I 1. cu. TF. TIME GROUP .i . NliHE\ER OF OBJECTS S. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Eisual 7 . COURSE g, Pl'iOTOS ,9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION Altavista, Virginic 10. CONCLUSION {other) INSUF'FICIE..\"'1' DATA FOR EVALUATION 11. BRIE~ SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS ' SEE CASE FrD (TDETR) P-~ = Wright-Pa;..~erson AFB -Retereneeyour unident1~1ed observation October 1.966. sutt'icient The information vhich we have received tor eval:uatiCCJ.. Request you cauplete the a ttacbed F"rD Form 164 and return 1 t in the envel.ope provided .. We Y1atb to thank you-ror reporting your observation. to the - I.l'V:~:S':'IGATO:G P.E?ORT On 10 Oct. 1966, the ~Jing Corr.m.and ~ost at A. F .Base recleved a all from Nrs. las r tnree \-."eel<'. nignt. i:ost r ecent 8 Oct 1966. i!o outline or shape observed, just lights;~13tJ.aJ.l~o~ill sometimes trailing sparks. Sometime moving too slmv for Jet :!lrcral't., sometimes too fast for subsol"ie flight. Never any sound detect(;)d . Usuall..)r loH altitude, three to four thousand feet. Reverses direction H:i.thout maneuver required o.f airplane. Once, color of light t-ra s red. On several occasions lights Here bet- \-leen ground observers and :i.denti.fi.able aircraft making nearby landings I ca)J ed .Hrs hoiiiB on lJ. Oct 1966. Hr s . s not home but I talked to her daughter of the above Hrs also saw a U on the 9th of October 1966. This is Nrs sta Hr s . her husband while driving on 7th s tav:i.~ta observed between and 2100 an object described as the size of a bakketba11 held at arms lengtr. flew ln .t:ront of the car, at tree top level from e::st to uest. No shape to the object and Has described as a glo\ol:i.ng vihii.e light. ;:o sound -.Jas heard f:fom the object. Object flew to the uest, tnt'de 2 sharp turns, E'va!X)rated (her \-lord) bject sighted for around three minutes totn.l. " 1-:r also stated she had seen othe r U. F . O. s at other times. I e.Ulcd Hrs agnn on 12 Oct 1966. I talked to he r nt length about her sightin~s. She aged 49, runs a beauty shop and is a hou~e~lfc. She seemed quito lntolllbant on the telephone spoke at length in considerable detail. On tr.e nleht in question, ::rs . three U . F .o . s throe 1..'1 a row one afte r tho othe r for approY..i.mately t seconds total. Three different p.'!ths, tuo fa.l.rly clo.Je to the !>a:-:.o !)-'lth, the third tot~s very different. They \vere all as bright as the brightost s t a r only bigger. She said they uere too f ast to be a et aircraft. Her house is ~ittUted on a hill, under t he la:-:ding pattern of the !Qnchburg Virginia airpo:--t. :Jhe stated she can recognize various types of Alr- era.ft on Jlght, and thes e t~e:-e not aircraft. She also stated the people in Altavi~ta v~ become ac ste~ed to s ightings of U. F . O. s , and she ca n give the names of othe r people in alt:tvista il.ho h:l.Ve seen u.:. .o.s. On the night in question the vre1.the r Wl3 clear , :-:c clouds and no t-rind. Hhe n I had finished talki.ng to her ue be t.h hu.ng u p , . md ;-ritc.i.i n.L-:utes she ha c.:Qled me rock to give tr.e more info. she sa.ld that ~!'le Nould be Hatching her television set , Hhen llttle horizontal streal-'.s would appear . Uzl..:.ally within a fm1 seconds of this occuring, a U. F . O. would be si ted by he~. She said the Television orovided the first clue to the presence of U. F . o . s in ths area. She said the little streaks \otere the same kind th."it appe.irod du..-:i.ll[; leieili ' Wahizl! cloud -to-cloud lightning, and \.;ero not the s~e as caused by faulty ignition on a car, or \.Jhen an aircraft fle\ot ove r . 1~500th Air .3lne Hint:; Langley Alr Force 3ado VLr~lnla