2. LCCA TION CONCLUSION \"- B:IE~ ~U"~A: AND A"LYSIS . " LE!IolGl._, OF O BSERVATION t ~ -ti'r OF OliSE~VA'TION C:O...JRSE 'I ?. f'rl\'SICAL EVIDENCE OlOGY Di ISI0f filOG I tSI ,I. SC U : CLASSIJ:iED DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS OIVISION ( AFSC) WRIGHT .PATTERSON A I R FORCE BASE OHIO 4S433 \T . O F SELA/C-14l SPO (J.t ;.,wJECT Possible UFO Sighting To TDER/UFO (Maj . Quintanilla) 1. Reference is made (FTD) and nwself (Lt 2 . I infonned Maj. Quintan 66 telecon between Haj. Quintal'lilla I have four 35 mm slides taken by nw father-in-la,...,, f-Ir. in South St. Louis, H.i.ssouri between followin~ infomatioTl is transmi.tte~ concerning the slides. a. Slide No. 1 was tak~n with a 3 minute time exposure b . No. 2 -5 minutes c. No. 3 -10 minutes d. No. 4 - 15 minutes e. All slides were taken fac inP, sliRhtl..,. Nortl-> of "!:'as t . . dth an li'xata camera on tripod. f. At the time the slides wer e taken Scott AFT) i n f'omPd "lr. they have a u~r on radar. g . The plc:matarium in S+, . Louis . afte r hav5 nu S PP.P t.he s l i.des an~ compared thP'Il ,.a th a star chart, indicated that it was t.~f! plnnet tT'loi t.n.r . 3 . Even thou gh item g above seems t o identify the o'h"\ect nn t h e ~lirlP,:. r decided to send them to y our office for yo11r in f o!"7llati. on. T as sum"" all of the a b ove inf'ormation reprPs~nts v~ry clo9e a ppr"')xjma.t i o"l3. lf'nr f'.lrt, ...... jnforr-ation contact: St. J..ouis, ~!o. (Notf': after l ?00 S":.. Lori s t~.m"') Of -------PAGES PHOTO ANALYSIS REPORT DATE OF REPORT14 February 197 suBJECT UNIDENTIFIED OBJECTS , C~ / MISSOURI LOCATION C-'l.l-N!fON; MISSOURI PHO T OGRAPHY 1. PURPOSE: The purpose of thi s report i s to answer Work Order Number 67-12 submitted by Major H . Quintanilla Jr. for an analysis and determination of the objects idertl.ties, if possible . 2 ANALySIS: a Sli<j~s #1 & # , from Mr. ppear to be as follows: \ #lis a normally expose ooT quality tr nsparejcy wi one Wjiter spot\>r chip {n emulsion J?rob~bly caused in proces ?g. #7 may a o bp a good sparency, highly nfugnified. It may'also be some object or r ection of somE\, nape other n shown~ b':lt cfcie to appear as t~ .. :,o lobes lith high light a d shadows by e extent of ck of focus. he higher the magpification more focu ca alter the !mag size and s The image o slide :!f7 could b' of an object a light s , urce r a reflecJlon o a light Any identific tfon from the avqilable Infor- mation \\'"ould be'only speculation. b . Slides #"10, and #"11, from Mr. were taken in the hours of near darkness and slides #"12 and ifl3 were taken in All four of these slides appear to have been aken t:lrough the same window and nearly along the same azimuth. Slide # 10 shows what appea:s to be a light source, airborne or elevated above the horizon. Slide #11 shows the same light source 1 or a similar subsequent light source in the same approximate position, dependent upon the time lapse between frames, but of a longer duration. A slower shutte r speed o n frame # 11, as compared to #10, would produce a lighter transparency, capture 1nor e of the movement of the object and make the object or image appear longer,. These conditions have been met in frame #11 which is of lighter density and has a longer i mage. An aircraft landing light could produce such images. c. Slides #12 and # 13 show linear patterns such as of smoke gas, v apor or exhaust trails . These patterns appear in approximately the area as the lights or reflections in slides #10 and #11. The llnear patterns of the object in slides #12 and #13 are nearly parallel t o the apparent I':io'\e:::ent o: the light in slide ~11. The similarity of implied motion in three of the four slides #ll, ~12 I and #13 , suggests numerous objects traveling in the same area and same dtrection, such as traffic on an airport approach or airway. PHOTO ANALYSIS REPORT NO. 67- 9 DATED--~1~4~F~e~b~ru~a~cy~l~9~67~ d . Another possibility is suggested in slides #12 and =ltl3. That is of a n aborted attempt at skywriting. The abort is suggested in slide =ltl2 by the "dot" of smoke to the right of the upper end of the line. The "dot" appears to be a 90 degree continuation of a after the stem had been formed, when the smoke release failed to stay open. No aircraft i s visible in slide #12 or #13. e . The frame numbers supplied by a processor are usually a reliabl e indicator of the film sequence through the ca'mer a . Since frames #10, #11, #12 and #13 were all hand dated 29 Octo!:>er 1966 this would indicate frames =lt10 and #ll were taken in the pre-daylight or prior to slides #12 and # 13, rathe r than in the evening hours of the 29th of Octo~er. PHOTO ANALYSIS BY: ROBERT L. COUNTRYMAN Intelligence Research Special1st (CONTINUATION SHEET) I APPROVED BY: WILI.TAM L. TURNER Major, USAF I Chief, Photo Anal s s Branch WILBER PRICE . TR.Jv:. , . Chief, Photo Exploitati FTD WORK ORDER 1. Description of Work: {Include title of unschedule d tasks. ) Request photo analysis be accomplished on the attached slides (six) to determine ~hat unidentified object may be. Aug or Sep 66, Clinton, Missouri. 1-~ ... -..... , 'Y'Il.; Request all material b e returned upon completion of analysis. 2. f-TD W.O.No. / 3. Monito r 'J 5. DIA Task No. 6 . OJ A ?ri ority 7. Date Neede d 8. Consequenc e Code 9. Classi f ication of lO.Ciassification of End Product unclc.ssified ll.PPTD or D e p S ig. 12. Div./ Oir. Symbo: ~13.1':\-~l Estimat e 18. Div. Chie fs Instructions/Modification or Expansion of Work Description Co~y Nro 1 to Blocr~ 3 15. Phon2s ) 16. Div. ?rcccde~co sliJe. "e Ar,ves . Re t:crcncc your r _cent :-bot..:~r:ophs of trJt:: :pl '"!n~t "'J.pi tcr -wl .:.en 'ere tak.~n on ~c :.ober 29, 1966. P ... o.1~ct Blue ~ok is c <J:ren '{ in the :proc~::;:; o- ~eJ...:!ctir.:: v:...riouc :;>hotogra:p~b -O!'" tH.;t.:ibu. lC":'l L'!l..: ... .! "'~:-~am-...:u~ adc!rcs~ unlcs3 :ron J 1e i:-e, oi~'lce cur