Saratoga Newyork — June 1967

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Rebel-By NANCY McKECHNIE which they reportedly behaved At 12:30 a.m., the boys said The negatives from one ea ving along a deJerted ,_... Cleve-~e~ _separa.te sig~tings ~f. ~ppear to be distinctly different they spotted the huge cluste; were blank. Several spots ad when his car ..-_... pres-umdentifted flymg obJects Fn-m each case. of approximately six reddish pear on the negatives from y stopped aDd a. 11M ltes day night in the Saratoga A spokesman for the .S.aratog~ lights which streaked across othed camera. ent dead . Springs area have been re-Springs Radar Station said lie the sky in about 50 seconds. t ported., had not tec:eited ~ UFO re- THE TWO GREEN)" CRAY SAID that cna:: Two local boys, camping in ports, a~ th.e ti~ of the re-ON THE RFEPO~T which the women who ~d they spo time to wonder constitu-their b3ckyard, spotted a huge ported st%htmgsl~e added that ?oys sent to the A1r Force Pro-two orange disks, said the ng with his ear, 11e state cluster of lights which streaked the station's radar had not11ect Blue Book at Patterson Air ects were quite a distance e glowing across the sky. tracke any unidentifiable ob-Force Base and to the National away. For several minutes rise up the sec-Two Greenfield women sitting jects. Inv~stigations Committee. on said, the objects rose close !eS at some on their front porch reported Aenal ~heno~ena, the alti~de eac~ o~er and ~en ~ said be watched t1ae .._ seeing two large glowing, disk-THOMAS MERCE~, 121 New-of the lights IS stated as ~mg off m different ~ons. rise above ltim, the shaped orange objects which ton Ave., and Fredrick Spear, lower than the normal altitude One of the disks reportecD bering speed until It disap- hovered close to each other be-~5 .Webster St., wh? will be of a jet _Plane. passed in front D! ~ m ared. "while fore shooting off in opposite JUmors at Saratoga H1gh School According to Mercer, the and the women scud 1t appe State Police a.e, W ~'In all directions. next year, had decided Friday lights pulsated but did not blink; ed to be a solid object. received aJJ'1 fl , to spend the night in Spear's they traveled( north to south reaching a certain dis ar sightings ill the area for THE 1'ffiRD REPORT came backyard observing the stars. in a wobbling path. ) from each other, the ob I.I.WA'tEa propos-from a Vermont man, who said ~oth .boys, wh~ have been The boys said they could not reportedly shot oH at tre EIINt:SDAY,. Jt1NB ~ate Jos-that as he was driving on a ac~ve m the ~gh s c h ? o 1 tell whether or not the lights do~ speeds. Special meeting fJI Bescae speak-lonely road near Lake George, Science. Club said tha! smce were mounted on a solid obiect, Michael Cray, _from ~ din engine Jlolse. Yht the his car engine suddenly went the mght was particularly but added that they moved in FaDs, Vt., who IS vacatio OD Satwday, pm:tea as dead, and he saw a huge bullet-clear, f.!tey set up a camera close formation. at l.ake George, said he was a.m. the bal-shaped object slowly rise from on a tripod to photograph the Both youths attempted to The S t . W d d J 196 7 behind the trees heavens. photograph the phenomenon ara ogaan, nes y, Saratop SprUlP. YOG tPlt~d . by He said the object kept rising re-steadily upward until will be out of sight. and a The description of the sighted wins. objec ts and the manner in TDPT (UF'O) DE~ARTMENT OF' THE AIR F'ORCE MRADQUARTI.Re P'OREION TECHNOLOGY DIYteiON f A'eC) WftiGHT-~ATTCft.ON AIR ,OftCC 8ASE. OHIO sJJ UFO Observation, 23 ~e 1967 Your name has been given to the Aerial Phenomena Office (Project Blue Book) as being a witness to an unidentified flying object. If you were a witness to an UFO sighting on 23 JUJle 1967 would you please complete the attached AF 117 and return it in the envelope provided. If you were not a witness to this sighting, would you please make a statement to this effect on the attached form. The information which you provide will be used in evaluating this observation. Thank you for your assistance in this QUINTANIIJA, Jr, Major, USAF iet, Aerial Phenomena Office Aerospace Technologies Division P:toduction Directors te AF Form 117 w/envelope PHOTO ANALYSIS REPORT "" 67-73 DATE 0, RE,ORT 10 October 1967 UNIDENI'IFIED FLYING OBJECTS Saratoga Springs. New York PHOTOGRAPHY 1. PURPOSEa This report is written to fulfill a request, Work Order Number 67-108, submitted by Major H. Quintanilla, Jr., TDET/UFO, to determine what the unidentified flying objects are in the attached photos. 2. ANALYSIS& Lack of image definition in the photos precludes any identification of the referenced objects. An analysis of the original negatives, however, may possibly reveal new information which cannot be gleaned from the paper prints. PHOTO ANALYSIS BY: . ROBERT D. MYERS Intelligence Research Specialist APPROVED BY: w-IJJ,IAM L. TURNER . Major, USAF Chief, Photo Anal sis Bra ch WILBER PRICE, JR. Chief, Photo Exploitation Division Gentlemen: Saratoga Spr New Yorlc, 12866 Below are the answers to qUestions aslted on U.F.o. questionnaire Form FTD oct 62. \~e wish to report the following U.F.O. sighting Please take all necessary steps to identify the sighted object We will co-operate in any way possible. 1. Sighted June 2!,1967 Ff{l 3. Eastern daylight saving time 4. 45 Webster Street,Saratoga Springs,Kew York 5. 40-50 seconds {a)Certain,eventa timed 6. Bright night 8. ~1a.ny stars,Moon not yet up 9. Seen as lights 10. Brightest object in sky 11. As bright as car parking lights 150 feet away or brighter 12. The edges o~ the object Nere invisible 13. (e) the object changed in brightness l'J. No sound what ever,mostl,Y red lights 18. Size relative to a dimefpennie at arm's length Estimated speed,800 MPH Fairly low altitude Viewed out side Residential section of city Vie\red through eyeglasses, and camera view finder aratoga Springs New York . . You will note that in addition to #19 we have included a photo- graph o the object taken at f 4.5 1/25 on Kodrut XX135 high speed film. There are more pictures now beimg comertially devloped as controls The included prints are of the same negative, but at different exposures to bring out the greatest detail possible . You wlll note that wl1at we described aa lights against the night sky appear as just the opposite. We can offer no reason for this. It is clear this effect was caused by the UFO as astar in the photo appeart as it should have. As of now we do not know if the other camera recorded the same phenomenon. \~hen this information is avaible~we will foreward it on UPO Observation, June 23, 1967 .. ratoga Sprinss, lev York '1.2e66 , .. 1~ Reference your recent observation and subsequent photographs 'ot an unidentified flying obJect. It vas mentioned 1n the correspondence that additional photographs were exposed. It these photographs provide more details or the obJects, our photographic analfats vould the opportunity to review them (The original negatives wuld be helpful The tw photographs you sent show very 11 ttle detail and a detailed photographic analysis vill be difficult. Request you complete the; .. , inclosed photographic data~ sheet and return 1tJin_the_envelope provided 2. Upon 'completion~ot analysia, we will return your-photographs with our :t1nd1nga. . .. FOR THE COMMANDER PHOTOGRAPHIC DATA Type and make of camera Type, focal length, and make lens Brand and type of film I Shutter speed used 5. Lens pening used; that is, "f" stop 6. Filters used 7. Was tripod or solid stand used 8. Was "panning" used g. Exact direction camera was pointing with relation to tr~e North, and its angle vith respect to the ground. 10. If supple~ental information is unobtainable, the minimum camera data required are the type of co.mera, and the smallest and largest "f" stop and shutter speed readings of the camera.