PROJECT 10073 RECORD 1. DATE -TIME GROUP 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS !i. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 10-30 minutes 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Ground Visual 7 . COURSE Station.llry 8. PrlOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 2. LOCATION Southh~pton, Long I sland, New York 10. CONCLUSION Astro(Capella) Capella w~s rising at a pproximately 1745 EST on the 25th of October 1966. 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS Observer s noted a white v ery bright ligh t in the NE part or the sky. The object was stationary and flashing var- ious color s . Red, green, and white were seen during the observation. The object appeared to go up and down and then drift slowly tonard the south. The description i s co3i stent with t ha t of an astronomical observati~n. Prevlou e edltJona of thla fonD may be u .. d Location o{ Observer(s): Pinpoint location accurately . Usc street and building name!> if it will (Exa e -backyard of house a t 2.2 Du d,_. Wcsthan1 Jdt:ntification of Observer: Mailing Add ress Phone Numb~r 1 U tJl::HSON COl\\ f(.l._;'f{['J(i Fl)l<l\.1 -Give; ycJ11r ~oti&"uatc; of oiJih;r-Vt:r'g cli.\bili l y . nd { ' t a~ol.!., Wilnv:..:-.t':. -Ohl.tiu 11:1ln. ... ,.,, . , dtllcs~ p!tuJ1e, .J.ncl occupation o f Physical Evidence: V/ere photographs taken or was ar,y physical evidence of the object left behind? (Note: If the cnllc!' says there i s physical evidence still present, contact \Vi~g Operations Duty Officer through CAC, Ext 493, or the Air Police, Ext 4:08, imm.ediately). (Observer(s) account of weather conditions . '1'1-IIS !S '.rHE E~'D OF QUES'I'I01~S FOR THE ODSERVI:R~ RECORD AJ.1Y OTHER COl\,fMEN'fS HE l'vlAY \VANT TO ADD. 'I'HANK Iffi,l (HER) FOR CA~LING. I -}-. W11Et! THE; C.ALLER HAS HUFG ;J?, CALL BASE ,;v8ATliER AT EY.:'I'. 433 l~OR THE FOLLO VlTI:JG L:JFOR!'t1..-\'I'ION: VIIND DIRECTION VELOCITY IN KNOTS & D EOR.E:CS Note : Vl<:~tll<'r qucstim~::~ile conti.nuzd ur, p e 5 Vit:~ibilily: Amount of cloud covec .toft? Thund('rutornlS in circa anu quadt"ant in which located: Vet tical temper atur c g r.ld i c 11t: (\~y other unusual a.ctivi~y <-!r r:onditior,, ml:tcotologica.l, astronomic-al , or otherwise, which might account for the sighling . FOLI.OWft lNFOfdv1/\'l fON: Lot iltllll l , C\ppl'n~.imat. air . ,, '. itrcd gl'lll'l'rd cl1rc :tion <I' r:;s;'!. r f Jr' lite: 'l~ld111g. l!.'t l ' olfol Lnl .. , .a1.1Li Ht, llq. ll ,t\ 1. "' ,tlltltr:l 1 , l ' " 1 lr . lo\:' tnfnrrll atlou <:onc\..r .. , lg The regulation which covers UFO repo:cts is AFR 200-2. Hefer to Jt if you h.uve any questions in the haudlb1g of Uris repott . T1.u u ill this form with your OD report in tht n10cning. ne final note. Most UFO 1eports ar-e rathe1 routine "lights-i~-th8-sky" sightings. When a report comes in that is ouviously bff.sed on mo1e tangibl e ev ide nee or when seveJ.al 1eporls of sighti11gs at the same t ime are received, contact the Operations Duty Officer through the CAC 493. Repol'ts are much mole easily investigated at the time of the sightings than a day or two later. You1 cooperation and good sense will help the Air Fol'ce investigate these s i ghtings in a p.l'Ofessional mannel' . Southh.:1mpt on, 3. SOIJRCE Ci vi l ian NUMBER OF OBJECTS .li, L fiNQTH OP Oftlt-.VATIOH t.. TYPE OF OBSERVATION :lround Visua l 8 . P HOTOS ?. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 10. CONCLUSION Unidentified PHOTOS(no;..x) Observe r ,:r ~ somethins -: :-. the obsc:rv~:- along s o:ne r c :.:. : f r on t of t:.t. : ll. i n front o: 1 o. r..o.de by l .. _r . .;. Lo..;t si~ht o f t h e ob j ect fTD SEP6J 0-329 (TOE) Prtvloue tdltlona o f lh h f o rm m a y .,. u v d r was alerted by my sister-ir1-l9t.:~ ~r.: , "there is something in Lhe sky thfl t 1l~ht be interesting to atka a picture'' I walked out, about supoer time , 6 : 20 , ln my shirt sleeves. Spotten obj ect north along nO\.JAr ltne. Traveling n orth to south, then south west. )~ h ac1 ssrms that sparkled 1 ike arc-light, which seemed to be in front o r , li3hting up area ahead of it. He9r d slight hum, llgKKX~ ltk e el~ctrlc turbine i n sight for at le~Ft seven minu~es. to be at 1500 or 2 ,000 feet. Enormous size, ove r 100' wide. Following oower 1 n e s~uth to oc n, then turt1Arl southwest alon~Z zr Route 27 to h'">v::or 0'/C?r C0ll~.,e. \'3."' 1L'l!3rl""tOn) Lost sight of lt over colle3e. oJ-Y1,(~!JI' n-vtJ SPECIAL REPORT ON PHOTOGRAPH Of three 8 x 10 prints submitted by Mr Southampton, L. I . , to Mr. W. R. Robinson, one contains a photo6raph of an alleged UFO and also shows three star t r a ils. A study of star and moon positions previous t o the date of t he supposed UFO photograph hao s hown that t he three trails are i mages of' the three brightest stars i n t he constellat i on Ari e s . The hypothesis was tested that the bright elonga t ed ject in the pictur e is a trailed image of the moon. oordinates of the three star s (1966) are as follows: Alpha Ari e s Beta Ari e s Gamma Ari e s The first task was to calculate the plate scale on the assumption that tbese were in f act the coordinates o:' the c1.1 s OJ.' the star -trail s . Since the paths were parallel on the prin~, tne declinution d ifference (at r i ght angl~s to the d.ir.action of trail) uas used. The separation of the ~hree star s in declinati on, on the print, \Tas 1neasure .. l to be Alpha-Beta Bet a - G!:lruma Th e plate scales obtained, uncorrected for {;eom~t!"y, were then useu. t o co:n?ute an effective focal length for the lens u~;;ed, at> i f the photor,raph we::-e !!...ade d irectly onto the 8 x 10 print. The re~ult "as 16.31 inches. [f t he ori!?;inal r.egative were a 4 x ) plate, the lens l'rould huvc: had a l'ocul ler..::;th to 8 inches; if a 35 mm. camera were use;l the :.Local length come~; out to be 56 ~n., quite close to a standnrd lena Date ofrep.ort .?t)-(O-f 0 Local Time Caller's name Telephone number _ Description of object(s): Size compared to a known object(use one of the following terms : head of a pin. pea. dime nickel; quarter. hal( dollar, silver dollar, baseball, grapefruit or basketball) held in the hand at about an arm's length. o "'~ '"7- Color ttl/ Formation, if mv r e t h em one Any discern ible fe<.tures o r d e t ails Tail, trail o r exhaust, inclu~ing s ize compared t o size o f object(s ) Sound. If h earcl. c.lt .. sc:rih e sou n d Other p(:t'll;lCnL ~f oJI USU al featur e S D e s cription o f object s {s What firs t called the attention o f the observer(s ) to the object ( s)? Having the focal length, a correction factor coulcl be computed to take into account the ofl'-axis aneles. The resultinG corrected on-axis plate scale was 0. 004175 inches per minute of a.cc, the scales computed om the measured separations a greeing within 1%. The ratio of the declit~tion separations on the print i s 0. 1767; the ratio of the actual declination-differences i s 1. 756; the error is 0.011, or 0.63%. The identification may be taken as proven. Next the declination- difference betl.,een each star-trail and the center of the moon-trail ,.,as measured. The distance::; were: Alpha - moon 3.233 inches Beta -moon 2.524 inches GamwA -moon 2. 144 inche5 A mean geometry correction was computed for the mid-points of these d istances, and then they -.rere converted into angles, and '-he declination of the moor. vas computed , as follows: Difference Angle l"oon' s ~clination Alpha -moon 12 Garnr,\3. -moon Mean con,putcd declination The declination of the moon is given i n the epherr.cris ::ts viewed from t..te center of the earth; thus a person s tanding un the eorth ot a ort:1erly latitude "will see tOO letT a declination ClUC to po !'nllax. rrhi!' a=-allax . .;as computed for a latitude or 40 north, lll'hl it. E~mountnr1 to 28 minu ws of arc. The corrected ephemeris declin:J t ion OJ.' the moon wn!,; Right ascension was computed by first measuring tne location ol' the end of the moon-trail relative to a line drawn at r i ght angles to the star- trails; in thi s vay the relative right ascension of the image or the moon could be found. The position of the center of the moon ilaS estimated by centering a line as long as the star -trails on the el ongated imaee, and then picking one end of that line as the starting-position o.f the moon's center. The difference in right ascension was not corrected for curvature of the right-ascension lines, the declination beiuc; sufficiently close to zero that little convergence ,.,ould be expected. The measured difference was a gain corrected for plate scale and off-axis ant.J.e , ,.rith the result that the moon s right ascension at the s-:art of the e>..1>osure ,.,as found to From the American Ep:,.e::neris and ~autical Almanac for 1906, the fcllo;;in.:; table o.': apparen;;. lunar coordina'tes uus t en; o.ll ~ntries ure for 29 October 19.56: EDST (Oct.23) RA DEC RA error DEC error By a simple interpolation formula, the tine 170!3 founct when the abso1u:.~ ar10 . .m-r. of error "as the same, in minuter; of arc, iu both directions: (12 minutes of rr.inute: .F_!leven minutes of arc on the print is 0 .04L> inchco on tnc print vle take as proven the hypothesis that the picture is a trailed irr.age of the moon, and that it, ,.,as uot taken on Sund:ly, October 301:.11, as claimed , but on Frid:ly evening, October 2oth, bet\;cen the hours of 11:00 and 12:00 PH, EDST. The picture is therefore a fraud. UF~ Observation, October 1966 SOuthampton New York 11968 23 January 1967 Reference your completed Fl'D Form 164 on your unidentified observation. 'lhe repoz1; we have from the Southampton pollee says the object was sighted on 30 October 1966. In the form, just received by this office, you said that the object was observed on 23 October 1966. Confirmation of the correct date would be appreciated. Sincerely, RE:C'IDR (\.UINTANILLA, Jr Major, USAF Ch:fe f, Project Blue :3ook Fl'D ( rrm:m) t J Wrigbt-Pa tteb';Jon AFB, -9 November 1966 Southampton, Ref'erenee your unidentified observation of 30 Oc:tober 1966. The information vMeh ve have received is not sufficient for eval.uation. Request you complete the attached F.rD Form 164 and return it in the envelope provided. We vish to thank you f'ar reporting your observation to the Air Force. Sincerely, Bl'!~OR QUINl.'MlTIIA Jr, Major, USAF PI oject Blue Book 6oeo 100!....5 Re entry 6074 + 6075.i:!hile on patrol ,.,as s toppe d by of ~outharr.pton Collaga who reported spotting U. F . O. a t n,...s .10/30 /66 "While on Oceol a Drive apprcx. 100 F e e t Sout h of r.:ontauk tiigh\!ay in a South East direction approx. 2 5degree.s above hcrizen. Did not see exhaust o r hear motor nosie. Liehts flash~d from red t o gre~n to y ellow + \oJas obered for over one half hour. Did not appear to be Moving .Followi students were ~ also saw thi s incident. 8. IF you saw tho obJec.t ol NIGI1T, what did yov notu:e conc.eming the STARS and MOON? d. Uon't remember 8 .2 MOON (Circle One): ~)Brl~t mOOt'lltght )( Dull moonlight c. No moonlight -pitch dark d. Don't remember