grotmd-Visual 7 . COU~SE 8. PtiOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Kcntuclcy' 10. CONCLUSION Astro ( CA?zu.., ) v' CAPEI.T.A. was on o.n a::ar.1ut h o!' 40 deg and at an elevation of auu.r rinnte l v l ? d t-r :;-?lO:'H 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observer noted a star li~e object in t he NE portion of sky. The folla .. d.."lg mo::.i v:l:.. \/ere noted by t.'1e witness, a slew unusually cloc!nli. sc ~1ro.ll circling with a f ew short darting movements and an iJil~;rcepti ble slow rising t.olvard t.'1e zenith arxl east. But. th~ rr.o.3 t. a stound.i.I\g thing was that e very few to several minuL~s ;.r.d l : t s.ire; for five to thirth seconds the twinkling s tar .... 1 1 ;t: cv., c .. ;.\hlld change to a v ertical or slightly obli q ue narrow, at tirnes imperceptibl e band of li9'1t perh.:l.ps one fifth as ,,..ice a::: its rounde r shape and three to six times as 1 0'11 At times i t ha d the appearence of a s~rling nebula view edgewise. BY AI'I'OIH T-.oCHT Dea r Sir : LEXING T O N. KY Thi s is to r~lqte on~ of the most amazin~ uhe nomenons I 've ever witn~ssed. About 8 =45- 8 :50 p . m. 10/3/ 66 I returne d hom~ with my son ag~ 14 y~Brs from his scout meeting and l e t hi~ out in the turna round to place R tire in t~e ga ra~e on~ of my youn~er children had left out. Aft~r p~rking 1~ ~-.qs lookin-r to:'1ri th~ n,.,rth- a bri~htly twin~lin~ stg r ab0ut JO degre~s Rbov~ the hortzon. ~he li~hts from a s~oppin~ cent e r u::~stl"'nl) nbo...tt t~:o mtl~s d istant in tnf1t -=ilr~ction i1Pd rn~d"! l'1.vis1bl~ lltrllt fro m all t~e st'lr s tn that ~rea of th ~ slcy. ~h~ foll6~inP motlons ~er~ not ; a slo~., qsu'1lly clot;lcwlse small ctrcllnfT; a few s'~->or-t '=':--t\.nf" r:tovem~nts; an'! Rn imperc ~pttble s low r1sU1-c:>-Jrd th~ z~nlth Rnd east . But most as- t0undt~v ~11s that ~ver y f~w t o severa l m\nutes an1 las~t~r for five t~ tnirty s~conds che twtnk- llncr 3 tlr ..jhllr>e WJ'tlcl n .. nr-;e to a vertical o r slt~htly obli1ue r~rr0w, 1 t ttmes top~rce=t~ble ~0st t or~sctn~ li~h: ~0uld an Ar 10 ro...tnd of ~b'1.it t':-=! sam~ lenc:rt'1. The bris;;~tness of the hortzont<:)l r eri ~a.n-1 wAs invz rsely o ronortion"ll to t"lq brt~ht~ess of the white ban~. Then sudd~nly all ,;oJl1 co!1tract bac k to tt1e briql:tly tw.\.nl<ling F'TD (TDETR) Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 7 October 1966 ington, Kentucky Reference your observation of 3 October. The information which we have received i s not sufficien t for evaluation. !'t!(i'.le 3 t you com;>le te the attached F'D Form l o4 ::md rQ turn it in the envelope provided. -. We wish to thank you for reporting your observation to the Air For c e . Sincerely, O,.,C% HOUitS 8Y AI'P'OINT>OCNT star shaoe Ec~;;Un. ho)r durin~ which 45 rees towAr~ to;.,Prd t~--t~ st. LEXINGTON. KY. pap.;e 2 of 2 We observed this for n~Arly a n th~ body rose to per h?ps plus t~9 zenith 8ni plus 15 urees Yotr ~xol!'tn8 tion of t'1i S re- V~ry sint;~ :!ly FTD (TDETR) Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 13 October 1966 """:".. 1. <. y:Ju. r'0r :n L~.~or i:m regarcin6 yoe: ob.;erv'ltion o!' Capella. With your permission, I would like to send your lette r to Dr. Menzel '\t Harvard Observatory. Dr. t-1enzel bas been studying mlrag~s, sky reflections and refractions for many ycors tlnd I nm sure he \IOuld be intere5 ted in t he vivid description of your observation. Tha"lk you again for your most gracious letter. Sincerely, ~,~, r, Mojor, USAF Blue l)oo~