P~OJECT 10073 1\!:CORD 1. OA 1 F. TIME CROUP 2. LOCATION Galenol AFS, Alaska ' 'iOIIr.CE ;.;j litary l. NliHE\t:R OF OBJECTS f.,. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION ! 30 seconds-15 ninut~ s t., T'fPt; OF OBSERVATION Ground Visual Bx I' COURSE East\'1ard ,l.J. P tt OTOS I ?. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 10. CONCLUSION Astro(S/P) S?telli tt: ( nosnible) 11. BRIEF SUfoiJ<IARY AND ANALYSIS Observers ...... atcht:d a stationary and a 1noving ob~ect in the southern sky. Th object \'las Rpheric<ll in nhape and the colors noted Here changing frcr. red-green-nhite. fersonncl on duty noticed nove~ent and change of color. Two F-106:.; \-.rert-a:5rborn~ fro;n GalenA AfoS at 1628Z. They searched tbe area for 70 minutes wmth negative results. The description 6f. the stationary object is consistent with that of an astrono:r,ica l observation. The moving light could be a zatellitc. fTD s r p 6 3 0-329 (TOE) Prevlou edltlon of lhh fona .... , ... u .. d. 20. Do you think you con estimate tho speed of tho object? (C irclo Ono) IF you answered YES, then what speed would you ostirr.ate"f ------_ - 21. Do you think you can estimate how for away from you thct object was? (C irc/o One) IF you answered YES, then how for away would you soy it was? \ c:) () 9 22. Whore were you locot.sd when you saw tho object? (Circle One): o. Inside a building b. In o car (~. Outdoors> d. In on airplane (type) e . At soa 23. Wero you (Citdo One) o. ir. the business section of o city? b. lr. the residential s fiC.t l vr Q city? ~ In o pf.ln country~ido? d. N"ar on airfield? e. Fl)'ing over a city? f. Fly;n~ over aport c ountry'/ 24. IF you were MOVING IN AN AUTOMOBILE or other vehicle at tho ftme, the n c omplete tho folfowit1g qu .. ti.:>na: 24.1 What direction were you 1noving? (Circle One) b. NMtheast d. Southeast f. Southwest 2~.2 How fast wore you moving? --------miles per hour. 24.3 Did you atop at any time while you were looking at tho object? (Circle One) 25. Old you obeerve the object through any of the following? o. Eyeglauea Yes No e...-B~ular.\ b. Sun glauu <f._TelescoP.e c. Windehield g. Theodolite Yea d. Window glau 26. In order thot you can g ive a1 clear o picture 01 pouible of what you saw, describe in your own words o commOft object Of' objecta which, when placed up In the sky, would g ive tho same appearance as the obict which )"OU lOY' In the following 1lcetch, Imagine that you ore at the point 1hown. Place on ' ' J.." on 'he r:vrv.,.~ ltr'" to a how ho o high the oblect woe abcwe the hOflron (elcyllne) when yw first sow lt. Place,.. "B'' un the 1.:une curved line'<' ehow how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) wheo you lost 1\uw it. Place un ' 'f,.' oo the comp11u when you ''"' aaw lt. Place a "B" on the c:ompau where you /cut aaw the object. 28 . Draw o picture that will ehow the motion that the object or objects modo. P lace on "A ' or rhe boglnni:1SJ ut" i he path, a "8" at the end of the path, and ehow any chongea In direction during the ~:)Ur&e. 29. IF there woe MORE THAN ONE ablect, then how lftCiny were there? -- Draw a picture of how they were arranged, ond put on Cllrow to show the diroctton that thoy wero trovuling 30. Hove yeu ever & .. n th i 1, or a 1 i mi lor objeet before. If 'o give date or dot .. and locotlon. 31. Waa anyone elae with you at tile time you aaw the object? (Circle One) 31.1 IF you anawered YES, did they aee the objeet too? (Circle One) 31.2 PleM liat their namea tnd addreuea: 32. Plecue give the fellowing lnfematlon about youraelf: ''"' Nolfte TE LE !'HONE NUMBE 33. When and to -+tom did you repert that you had a .. n the obJect? Dey Month y .. , 34, Dote you completed this questionnaire: lnfmotlon which you feel pertinent and which Ia not adequately covered in the specific po ints of th. queatlonnolre Of o narrative explanation of your sighting. -'" SAFOICC/Mrs Cassel/bp/{9079/25 Jan 67 TC:i.o repliec to your recent lettcr reg>.rdj ng year unidentified l~dng objec t {UFO) sighting . I hevc 1nc.lc.eed Fro Form 16.1;. villch 1e us.t:d in reporting UFO s1gr!tines to the .Air Force. T har..k you :for your intel'est i:l o ur prce;ram; I U&.ve illclo sed eorue u:;nt e r ie.J. v!lieh I hope you llill !inu in.fol'Wl.ti vc. Atte.e.blenta Cod!rey, 1111 nois 62002 Sincerely, GEOt1GE P. FREEMAN, JR. Lt Colo:1e1, USAF Chie:r, C1 vil Brane h Camnuni ty Relations Di v:lsion Office ~ Information COCRDH1ATED Reade~ c y -SAF- orc Ac t ivity cy -SAF-orc Lclc~.-Jh.i..Ytc)'tc-n/ ~-C _'Jc ;.:>C ~-&1u JJ 6-l-JLL!. fu eLo C.t--tLlcJ LJ ~l..l p-L. J-J.V_ / J.J ... n,IJ /JrLL .:J. 6 tlU:.. tll-fc, u -. Reference y~,ur lett::r cf P.ueuzt 23: 196C. concer:1i nc tLc c 'Ofervance of tan unidentif-ied flyine object on October 16, 19G5. Your rep~.:'"t na.s been s tudied by cur analysts and they are u neble i..t react a couclus :i.ve e~anatlon due to the date of your siehtinc. Sigbtings such as yours e r e extrert.el:r di!"ficul t to t race since there 'is such a time lapse involvE:d . E\ren reports. severa l monthG old ere so1r.ewhat dif:ficult t o analyze. I resrct the unfortunate circnmstanceG that ~rose, csus:!.Of st<ch a delay :i..n rt::partine your observation. Yot:.r repm:t wj.ll be kept e n 1 ile to aid our snalysts l n their i'ui:ure investigations. If i n the future you observe enc.,ther unidentified ubJect, SUCSt you place a collect telephone call t o the neerest I 1r Force Base. They 1n turn will do a prompt investigation. We vish to tbsnk y ou for reporting your observat.ion to th(; Air , Force . For your information we ere inclosing the brochure o n Project Blue Book vr...ich describes the Air Force I s progrru:: on unidentified flying objects. S incerel:f, GEORGE P . P'REEi!lA rr, JR. I.t Colone 1, USAF Chief, Civil EL~nch Co~ity Relat:cn s D1v1s1on Office o f Informatlon Blue Book Repcrt New Yo r k 146o6 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION ( AFSC) WRIGHTPATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE. OHIO 4~433 UFO Sighting, Churchville, New York, 16 Octvber 1~65 Hq USAF ( SAFOICC) Reference the attached unidertifif'd fl yinc object rPJ o r t fro.., l~i~s The following is o sucgestPd r~ply. Reference your letter cf&;;:;:ti.966 ccrcel'ning the observance: of an unidentified flying object on ;gJ Octcce~1965. Your report, hos been studied by our :malysts end they are unable t.o reach o. cor.clusive explanation due t o the date of your sichting. Siehtings such as yours are extre:1ely difficult to t~r-1<.:e s j nc~ ther e i s such a time lapse irvo J.ved. E. e:: re~orts se:vera.l mcmth:; o l d are some,;hat clifficuJ t to analyze. egret the unfortunate circ~stances that arose, causir.r. such a delay i n reportine your observation. Your report 'Till be kept on file to aid our anaLysts in their future inves~ibations. I f in the future you observe ano~her unidentified obje<.:t, you place a collect telephone <.:al l to the nea~est Air Force Bese . i n turn will do a prompt investication. We ilish to thank you for reportj.ng your obzcr vation to the Air Force. For your info~ation we are ~nclosing the brochure on Jro ject BJue Book "'bj cJ;l describes the Air Force' s program on unidentified flying objec-Ea:-- ?OR THE C0r.rfi.11\NDER \ ~ARREN S . HHEELER, Colonel, USAF Deputy for Technolocy and Subsyste:ms UFO Rpt, 16 Oct 66, Churchville , N. York UWCLASSIFIED DfPART--~NJ Of THl All FORCI UAfr. ~ESSAGE IIAHot ~OMJNG MESSAGE fY {lt,e.rJA P,.FS {tS{Cft page 1 of 5 ACTION : RDC-4 INFO: XOP-1, xrPX-2, SAFOS-3, NIN-7. DIA-l (19) ADV CY DIA PFTU JAW RUEDQXC0225 2973110-UUUU--F:UEOHQA. P 23?2J9Z OCT E6 TO RlJ!.'PEN/ADC ENT AFB CCX..O RIJEDFIF/FTD ''IRIGHT PATTERSO~ AFB OH 0 RUED HQAI USAF AFC I N '!.'ASH D C RIDHQA/SEC AF SAFO I \'/ASH 25 D C RV.':ONLB/C I ~C~ORAD ZEW Cl ~!CAL RUI(A CR/ COA AL SE AFRO N J~'D ~I uSAR AL RIJKOffi/4TH MISSILE B~ FT RICHARDSON ALAS RIJI(QI(A/5 tt71t ABSQ !1Lt'. OOD AFS ALAS RUI(QNA/2\0 MISSILE BN FT \'/Ait-l."RIGHT AFS ALAS UNCLASSIFIED Picc~o try fO O:'lSWCf c.::; r.:any quct.~ i..:..1:; c s ycu po:.si::.ly cc~. Ti.o i:'lfc.;"ilotion rhct you sivo w ill l:,e; u~od io: rc::ocrc h pu:p.:.:..o!:. You~ no:.;.) wil! " .;,f ::,::; u::c.d in cc:1n.;cticn wi~!, c01y stc7.:;rr..:m~s, cc:'lclusicn::, c~ pu~licci'icn:; w ithout your ;:.c.rmir.::io::. \'!o .-..;~uos~ ~his pcr:>oncl i~iou.:::tion s o t h ot if i~ i:: C:c crr.od nc c c:::;c:y, we may contcct y ou fc : fur.:-.vr d ... tcil::. i 1. Wnc n d id you sco t ho obicc t ? 2. T ime o! C:cy: ( C ircl:> O r.a): Ho ur Mi nuto:; I 3. Time Zone : A 1 I (Circle One):~ l::a:.t .;rn ( C irclt: Cn.:;~ Do'/lir,~t Scvi;.g i j b. Central o. Stor:dord I 1 c . h:oun?ain ! I d. P ccific I 4 . \/hero wo:-o ycu whc:'l yo u sew th~ cb;ccr ? , i Nu crc.:.t ?o:.tco! Adcro:n ,. (/ City orE~""~} t?toto o r C o unty I I 5. How lor:g w a s o bj e c t in Si!:jht? (T o tal Duration) .,.? Fairly certain 5.1 How w a s t imc. in :;ish? dotc:minod ? 5.2 Was object in sisht c ont inuou s ly? 6. What wo:= tho condition of tho sky? o . 8ric~t b. C loudy Hour a Minu:os d. Juct a guo:;:; 7. I:= y o;; :;c.w t ho c.!:.;c.ct during DAY LIGh 7, v.~1.;;:-o was 1~o SUN loco~c.d a:. you looke d a~ t:1o objuct? (Ci:-c.'v One): o. (:-. f.c.~t of you l.o bee!: of yo'.J c . l ' o yo:Jr r ic!lt d. To yc.ur ldt . ;., , . ( <r.m aupc rllcd<H 4~TO l 6 -' , j u : 61, \Aoh lch Is ob.oloto. (;. IF you !.C\t c oSjcct c~ NIGHT, whet did you nc;ic.: .:c:'lccrnii:0 .c STARS cr.d :1.00:~? 8. 1 STA:-S (Circlo Or.c): d. Don'~ :~n.~r~ibcr b . Du!. r.i.:.o~!isr.t u. Oo:1a~. rv:.~..:i":ibor CLOuDS (Circle One): d . Thick o; hccvy clcuds -or;, :nrs , c; rcr.. rcrn c . ,\:.::(<_rete c~ ncovy rorn o . ::>o:'l't rcr.:~r.-.ccr 1 1 no C.jj'-C~ cpp::crco; (Circle o.-.o): o . 1 rc.:;:.parcnt c . Dc:~'t rom~msc~ I f it o p?c.orocl o s a Iicht, was G B:'i!;ht.:.r it brightor t han ~ho l:.rich~cst stcr:;? (C i:clo One): c . About r:-.o !:Omo b . Dii.imcr d. Don' t know pere brif,;!1~ncs::. to ;crr.o corr.mon objoct: Tr.o et!co:. o! tho o~jod wo~o: (Circle Ono): o. !=uzzy c-: Llurrod . : c. Shcrply c.utlinod ., _ d. Don' t r.:trr.c:nbor 13. Did ~r.o oojoct: (Circ