PROJECT ';C:i73 R=CO~D 1. OAif. TIME 2. LOCA TIC,, I .t. Nli~.BC R Of OBJECTS ~ENGTH OF OBSERVATION sevi.::ral ::. i nutes TfPE OF ORSERVATION BRIEF SUMMARY ANO ANALYSIS strang~ o0jcct bet':reen. s or;;ene:.. ~ ~0 PtiOTOS v:a s set!n PHYSICAL EVIDENCE cues or:. FTD SCP 63 0-329 (TOE) iJrevloue edltlon of thl tonn may be ued, 'l.Tlilrjuro /Maj Quintanilla/70916/mhs/23 Jan 67 Re~est for Aircrafi Information FAA Control Tower Hemdon Airport Orlando, Florida Our office is in receipt of an unidentified flying object report which took place in the Orlando Florida area on 11 November 1966 bet-ween 1930 and 2030. Request information on acy type of aircraft that c:ould have operating in that area with some type of unusual lighting configuration, :possibly an advertising gi;nmic:k ot acme kind.:.. .If sueh an aircraft has been operating out of the Orlando, .. Florida-area this.: information \10\lld be appreciated. C. MAA.1ATT Colonel, USAJ' :: Director of Tecbnoloo and &lbsjsiems COORDINATIO~: Pro~ect Blue Eo Foreign Technolo~y t1v1s1on of the A1r Force Systems Commans ;,!r1~ht-fAtterson Air Force Esse .C3yt:>n, Ohio To whom it may c~ncern: The bel~w is a statement I will swear to of ~n UFO siqhtin~ made on Nove~ter 11, 1966. Y husband suz~ested I ~eep tt1e incid~nt to xyself but after readins the article 1n the SCI C2: ~: rv~SCEA~ICS I wa.s prompted to ma~e my report. On Frida gt 7:30 my husband, myself ~ere trsveling North pn la sso~ Trail in Orla.ndo, Florida when we notic~d to our ri~ht a stra.nge object flyJ ng at about the altitude of planes circling for landing at an a.irp:>rt. The object had a red light on top, green light on botto~, and flashin~ white lights intetween which seemed to have an alterna.tin5 pattern. It was moving rsther slowly. I sug~ested it ~ust te a blimp because of the flashin~ lights. said no, there was no blimp in the area. She rema ed on the crashin~ of t h e Go~d Year blimp and s aid there was only one otber an~ that 1t was out ;~est. ~ie watcned a s we drove a ol!ed about a "flying saucer." ;;hen t..,re ree.c hed t we turned 1 n. \'ie 1t'ere unacle to see the object tecause of t h e trees. tte eGtered Chastaine's and had dinner, anc returned home out further visual contact around 8:15 . I suggests call the Herj~n Airport a~ d re rt what we bad seen see ' at it had teen. At 8:3 and I left to ~o t() Se9.rs on Col:>nial Drive. ~le '.rere drivin::r ,-.;e s t on Oak a1dge Ro3d ~'hen ~e noticed the s~me or anot~er UFO to my left. It ca~e very cl:>se t~ ~11e road, lower tha n before and it seemed to ce stationary , then move, then statiJnary a~ain. I pulled off the road t o ~et a aJJ d luck . I could see th~t th~ lig~ts were not flBshin~ words es ~ould a blimp . As we were dr1vin~ the s o me 1~1 yards tJ a !as s t atiJn, the oc ject t urned sh9rpl~' !.lrJ'3 s h o t up',Ja.r d 9. t an cn~le -,..,i th jus t a glow i n t~e s~y like a tig s t a r ~nly a little lar5er; then it wgs rzone. ,\e c:1lled home fr:):n the :J:a.s sta.ti ) n and on 3o u t h Or3.n .re .=l'JS 2o :e 'lr:1i l until , .e re:?-c~ed Interst9.te 4 d o \\' n :> u t o f the J:-.. o r t h j u s t o v e r t he o Y or p '"' s ~ o f t e on -c om i :. -r .L he 11 ~ h t s s e e me c t o c :> rn e fro ::2 t h e r e 'J. r ., n 0 rn e e t 1 n the f r ~ n t , then ~o tac~. They appe~.red to te ~o1n! 9rou~d tefore. ~y widow was smeared s o I rolle d it do~rn t o ~et a cle3r view. 1here wa.s no sound whqtsoever. I oulle~ off the road onto the emerg9ncy stop. The red d ~reen li~tts we s~w when it w~s hi~her u ~ ~ere not on now. We s a t 9nd wgtched it for a :oinute or so. The object Jl:JVec! very str ansely. 'I~en 1t turned sharply, moved with intense epe~d, and still no sound. 1he lights went out ~nd it w~s gone in 1 split sec~nd. Then it w~s just a little lqr~er than ~ star. All the ti~e it recu1red to reach this altitude couldn't have teen tut a second or two at the most. ue c::>ntinued on our v;s. sl1 htly confussed and bewildered . ~hen we returned ho said he had called nerdon Airport. They told him there was no piper cub, plane, or hellicopter we saw. It h9.d no wings or propellers and mace absolutely no sot;nd. As close as it came we would ha.ve hea.rd. It traveled w1 th speed that of which I have never seen gnd I have watched roc~et shots !rom a distance. Was Herd~n try1n7 to cover up something? Did they or e.nyone else'report an~t~ing? If there is a logical explanation we w~uld li~e to hear 1t. I don't relish the tbou~ht of outside visitors A statement can be obt~i~ed fro~ s. if you would like I w~uld li~e a reply if it i s at all po3sitle . I swea.r t his stqtement is the truth ~nd th~t I ~ave explained it tbe test of my ility. I'm sorry I c~uldn't ~ive more detail ~tout the size ~nd so on. It wgs bard to tell with the a.lt1tude and ~ovement. Appsared to be a little l~r~er th~n the width of the r~ad. ~he li~hts see~ed so bright 1 couldn't tell about the sh~pe other than telng roun.~. Yours truly, Contact was made with the Goodyear Corporation, Akron, Ohio (794-3127) reg!ird ing the Goodyear Blimp. On 11 Nov. 66 th~ blimp \-las in a hang~r at l-liami, Florida. Hiami is the winter headquarter s for the s'4rc; of ~ ATC T0~7ER, ORLA.r-700, F LORIDA Colonel James C. Manatt Director of Technology and Subsystems Hright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433 January 27, 1967 Attn: TDET/UFO In reply to your inquiry of January 25, 1967 reference an unidentified flying object in the Orlando, Florida vicinity on November 11, 1966, our records indicate no such sighting was reported to the FAA Tower. In addition, no aircraft is known to be operating in this area dis- playing other than normal lighting. Sincerely, Howard F. Cone Chief, Orlando Tower