P ROJECT 10073 KECO~D 1. D ATE T IME GROUP Civil i a n 4. NUMBER OF OBJECTS 2. LOCATION Clove~dale, un : o tMO "'itness 10. CONC LUSION Astro(Venus) was setting ~t the ~ime of t h e ob~erv~tion az.i:::u~h o f tipproximately 240 degr ees. 5 . LENGTH OF OBSERVATION tll. BRIEF SUMMARY A ND ANA .... Y~IS 6. TYPE OF OBSERVA T ION Ground Visual Stationary e. PH OTOS PHYSI CAL EVIDENC E Observers noticed a. oran~e colored ob~ect i n the \-lcstern sky ~bout 15 cle~rees :'ru., ~he no.cizon . The ob ject \1a:;, compared t o ;/enus :Ju.:. :.. l itt-le l:..r gor. 'll1c object app ear- ed to move ~orLh ~ ~ .. ~:1 di!:t.~nce then it s~opped. It twinkled a littl~ .:.r.. t.:-.cn ~ust d i sa.ppere d f ro,""i' view. Tho descript:.on i:::; c onsi ~ter,t with that of m a sr.ro- nomi c-.1 observatio~. FTO SEP63 0-329 (TOE) Prulou edlllon.ofthl e/nrmru.-h~ ~" Your aerial obaez.,ation em tbe night of October 27, 1965, usa probabl7 eauaed b7 the plJmet Venua \lb1ch w s 1n the "f)TOces s o~ aett1na at the time or your aigllting. Venue bad a right O't 17 boun and 12 m1 nutea N'ld a stella r ltOJJDi tude ~ -39 !hfa plAeed the planet at or near the horizon a t 2UQ I am lncloains a report on Project Blue Book, the Al.r Force pl"'g2"'!Ua tor the investigatioa at lmidentified fiy1ng ooject s . You Vill note fl'oca-thia report that no pby'aical evidence .i.a Jmo D to en at ,;b ich \IOUld i ndicate tbat UFOa are interpl'-"..netary The Air Force ~ 13 open to the public :..:>nd:J.y throu .Jl J'riday f'l'CIIl 9 : 00 A.\f to 4 : 00 :?M a.nd caturday and tuod&y 1':-om 1: co .:>f llua D:x>k Report Gincerely, k:ri~l Pht~namena Branch \!rit;ht Po.tt!1rson Air Force Bu.3e Dayton , Onio 45433 Gent 1 C:l!:'En:. Clovo:cdale. Oni.o 45g27 UctQ 30,l9b5 I WiBh to r~port the sighting of a f lyj ng ob,jec t t.'~1ich In;f Dad. and I mada on the nis;ht of Oct. 27th at 9:10 P . li . Tne object \>:as in t.ntl \ iest ~t about 15 degrees from t!w hori zon . It ,..;as a littl e lcr::;e r t:-mn Vonu.s r.;s it. .JO.lld appaar t o the na'<ed eye am wc..s or::lt;!:;e in col or. Tr.e object appe rJr.::d to :nove nor~h. a s!1!2.ll cl3tc:mc e t r.::m i t stop~ed it appeared t o t\-li!lkle a littl~J an:l t ho:>n just disappeared from vi eN. I t d~d not go up or dO':m or :;id~\lo"3,13o .Please advise datas & tim-:3 your muse'..llTl it:; OJ'A.m to th:! {llblic . I s i t true that ycr..1 have uni:lentif ied flyi!J6 objects1 If so a te ih~se object~ ovailabl e f or vil-1wing 1 I em inclo:.iiJ6 a sel f P.dclrcs~ed st0Jl1)3i envelop~. Tr.ank yoy C t vJ-a l !'cyton, Oh.i o l~ HEADQUARTERS FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIVISION AIR FORCE SYSTEMS COMMAND UNITEO STATE S AIR ,-ORCE WRIOHTPATTERSO N AIR FORCE OASE, OHIO UFO Sighting, Cloverdale, Ohio Hq USAF SAFOICC (Mrs Hunt) 1. Reference attached report of an unidentified flying object from Mr His observation on the night ~t 27 October vas probably caused by the planet Venus vhich was in the process of setting. Venus had a right ascension of 17 hours and 12 minutes and a stellar magnitude of -39 This placed the planet at or near the horizon at 24o degrees 2. The Air Force 1-bseum is open to the public ll.onday through Friday from 9 A. M. to 4 P. M. and Saturday and Sunday from 3 The attached brochure will help explain the objectives and results of Project Blue Book to date. No physical evidence is known to exist which supports the contention that unidentified flying objects exist as interplanetary vehicles. FOR 'l'BE CO!-!MANDER ERIC T de JONCl<liE'ERE, Co lone 1, USAF 1 Atch Deputy for Technology and Subs ystems Ltr Jerome Laughals '10 ;Ht tW.:LF.tJS or ~t:CIJR/ ff'