10. CO:>.CLUS.O~ ' Lc!\C"iH OF OBSciWA"iiv~ -. :'i'~ or: CRSERVATIO:-. I , . r'HYSJC,..\L c V I.:>cNCc Provlou Oiclon o( ohl l:.r.D u a ; b~ useu. Oz.'.UT~i~f Of 111: AJ ~ ft)i(C~ ri 1;:; ,,HS.i.\CC 0 Uf!CI I~(OAoll>tG Mm~C'C 03~cr ~'/AS ABOUT FOL.'1 FEET FRO'A T!-:E CROUO MD T,~ENTY INCH:5 IN 01,\- ~.IEJE.l? '.'/H ILE '"P,\R,<EO T r.'E L IGHf W.\S '/IH ITE ~'/H H A FL lXR SCENt' QU~l IT 'I., AS Hi~ 08.-tCPO!:GAN (0 t.HNE, THE LIGHT TL'H!ED TO A REDO ISH COLC~., ORA',YilGS OF TrfJ OS .. ECT MD (i-: INTc:R lffi COMPART:.IENT WERE 08TAI~D FRCI m ARE AVA ILA8LE UPON RC::QLEST o K:~ LT COL KENrt:TH Ho H.\LLMARK ?M 5 RU.ViBI.\3166 UNO.A~ CHIC:~, S.\FETY OIV ISION, AREA CODE 4&5J OF'riCE ?HO~ 418, H~E 4<32- 7774. ASSISTED BY t T ROBERT \L NICHOLSON ..R, FV31o934 CHIEF', l'iF'rn\4AT ION VISIONo BOTH 1~A'Y ALTUS .l\r8 O'<LAo FERSml~!EL IN WELLINGTON, TEXAS S7 AT 0 T Hi\T MR '.Y~ S A REL I.~SLE MD ST A8LE to 1'/10 L!>.l o 1-:E HAS P.tSI!JtO HI THIS V ICINIT V F'C?.-All OF ~HS"L fFE 'ftITH Tr EXC!PT ION OF G\ YEAR o CONQ US 1'/E F HD INGS A~O CAU~ ARE U~OETER~ I i\0 ~> UNCL~SSJF1 E!:> 2'1 UliUUU R LEO HOAI C~A F ~ Uf.O HqAi OSA F . A .v A FR DESCR .PT ,QN OF' OBv::CT: \ ~J EGG Si1"PEO BUT SL ,GHIL Y FLATTER " ) G'IE l 'l Nt MBER ,5.~ WH -E 1:1 fL 'GHi \OS JD'~JE!J ~\C BECA'H: I Ci.. E -CJ~EO t\IERO~ OF iH AIT :,EO VH \ol \0 0 ISCERtJ't3Lt Sf}IP.Oo (9) t\ 'fA!-"!: U~CL4S51 Fi ~D 5UH ~o\iSS.oh~;: ,q~\,~Gi (f0ET/Ut0} WP>.FB., OH 0 (lr Q[3J(I,T~ ~1J A LiGHT "!f>S S~EN 1N r1.:-RCAR '! i t'.'! IIRP.O? "f' HIS GR 0 U ~oC L E'/ EL If S HOI), .... 'JC\T'O~I 0c-;SSERVEP.~ T..l';nv rOl"R ~::GREES f'~" f"_ ACE OF S IGHT ... : 'JR FA C C: E A S T CH.LOR~SS i,I<O""Ifolt; ~.1d).;\Gt r rC: s E r; o ~m w A s C H HE 0 J: S ~ l BE S T A '' I G AN i~HCL.\55j rJ ED it occurred at a small airport and the duroLiOl was o half minutes. Foll owup shoulcJ lwvc been mule to dL!tc .. there ware oLI1cr potential witnesses. Since it occurr night on Decer.~bar 28, it is possiolc that there \vere N' witnes~es available. Xus t be carried as unidentifie d , 15. 12 August 1965, Ramona, Californin. One witness, duration of si::,hting only 15 seconds. was a 67 yea r old lady. Sighting occurred a L 9p. m. dn). saving time in the middle of Auc,us t , and thu.:. Lhe sk} : .... s till have been reasonably b rieht. Hitness ~aid siglat o;~ a t n i.ght and s!<y very bluf:!. Perhaj:>s she thinks tha t a .hi. ... after 6 p. m. i s nigi1t. Xust be l i .. ted as un~no..m (meac-- \: .. .:-., single witness, very short duration). 26 February 1966, Bartlett, ~etv lla."llpshiru I have in my files for 2 6 Fe~ruury 1966, Hampshira. I do not seem to find a Eurtlctt, case. See attached supplemenr~l .. l1eet A. 17 . 17 July 1966, Centerville, Ohio . }ianches te. ."c w Ha.llpsot . Temporarily not in file. Hill study t h i s case whe,, , "': c;it 18 . 9 February 1967, Odessa, Del~ware. Since by an admitted breakdoto~n in comm1micctions tl"~ ;) .. , . Ai r Force Base delayed some five months in inv~sti~a::in~ t: :. ca!i~, all I have i s the ~ICAP repo...-t. Evaluation pending 1:1y ~tt ~ a coj:>y of the Air Force investigation of s.me. Based on ::;.r .. re?ort, the sighting is o bviously unidentifi~d. 1 9 . 12 February 1967, Grand Rapids, Xichigan . I have o nly the card o~ this case, but judsin~ ron ,, see.."':'s to be a poss:.bility that this 0:1C-\Jitnc5-> c c \IC>; by low-fljin:; birds reflecting li~ht. Tile sig~ltin[; l.,r.t.:. 10 n~corls, and ~itness mentions a ilLgh-?itchud cl1irpiu . ' ! , ind~pendcnt of official Project JJlU\o Boo~ busin.::-;s. 'i'l very involved and I feel must be cl<:~..,sificd 1!' ~sycholl. hoax unless oti1er data turns up to c:1..11ge thi:., ,.,hich ~ In synopsis form: because o( inte..-est j,1 any pu., phot:ogrnph, I culled f HclJ ington, Tf>:< 1;. had a long taped intervic~., with him. He sounded simplt> s tra:ightfon.,rard, in f-.1ct so simple Lh..1t I [N~l n compli contrived hoax Houltl be beyond his C.Ipubil i tics. Th e ; were sent u p and examined hy Nr. and me. not:~1ing on the picture to suggest. th~L it ,.,as not a ho ..... "t..re did not spend too rnuch time in ,,ny dl.!tail<"d nnalysj ~. "t..rare no reference mar~s, for instao~ce, \.J;l;.ch 1 . 1(1..! it i. ... t o ~udge distances, etc., and the obj~ct photo well have been a small object at very c. lost' rn~<gc.!. I had also taken the precaution o.f ccJllin~ tiH~ she .. \J<.!ll ington and getting .:.t nmdoun o.1 The shr described h im as livi.,g, with his \-:ifc, in an Lolated, section of Te>:as, as a cotton farner, ::nc! as ~ m;;n that' kno~vl r>dge of photogra;:>hy t.,:1<.1tever. r :1e ~in r if-volun:: i.,formntion that - to make a lon.; scory short -Lhc m.1 not: too b right, and f r om his stand;>oint alone '' photoo,- , hoa'~ seemed unlikely . He voluntet!rcd ho\.-eVlr that if llt \..rere involved, :-tr s . woul d be the mor e 1 ikely engi.nr.e. s u c h a hoax. Shortl y th~::reafcer tHO reporter s f rom Am"trillo call, .. . App::nently the !'tory had leaked nnd hnd told thc;.t r . .. . 'tOllld have no story for th.::m until he had confirmation o. 1 pictures from ~C!. This, of course, I.e r.evec got. I tole: reporters hot.,r I felt, but th..1t t:,~y might have 'I &ood ~Ll the perpetration of a hoax if they looked into it. Thi:: and follm.,ri ng my s.1gg~stion, had n lie d..:tcctoc test .:-. w;_,,, t o 1-:r. Tit is he flunked nnd he \lilS ~. \'ncr-.lly dL.( 1' " in the papers, as is ell kno . ...n. I then had <t phone c<t t t a co,:o.tercial nrtist f-:-o:n his rancn so.:le di~tnnce fro:n br,,,, A.-r. .... rillo nnd \..'ellington, to tell r::~ t .at he h'ld earlier O.:l.:' ~ i ntcr stcd in thi:; cast:, and himsel i had hypnotised r. in order, as h' f:>Ut ir-, to get no~c inforn ttion whether the infoc-:n~tio~ given under !typnosis t-11:; the s .... ~ ... . giv,n consciou~Jly by ?.r. Thi~ unsolicited p:1or.l ~-.. ... st.:rpri~:;eJ me but I co.,sidercd it just nnother one of ti . : o\.~':'"l~l. thin.:;s i.n this odJi.>all case. Shortly thereafter, I leurned Lilat Nc. l.<ld s' that the t.,rhole thing was a hoax, tha L he n .. ~i b~'ii put "' under hyj)nosis by this very artist-llyj)nOUst "'.o :1ad cr. 1 ~ u p s o.uP clays earlier. The story Lh~n \.,rt!nt som~La1in..; :i. i...1: . . Tne hypnotist had appeared out of a clcnr sky ( .. 1.:;y;. shouldn' t use that expression in this cont<..xL!), lucl gi: the set o E pictures, one of \.,:,ich includcci the hL' of the purported occupants of t h e cr:lfL), .1nd unJ~r l.yp.; lu gi.ven Mr. the story he \.,ras to tell lttttc. By t:Ji., . I wanted noth n g further to do with Lhe c .:;e, hut 1 wasta' L. the hook yet. One of the origi.nal re >ort~r, c.i'i..A.cd up, r,. incensed, and asked t.,rheLher I coulcl.1' t r,et the ,\ir Fore"' prosecutl! this hypnotis t unc~hicnl 'pr. cLice: ... , etc. , hnving made a dupe of n.l subjl.!ctet! h ' n to p : t ' ridicule. I told him that first of r. i.l t:1e .\i.r 'Force l;, " prosr>cute in such cases, and thaL furthc~ore in such J : , ; it is the injured p'lrty \.,rho bring.i suit ar.cl th ..... I hare~ : . that thP Air Force or I had been injured by the purportr. " Thi~ would seemingly have ended iL, ~ .. C-.!~l' thn t t .. l~.:~ tha..: Lhe hypnotist hhcn he had first calleci r .. e , ind merL .t just in passing that he had done ~orne work tJi.til the phys-ic., departnent at the University of Colorado (no conwction \; .. ,; "'r the Condon Committee), and had r.tent..;.on~.d a ,.,, it !:IO happens that took his ;.r,1s ter' s Degree \n L.; , . a good m-:tny years ago at Ohio State University. I thous-h~. 1 \On e call to him might be in order. This I did anl uas surp.-~ ~o le..1rn that the hypnotist (t.,rhose nom~ I do not recall nt ....... ..:1c n .... , btrt the entire story is on t apes wh:c h I CQn have rny sec~e: :; tLanscrib2 if needed) ha..> a dnug!1ter that h a d Horked tor ..;.;; i1:., 1 "'D- o.rJtory ior the past year or so, and that he htmse \:'1 ti".e studio and home of t:1e artist and only p~.:-L-tiri:'c hy;mo::i~,.. ....: :. d found him a tho=ou~hly honorable ~nd upstandinz citize~. coutd not conceive that this man could hav\" pervetr<:lt~d s uc:1 " "" m.tde .:.uch a dupe of Mr. In fact, hi.! cor.:;idcred J. ,lr:o:,:;ol c in the extrc.rne. relTycd this informali0'1 to t!lc l'Ct)Or\:~rs, lni:'til' sen.;c o r duty , sine., . they were rt~piclly los i n, inccre~t: . cr,r;.:!. But the St:!CjUel to this HaJ tlant h e n ell '~cd his .v: ~.'leo..: <'Gain. lie nm1 stntecl thqt he had lunkt'd the 1 ie dect. .o1 , ..... -:: 'n pu"pos~, but on his \m y to t~ki"' th lie t.ctcc~or tl:'.,t, s , , : ... <:. been accosted by t.10 men \.,r;\0 c;cuff..::!d him UrJ n:1d t; trned ; ... t iC I do not kno.,r ~Jhet.hcr it: is pos .ib1 c tf) dcll:, ... ,.tt~"'iy f' u ,; ., ~e clt!t\'"tor ter,t, but Lhc fact r-.!r ..;.n.; th.tt he: d . L t . Ct> l. llec tor Qu 1.\ tanlll a The pU?:zling tlting nbout the cntjre case i ~ hot/ Hr. c ,,,, jntv possession of the rather rcmarknole colot pol;1rc>jd pho~,.,, .. ,':;. ,:n~.t ~ere the circumstance s umlcr tvhich the pltoLogr,tf)!JS HC"rc I .k ol, ;, r; hotv were they contrived? Someboc..iy t:ent to e (:t i r :-.Jw> ur l ~ouulc, but why? I questioned both the sht?riif and a~:lv~tl Lhe , >t'l crz to find out also, whether Nr. Has ever kno.l'l to hav ''";~It'-;>ho~o- graphic supplies in the local store.:;, a11d tJhrot bwr he 1 <'l:n:hin; about photography himself. The rei)ly to this <tJ br ~:; t!r,,;r1 b~ detennined, 1as negative. If one had the L imc, t his \JC'l' i d , ke a very interesting, but not terribly signi.fic~nt cletectiv ~l:,v. I would suggest it as a psychology master' s degr~c thesj: It should be pointed out Lha t the sighting t' h, 1\0 means the onl y case reported in thaL area. Thrte follot.r"rl '!'.tiLe 'l spate of reports, apparently all the year, and n : '1 l:u:e as November 3 , 1967, then a made 1 typic,.r 11! '!.! eu- 1 body s ighting. "It was big <!nough to dl'i n a C"\r said, "it t.J1S shaped like n cigar -on wl tla": I believe there is a moral to be dra.vn frqrn th~ H'lliurton c ... c . Had the Altus Air Force Base rencted prompl l y :11d done , good inv( i- gation on this c2s very earl y in the g<Jme, :n11l in patUcul L, had found out how Nr. had co;-;1e into posses1iPn of ::;ai.d pictures, A lot o f later troubl e could have been saved. Wn still don't kttow how the pictures came into being. 21. 2 April 1967 , Shively, Kentuck y . The evaluation "possible aircr<!.ft" seems okay. Tile sir,hting fits a pattern of the unusual, but ue do not Jno~" how ,,,uc't the yo nng boys "read into" tvhat might h a v e been a perfectly ordin<'ty ~i ~ntiPV Tl1ey are familiar with UFO literature and could have given n l1i~.tly preferential interpretation t o thei~ sighting. 'fhe sigl1tit ;; w1: or short duration and the telescopic sighting tvas 20 seconds ot lc:;s, h ardly enough time t6 make a cold appraisal at .~ time of higi1 e::cio..:!- ment. Proper investigation a t the local levPl could h~ve coily determined how much of this \vas interpretation and how much was iact... 22. 3 April 1967, Pit tsburgh, Pennsylvania. The evaluation "aircraft" on this i.s ludic..rous, if ,111\' C:J'<''-'~rc whatcrer is given to th~ s:mlty n:1d r eli<tbility of Lhe u.,.~rv.Jr. r..: it was a n aircraft, the n it creaL~d in the tnind of Lhc obst!rv-~::-1n entire fantasy, becaus e as the ob~erver stated, ''then! i-. no o~jcc!: I ' v e ever seen almllar to this object I 53" Or could e~tn Cur.lpl"'Cl! ON CLA55J rltD 5T.VF M'iH.lG< BiU::10i I.'ICO~I>fv 1.hSS.41il INFO : XOP- 1, XO?X- 2, SAFOS-3, NIN-?, DI A- l (19) .tfDV CY FOC & Dil. z ,.R uuuuu FM 11 S~i/ AlTUS AFB 01<1.. A 0 Rt:;tMFV AIADC RlJ'NTEBA/31ST AIR OEFENC 0 1'1 O'QA~C\4A CITY AFS OKLA RLEOr 1 F tFT 0 VI P.\FB OH 10 RIJEO~Q,.\ /C SAF RUtDHQA/OSAF U'IQ AS OS ::3251-\11 AFR 67o FTO F~ TOETR, CSAF FGR AFRDC,