PROJECT 1007l RECORD I'' uA 'i.: . ':' Mo: vl\tjUF' ~. L.OCA TION t 3. Sit : '? 10. CONCLUSION l Case: (INSUFFICIENT DATA) I PHOTO : ( INSUYFIC li~h"T DAT~) 4. NliMBt. , ,;-OBJ ECTS Case was not ru tmi tted till Jl Aug l a t e to investigate. The original negs. was ntv ~Lb .. - !>. LENCTH OF OBSERVATION EF SUMMARY AND ANALYSI S 6. TYPE OF :>BSERVATION Grouoa-Visual ~ee .:>ummar v fl. Pt10TOS 9. PHYSICAL EVIDENCE Observer sighted and photographed a lar~e bri~nt j_, silve r white approaching the zenith, t hen ~IX a bf, ~-. Wl'i t e . 'l'he object carne fran the east, circled anu re-.: . .. .:: t oward the east. No noise was heard a t any ttme. FIRST SIGHTING OF TI-llS TYPE OBJECT. 31. Was anyone el :se with you a t th~ tim" you sow tha obj~ct? ( Circl 0flc) 31.1 IF you onswrod YES, cliJ tht:y :;.~a t ho objec/ t o.>? ( Cird.: Or. a) 31.2 Please list their names ot,d cddros~os: 32. Plea s e give tho f ollowillg inforr .. otio n obout yo.~rsctlf. Lost Nomo t\idJio Nome TELEPHONE NUMBE lndicotu any o dditionul j,,fot.r.rlti.~;, nboul I am a Hig h School graduate and a~ employed a s a Clerk-Typist in the of a local bank, a position I have held for I contact e d 1~e Syracuse 33. \'/h .n nnd to whorrl Jld ;OJ I C'!~II-o: tl.<~t '/U' J hcul .... :h.:~ ol.j~ct? Heral d Journal concerning z.. --- No.Yem.ber 1 _966 the picture and they were Day Month 'r :~ar interested in it. Howe ver,. ~fter sev eral weeks went by and they did no t use it, I req uested its and o.s a result it \'las r eturned \vi thout being published 27. In the following sketch, imagine that you o re at the point shown . Place on " A " on the curtod line t o show how the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you first saw it. Place o "B" on the same curved l ine to show how high the object was above the horizon (skyline) when you lo s t saw it. P lace an "A" on the compass when you f irst sow it. Place o "B" on the compass where you fast sow tl1c object o picture that will show the motion that the object or object s mode. Place o n "A" at the beginning of the path, a "B" a t the end of the _p~th, and show any changes in di~ection dur in3 th~ course. MOVING EAST - ---~ TURNING f ~. t-10 VING WEST 29. IF there was MORE THAN ON[ o b ject, then how many were there? Draw a picture of how they were a rranged, onJ put on a rrow to show the d irection that t hey were t ra veling . THERE \VAS ONE OBJECT 34. Date you completed this questionnaire: Ooy Mont h 35. Information which you feel pertinent and which is not adequately covered in tho specjfic points of the questionnaire or a narrative explanation of your s ighting. gues. 5 #2. 'The object made 2-1 minute flights ove r the city. After completing the first flight it v anished momentarily, then re-appeared, the second flight and did not return. Both flights were made within a 5 minute period. Ques . 10 & 11.. In answer to #10 I stated that the object appeared solid. In answer to #11, the object did not appear as a light but was much bright e r than the brightest stars. Ques. 13. The object did n o t change brightness at any time. As it receded toward the eastern horizon and therefore was moving away from me, the object would naturally appear smaller and less outstanding as the distance bet\.;een it and my position increased. Since I took the photograph of this object, I have observed various types of aircraft at night and have attempted to photograph their lights. As of the above date I have not seen anything that resemble d the object and all of the ne&atives weretreturned completely blank. My eyesightand hearing are excellent and I can hear the engine of a je t plane flying at such h igh altitude tha t it is a l most impossible to see its lights. Considering the appar ent size of the object in q uestion, if there was any type of knO\m propulsion involved I am positive I would have been able t o hear it. PHOTOGRAPHIC 1. Type and make of camera Exa 35mm 2. Type, focal length, and make of lens Wirgar, f=135mm, 1:4.5 F.C 3. Brand and type of film Eastman Kodak Co., Kodacolor-X 4. Shutter speed used 1/50 sec. 5 Lens opening used; that is, "f" stop 4.5 6. Filters used 1 Was tripod or solid stand used No 8. Was "panning" used No Exact direction camera was pointing vith relation t o true Tlorth , and its angle vi th respect to the ground. Bearing: 45 Angle: 80 10. If supplementa l information is unobtainab l e , the minimum camer a datn required are the type of camera, and t he smallest and large s t " f " i3top and shutter speed readings of the camera Major Hector Quintanilla, Jr. Wright-~atterson Air Force Base Syracuse, NeN York 13207 The follo\'ling is a description of a possible UFO which I witnessed and photographed the night of October 26, 1966. Enclosed please find 1 Kodacolor print, 1 Kodacolor slide, 1 photocopy of a letter \'lr.itten by a resident of Manlius, Ne\-r York \'lith \'lhom I am not acquainted, 1 sketch of the object's flight pattern and a self- addressed, stamped envelope. DATE OF SIGHTING: October 26, 1966 TI~lE OF SIGHTING: 9 :30 P. M. Eastern Standard Time \'laS in the back yard of my home, located at the above address, photographing the moon using an Exa with a \vir gar f=135 mm, 1:4.5 l~ns set a t infinity '.>lith an opening of 4.5 at 1/50 a second, and a pair of 7 X 50 binocular s . Turning away from the ~oon \mich had already crossed the zenith, I sa\., a brilliant, silvery \11hi te light approaching slowly from the east approximately 20 above the horizon. The brightness of the light v~s comparable to an auto- mobile headlight at a distance of 15' whe n set on high beam. It did not a ppear to stand still at any time, alte r its speed, brealt up or explode, leave a visible trail, change shape or 9ulsate . As i t approa c hed the zenith , the light los t its silvery appearance and became millcy \!hi te but did not lose its brilliance Although I did not see a definite shape , th i s object, if it can properly be classifie d as such, did not move in front of or behind anything and appeare d to be solid. 1 wear eyeglasse s and observed the object through 7 X 50 binoculars which did no t reveal any shape or clue to its identity. The area was exceptionally quiet a nd I h eard no sound of any kind durin g the entire sighting . The appar ent size of the object \~S comparable to a baseball held at arm's l e n gth and appeared to grow smalle r as it rece d ed to\~rd the e a s t e r n horizon. I was outdoors during the entire sighting in a residentia l a rea of the city and was facing east when the object appeare d and disappeared. The sky 1ras clear \'lit~ a fe w stars, full moon, no clouds. haze or wind. The \-tea ther was dry and cold. No one was with me at the time of the sighting. I cannot estimate the spe e d or distance of the object although the slowness and sharp turn ma de by it woul d , in my opinion, rule out a conventional aircraft. The ob j ect made 2 identical flights ov e r the city and vanished in t he area i n which it first appeared. Each flight t oo}: approximat ely 1 minute and both flights took place \d thin a 5 minute period . I ha ve enclosed a slide as well as a print of t he object because i t \'la s no t d isce r ni bl e a s .l studie d the o b j ect thro ugh binoculars and did not show up on t he print; ho,,ever, the slide whe n projecte d shows a purple glow c ompl e t e l y surrounding the object. Any information you c a n gi ve conce r ning the nature of this o b j ect \1ould be appr ecia ted. My name is I am 32 years old, a High Sc hool g raduate a nd a~ employe d as a ~lerk-Typis t in the a local banlc, a pos i t i on I ha ve he l d f o r 1 4 years ~ ., TURNING MY POSITION D1e object appeared at Point "A" 20 above the Eastern horizon, moved West until it reached a. point 80 above the Eastern horizon. At Point "B" the object turned North, then continued turning East\'lard, continuing in that direction until it vanished . 'scorns' To the Herald-Journal: I am ~iting to you in reference to the a r ticle e ntitled, ''UFO sightings" that was printed i n the Oct. 30 edi . ;. On the nl~ht of Oct. 2G, 1966, I observed a mere white dot behaving fn a somewhat unusual mnnner. It would recede to tho cast- ern horizon and rome back to jus t about overhead. I was intri;;ued by the object -- -- . and drove over to a friend's house. He stud Jed 1t lor a time and some of his relatives ere ~itnesse-; to it abo . called Hancock Airport and a man an s wcrcd pohtely and asked me \\ hat I was calling for. At firs t I told him or rather a sked him if he had had any c;ightin;;s or or any re)eaac-h missions in the area. He said no. The n I inquired as to the laws regarding lights on phanes. He said they were required-both r\ir Force and commcrci<~l to have flas hing lishts. I then told him what I have stated :.o far. lle th en st;ated tha t ere are not, never have been any s uch thins!s a s UFO~. point is this : ' When a pers on has alleged to ha\e seen something the only reaction he ever r eceives from the m onitors at Hancock Field is one of negative views. I don' t! maintain hat t here aro UFOs but ]Tlaybe some of ese people who have seen something :whether it be of this earth or not should bo ' listened to out of courtesy and because maybe the facts do exist. GREG Sl\IITH, 'l'DPl' (UFO) lvlaj Quintanilla/70916/mhs/30 Dec 67 UP~ Observation 26 October 1966 Syracuse, Hew York 13207 1. This replies to your correspo ence of August 31, 1967 on your nnident1t1cd flying object observation of October 26, 1966. Your slide was examined by photo experts a t Wright-Patterson AFB with the fol1oving results. . a . The c ause of the image ou the film cannot be positively deter- mined. It consists of one bright circular disk of light Gurrounde d by seversl streaks. These streaks are part of the image and no t scratched in the emulsion. There is also a ~ter or air bubble in the emulsion. A comparison of the slide 3nd the color priat L~dicetes that the strea k patterns ere some'\lhat di.!ferent and possibly printed from ~eparate negativea. Alao the vater bubble does not sppea r on t.he color print. SUggested cause of the bright circula r d isk image possibly the result v f the csmera bei.:lg focused on a ztronE; light source. The origina l color materia l is not a vcil :lbl e . \Jithout thi s material, no f'"o..1rther meaningful enalyais into the W3Bible cau3e of the imagery can be mad~. 2. r~o further investigation into your obse.::vo.tion will be marie :.;ince your sighting occurred in October 1996 end a1rcroft recorcu, .1e<.1th~r and other vita l files are not !tept 1br over thirty d tys in :::ost instanc-es. 3. Inclosed are your slide, pri11t e n d one cnl..1rc:;emeut. Th:lnk you !'or repo:-ting your observ~tion to the Air Fo rce ~UINTAiliLLA Jr, liajor, USAF 1ef', Aerial ~eno~ena Offic e Aerospace Technolog ies Division Production Director a t e Sliue, print d 1 ~nlnr1ement i!'JCl sc: f D u r I ( l.A < s l F I r December 1 ' DATE OF REPORT SUBJECT UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT Syracuse, New York DATE 26 October 1966 PHOTOGRAPHY One 35mm colored slide and one 3~ inch by 5 inch colored print. l. PURPOSE: This report answers Work Order Number 67-135 submitted by Major Quintanilla, TDETR, \-rhich requested an analysis be made on the submitted photo slide in order to identify object as was reported sighted at ~acuse, New York, 26 October 1966. 2. ANALYSIS: The cause of the i mage on the film cannot be positively determined. It consists of one bright circUlar disk of light surrounded by several streaks. These streaks are par t of the i mage and not scratches in the emulsion. There is also a trater or air bubble in the emulsion. A comparison of the slide and the color print indicate that the streak patterns are somel-rhat different and possibly printed from separate negatives. Also, the water bubble does not appear on the color print. Suggested cause of the bright circular disk image was possibly the result of the camera being focused on a strong light source. The original color material is not available.. Hi thout this material, no further meaningfui"" anaiysTs~into-the 'possible causes of the imagery can be made. PHOTO ft..1\1ALYSIS BY: EJ.I.IS E. HEAP Intelligence Research Specialist APPROVED BY: ~ \ffi,I.IAM L ; TURN~ Hajor, USAF - Chief /Photo P.n ysi 'Branch -t-BER PR~CE", . JR. Chief, Photo oita~ion Division FTD WORK ORDER Description of Work: {Include title of unscheduled tasks.) Dote Issued FTD W.O. No. 5 DIA Task No. 6 . DIA Priority 7 Dote Needed a . Consequence Code Cl ossi fi cot ion of Sources Classification of End Product ll. PP T O or Dep Sig Div./Dir. Symbol 1 J. M-H Estimate Div. Chiefs Instructions/Modification or Expons ion of Work Oeser iption FTD JAN 67 13 Provlou o edition o f thlo f orm h oboll!t&. 15. Phones Di v. Precedence Div. Chicf/Dir. Sig Copy No. 3 to Block 3 TDE'l';ID'O (Maj. ~inta!lilla/70916/ j a f/9 Oct 67 ) UP~ Obvervation o f Z6 Oct 1966 1. Reference your recent l ette r in whicb you rc,~uested informati o n on unidentified :flying objec t 3 . 2. Since your obsezvation occurred on October 26, 1:166, \.e prob::1bly won't b e able to identity the cause . Ho~ever, i f you ~ould f ill out the inclo3ed forms ~e w~ll attempt t o evaluate your ~16flting. 3 "\oln~n le receive your completed forms, your p~oto~Mph '-ill bt- Daly::ec. This process ~.'ill ::-equire t he ori'3inal -:;lie!~ nnd may 1:~e 6everal ~ntbs. Af t e r analysi s has been coopl~ted your p~otograFh and slide '"ill be returned to you intAct. 4. If in the future you .shoul d ob ;;crve enothe!" UFO, ;.lc.~;~.:~ cont11ct your ne&.rest Air Fo rce :B:lBe '"O tbet a co!:tpl~t on-th~ --pot i."'lv::!ct- 1g3tion CrlD b e mace. 5. Then k y ou tor :-t!porling :~our sic;hting to t.h:.! .tUr Since r e l y , TOR QULlll'!'A !liLLA, i ef, Pro ject Bl~e Jr, Major, UGJ\? ~. IF you saw the object at NIGHT, what did y ou notic e concerning the STARS and MOON? 8.1 STARS (Circle One): 8.2 MOON ((trcle One): (a. Br"i;ht m~o':'!i.~hJ> b. Dull moonlight c. No moonlight -p itch dark d. Don't remember d. Don't remember 9. What were the weather conditions at th e time you sow the object? CLOUDS (Circle One): WEATHER (Circle One): a. Clear sky Dry ) Hazy b. Fog, mist, o r light rain c. Scattered clouds c . Moderate or heavy rain Thick or heavy clouds Don't remember 10. The object appeared: (Circle One): b. T ron sporent d. As a light e . Don't remember 11. If it appeared as a light, was it br ighter than the brightest stars? (Circle One): l-;; Bright~0 c . About the some b. Dimmer d . Don't know 11.1 Compare brightness to some common object : An automQhile h eadl_iggt ~t a distance of 75' set on high b