1: DA :e T IME GROUP PROJECT 10073 RECORD 2. LOCATION \'lestharnpton , Long I sland, New York 10. CONCLUSION Astro(Arcturus) Aircr3ft(possibl e ) 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS !i. L ENGTH OF OBSERVATION 11. BRIEF SUMMARY AND ANALYSIS 6. TYPE OF OBSERVATION Gr o:md Visual 7 . COURSE ~. PtiOTOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENC E on s e veral nights in succession the witness saw a bri g ht light in the \leste r n sky. The obj ect ap~ ared to be \lh ite, red, and g~een in color . The object jus t hung in the sky f o r a lon~ period at least a hal f hour before d ropping belo(, the horizon . This flashing light \-sas observed for several ni~hts. The object looked like a rotati ng lir~ht during t~e ob~ervation. On one of the above nights, t h e \dtness ann others several red liP,hts in the west ern sky r.!ovins at great speeds. At one timl:3 a \'lhite li~!'lt hit a r-ed li~ht an:i the red light then veered northtr~rd. On ot!'lcr-ni,~hts simil a r light~ \'tCl'e .-;een by t h e \iitn~ss. Accturus ;;as at an elevP.tion of 9 degrees ant~ on an ."l~ir.1uth of 290 der-;ree3 on tho n i ght of 2:7 Oct. 66. 'l'he s tar '' oul d hav e set at approximately 1CJ15 .EST o n the 27th of 0-.:tober. the:c description::; are consiste nt \:ith th.:lt o f alrcr.:lft. Prev lou edition of t h l e fo rm rcay be uaed Fl'D ( TD:F:l'R) # Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio 45433 9 November 1966 Westhampton Beach, ?lev York 11978 Reference your unidentified observation of 27 October l966 The 1nf'at1D&tion which we have received is not sutt'1cient for evaluation. Request you canplete the attached l'TD Form 164 and retvrn it in the envelope provided. We wish to thank you for reporting your observation t o the Air Force. Sincerely , ~OR QUilf1'..ANDJA, Jr, Major, Project Blue Book /ubl~..: .. ~>latio.ls ..:>ui'folk ~.:..r Force '-I .L'l.c e In ~cc;o dar~ce ttiLh CH.lr telet->1 <:.ltd \/ i th it. :ou feel i t cc.~:,-that .r':. I thitil th~ra d!'C <.1 let 0 f ltvel-hE--uct"~d, . vho .;r e scei1: u:li\l::.il:.~r l:.t;htn. l f ... ; ey c o: t.j no4 nnd t.h:lt !Jc;,ue c-:' in,:'o;:utioil ill b u .-:1( - c r.o i.r.:t it1~ :>:ov r.ent of s t . :rs et,c. .:ho A Resume of What I ~avP 32en in the dky over Westta~pton ~rea Riverhead Road. passed ~he Cocoa-cola plant on the ~ I saw a brigbt light in the ~est, a~?earing to be ncar ~he hills back of Eastport, a second ligh~, r e d ~n color was travelling north, the wf:i t.e one being stationary . \'/hen t~e re~ lig ht appeared to b~ neor the whi~e lig~t i t seemed to swoop do'vm nearly hitting it a nd the 1..;hi te light \Tent straight C0\'1:1. an~ out of sight and the red light veer e d upward, picked up spee d and a t a great rate of speed v1e:1t north\mrd. Four of u s we r e in the car, and this wao reported ~o Suffolk Air Base. 7:20 E . D. T . a brilliant li ht was in the west as I looked from my house on Westhampton. It appears whi~e and ha s a regular interva of red a:1d green li"ght, which at this distance s eem t o b e a sort of rotatine light. It hangs in the sky for a long period at least a half hour then drops down and after t1.-ro dovmward plunges disappears. - I saw the same thing several other nights, and one ':ras on Friday, Oct. 21 a t about the same time as l. horne from grocery shopping . nigh~ I knmr was corn~ng After I got home fro~ shopping t he e of 28th, my son wanted to go over to \'/APC at Ei verhead, so we went the lonely Speonk to Rive rl1ead road to see if we sa\i any more lights. ~e did. A brilliant cylinder shaped lig:tt seemed to drop f ror.t out of nowhere about 500 ft. from the right side of our ca r as we were about half \'lay f~or:1 Speonk to :::oriches-Riverhead Road. I know it was not a reflection as we had the low lights on. sa\r the same light as above, reci, green and \rhi t e in the l,:ester~ sky. Also in -.he \ves~e~n sky \Jere tiny red lights travelling at an unbelievable rate of speed. They were goin; north and suddenly shot st.raight up. I had called my son o to see if he co~:d see them too, and he did. Time about 7 :)0 E . D. T 8 :15 I was o s~ce as a guest had j~st lef~ a~d lookec t.o the South. The fam~liar bright star was ~here, a little t o the left c: t.he light pole i n front of my house. ( l expect that's ~he f.J.nous .'/hen suddenly I smv ~noth<~r light the sa!;;a ;.eight and ap?roximately the sa::1e size ~o the right of it. While I \:atched i-. thinking ''Oh, another st.ar'' it st&rted moving slowly in the direction of the stationery star and ~;heh hearly at ~he same posi~ion suddenly the light went out and a tiny red light was visible \Vhich shot straight up into the sky. Oct )1, 6 :15 S . T . The same brilliant, red, een and white light in the west I used to be a plane spotter du:-..:.:-:::; . .rc-;-:c . .' ..... "::' I-and c..:n fam:.lic.:.r \:i~h ~.:.rplanes, and ca.ctninly \ri th their litSht.~, $i nee I li v~ right near t.he =:;~f!olk ~ir Base, as well as h.:tving ..,;orker~ ~her~ ~or ~inc t .. onths . ;lt no ~i:-::e that I h ave seen the unfamilia r light.::; :.n ~hP. s:.-y, have I heard a~y so~t of plane noise Caller's natr.c Desc~iption of object(~l: J.t;. R ot-.-vj) S ize corl\p.tt't~d tlJ rl known ubje:ct.(u!.il'! un\.! o f lhe following l c, ,;,ls: i1<;ad Ll( d fHH, p ea, dirr.a nic-kt l, quart t -r, lnlf d,,Jlac , s ilvet' dollar, baRcLatl, gr.tpcfruit 01 bask etball) h eld i n th~ haJ~ci . tat~ 'lt c~.n arm' & length. coutp<Lrrd lo Angle of elevati.o!'l. ('];ht:! ho.r-izm; 90 c lev-:..tion. 1s 0ele7~'tion. Dire.;1.ly v\'er 1he 'T'he obj ec:t rn.!~t ~._pperu w Hilin .h,s obse.rvw- Az imui:h (y.shich diiection on the r;omva.ss_ Vi:?.S i t headed)? .':lo.r~h is 3bd~ East is go sc,uth ts 18\P. We.st is 2'/0u. Angle of elevation and azimuth upon d\sappea.r.:nwe Description of flight pa:~".h ar ... d maneuvers of object{s). J(e::, c...,? cri"'.& .r-....... ., o~:;. ... , ~eLJ How did the object($) disappB~u? (!ust::-tntaneously to the North~ etc ) How lcJng was one hour~ etc.) (were) the object(;5) vi.s\ble ? Mar..ner of Obser\"cl tirH!.: Be specifLC -five tl.ri.,.:ules, Use or.e o1. cUlY cornbil.:..t.tiO!l ot the follo\\'ing Hents: g.tom,d- tisual ~tir.-viS'-lal, !?,l:0'..~:1d-electror.1c. (If. El c ;troiic, 5pediy trpe of 1~vtar). Stale.mer;t ~s to !)p~i.l;:t.l ai.ds (telescopes, biltO<:t lal'S etc. ) us~.-d z.d rtt::!.:; el~iptio'., the::~uf.. COM:PLE J'E 0.~ LY II, Ilf:.FORrEli BY A PIL0'1'. It t!Je ~i.ghtbg Ot:.;'\ln=..:d wl.ilt! <'.ilb,Hnc, ~lve ty~t:! ui ,l.i~(;t J1~ ' i:tentifieation # , :d tituliE' l.Jttte a. nd Tim c oi S.1g;l1Li'1g: Li.gld. t:o~tditlo11s day, ~ ddWn, d usl, Lo.cation of Obscrv~r( ::~): Pinpoint locatiun acc..Ltl'clll'l}' ll!;c strctt and l1llll<huL l~.cLnc~ if'' (Example -bil' kya rei n f honsc "ll .I i. Dunt! H vad . \'! (;S tl- 1llpl o:: h ldtmtification of Obs ..!rve r : Mailing Adclrcss lJit!.d ll .t:lttat Physical Evidence: V/ere ptwtoglaphs taken o:r WFJ.s ~ny 9J'.Y->ical c v!d8q-:;,;: of the object I eft behind? (Note: If the cnlle:. says the:'e is :;::hy:.;i.:.;CJJ. avidel1ce still present, contact \~ii71g Operati.:ms Dutv O.i"O(;er E1:ro; gb ~::Ac, Ext 493, or the Air Police, Ext 4.08, imrnediately) (Observe r {s) account of weather conditions. THIS IS '.i'HF; END OF QUESTIONS FOR THE ODSER'I/EFC f.:EC~HD Al\1Y OTHER CO:Ml'AEN'fS HE 1-/I.AY WAH'I' '"f(, ADD. 'I'~lAnr~ Hft'll (HER) FO.H. ~,.~HEN 'J.'.HE C}\.LLI:H. HAS H':J!~G 'J?, CALL BASE \V t~A'I'EEH -~ .. i' E.!XT. f~S VELOCITY J.N Kih.)'TS & ngG9.1!:ES Nvte: V/(:(~ther t.!J.L'dti 'nai~ 0 contir1ued u ti. y2~-: fl. Visibility: Amount of cloud cover: Thunderstorms in area and quadrant in which located: Vertical temperature gradient: Any other unusual activity or condition, meteorological, astronomical, or otherwise, whic h might account for the sighting. NJ.::X'I' CALL 'filE GOMfiJ\T ALI::l<.'l' LEN rl::H, t:.:XT ... 4<)\, FOH. Tl18 FOLI.OWING IN FORM A TION: Wati radar sighting madt' ') By whom? Was intercept action tak<..u? Location, approximate altituclc, and genera l dirt::<.:tion of Uigl-r o( a r." ail' rraffi c or balloon relcases it1 thC' nrc a whic h might po:isibly i\CLm nt lf' ' 1 ht! !-> igl&ting. l'lNI\I.f.\ , C/\1.1. CFUIMMAf~ All<l.IU\FT OPEH.I\.TIONS S I:CTJON 1\ I' '/27-l~ull, I!:X'l'. 611, ' I 0 .F!NI> Ol:T lF Tfll::Y ITAD ANY 1\lHC.HJ\Fi PI.Yi~f(, Wfltr'll , .. ~,trt.n A,:.COUNJ F(JH till: ~.llill 'l JNC. Do not discusH the repott with ~lny civilian cal!ers . Onl~r the Offi<..'-o Information, Hq. USA1i', i s authuti z.ccl t n nlc:a~<.' informa~i.on '-Os1Ct.n.h UFO tcportR. It you ~ll c I aUul by m<.'llllH'rS o r Lhc pres~. ask t h u n t o plca~l l' C'all the Cnformation Offkcr, C,\pl. Cut:ig at 288 2717, or hb as::.~b~ tant, Lt. Campbell at hl\.$f ,xt. VJR. The regulation which covers UFO repo:::ts is AFR 200-2. R ete1 to Jr il you have any que:stious in the ha.ndliJg of this reporl. 'furn i n t h is tortu with your OD report in the: morzting . One final note. Most UFO reporls a-re rather routine "lighls -in-th:-sk.y" sightings. When a report comes in that is ouviously based on more tangible evidence, or when several reports of sightings at lhe same lime are received, contact the Operations Duty Officer through the CAC, Exl 493. Reports are much more easily investigated at the time of the sighlings than a day or two later. Your cooperation and good sense will help the Air Force investigate these sightings in a professional manner .